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Album Review: Prequelle is Ghost at Their Finest
On June 1st, Sweden’s occult rock hero’s Ghost released their 4th album entitled Prequelle to mostly favorable reviews and fan approval. As of this writing Prequ...
Event Report: Ghost Haunts Columbus, Ohio
Whether you love or hate the band Ghost they have their legion of fans and a Grammy win in their corner so they must be doing something right. Ghost has hit the road this summer crossing North Am...
Event Recap: MegaCon 2018
Last year’s MegaCon was among the most enjoyable I’ve ever attended. Much of that was, of course, due to the events, the guests, and the overall planning from the team behind the convent...
Jacob’s Ladder and the Process of Dying
Jacob’s Ladder, released in 1990, puzzled audiences and critics. Dealing with complicated issues of loss, grief, paranoia, hallucinations, death, and rebirth, the film demands multiple viewings ...
Night of the Creeps Revitalized the ’50s Monster Movie
During the 1980s, there were a lot of films that tried to recapture the spirit of the 1950s monster movie. They weren’t just limited to horror either. Everything from Gremlins to E.T. to S...
Why One of George Romero’s Best Pictures isn’t Even a Zombie Film
The name George Romero is synonymous with the zombie sub-genre. His first feature, Night of the Living Dead, was absolutely groundbreaking. It changed the game in a lot of ways. His sequel Dawn of the...
Gore Monger: How Lucio Fulci Helped Redefine Italian Horror
To some degree Italian horror used to dictate the landscape of American horror. The Giallo films of yesteryear, for example, paved the way for the American slasher film. Directors like Dario Argento w...
Ginger Snaps Helped the Horror Genre While Finding its Audience
Ginger Snaps–as I’ve written about here–is one of the best horror movies of the past fifteen years, period. It’s among the great werewolf films of all time. Yes, it was indepe...
Return to Horror High was Insanely Ahead of Its Time: And Here’s Why!
Return to Horror High is a low-budget slasher from the late ‘80’s, which was a notoriously bad time for the sub-genre. Not only were the films cheap, they generally had terrible actors a...