Listening for Romance in Horror: A Playlist
Not many storytellers tackle romance when confronting horror, the two just don’t seem to mix. Who has time to…
Category: Horror Studies
10 of the Creepiest Folklores from Around the World
We all love folklore, especially the type that makes us tremble simply by recalling a line. I remember listening to…
Poetry in Film: A Closer Look at The Changeling’s Camerawork
“A film is never really good unless the camera is an eye in the head of a poet.” — Orson…
Stephen King’s 3 Categories of TERROR
As horror fans and creators, there is no doubt that we rely heavily on certain emotional reactions from ourselves and our…
The Witch and The Folktale
(Spoiler alert.) Prior to watching The Witch (2015), the word “folktale” in its subtitle made me skeptical. I was afraid that…
Life Expectancy of the ‘Zombie’
Zombies. They’ve been likened to dinosaurs in that they seem to have been around forever yet no one’s ever…
The Side-Effect of Special Effects in Horror
If you haven’t seen the 1993 Docudrama Fire in the Sky, arguably a true story, I suggest you put aside…