In Irish folklore, the banshee is an apparition whose mournful, wailing song signals someone’s recent death. In most versions of the myth, the banshee’s song is so piercing and strong that it can cut through solid objects and drive those who hear it insane. It’s a shame that this intriguing myth isn’t used more often [...]
as i sat down to start writing my best/worst lists for 2009, it quickly became apparent that this was a more complicated task than i first imagined. many of the noteworthy horror films of 2009 were interesting for reasons beyond simple polar categorization into ‘good’ and ‘bad.’ so, in addition to the typical [...]
Update 1/12/10: Melissa of Bloody Mary’s Movie Review was randomly chosen as our giveaway winner! Congratulations to her, and thanks to all that entered!
In anticipation of its January 12th release, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has been kind enough to offer a free Blu-ray copy of the unrated director’s cut of Rob Zombie’s Halloween II [...]
saw this while out shopping for an upcoming halloween party… is this really the best jason costume available to today’s youth?
paranormal activity
while the year is not yet over, i can easily state that paranormal activity will be on my top ten list for the year and has a damn good chance at the #1 slot. the hype surrounding it just keeps growing, but after seeing the film last week i have no problem saying [...]
halloween is, by far, my favorite of the holidays, which (given that i run a horror website) is probably no big shock to you. what you may not know is that, in addition to my love of all things horror, i’m also a dog person. i try not to combine my love of [...]
finished in 2007, trick ‘r treat has languished in release limbo, likely locked in the same dark closet as all the boys love mandy lane. passed over for a theatrical release, it was finally dumped to dvd this week with almost no special features (in an odd choice, only the blu-ray was given special [...]
a few weeks ago i defiled the images of some classic horror icons using the nintendo dsi’s photo manipulation tools. well, i got bored and took a crack at a few more…
i was playing around with my nintendo dsi and discovered it comes with a fairly nifty photo manipulation program. with the built in camera and a few pokes of the stylus, you can easily turn a nice picture of your favorite horror blogger like this into
this monstrosity. like everything i encounter in life, [...]


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