by wcadmin | Nov 2, 2011 | Alan Arkin, Audrey Hepburn, Studies in Scary, Wait Until Dark
Scott and I recently ventured to the Gene Siskel Film Center to catch a screening of Terence Young’s 1967 thriller Wait Until Dark, starring Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin, and Richard Crenna. The film, based on Frederick Knott’s play of the same name, tells the story of...
by wcadmin | Nov 1, 2011 | corpse odor, Halloween, lingering smells
Some know November 1st as All Saint’s Day, All Hallow’s Day, or Hallow-mass; some know it as the rather more festive Dia de los Muertos. For many of us, however, it signals that the Halloween season is over, and we have only 364 days to prepare for the next one. Some...
by wcadmin | Oct 31, 2011 | Jason Zinoman, Modern Horror, Monsters, Night of the Living Dead, NPR, Rosemary's Baby, Shock Value
“I never feel more in the present than when I’m scared in a horror film.”Two interesting interviews and articles with author and critic Jason Zinoman, whose book Shock Value hit the shelves earlier this year. Modern horror is examined and the very...
by wcadmin | Oct 31, 2011 | Creepy Gadgets, Demonbells, nerdapproved.com
Celebrate this Halloween AND get your geek on with one of the World’s 10 Creepiest Gadgets, compiled by Sean Fallon of nerdapproved.com, like the Demonbells seen above! Just in time for the holidays!
by wcadmin | Oct 31, 2011 | Cthulhu, Haute Couture, tentacles
High fashion meets Cthulhu.
by wcadmin | Oct 31, 2011 | Bram Stoker, Carmilla, Dracula, Sheridan Le Fanu
Here is a report from the CNN website about the discovery of Bram Stoker’s private journal by his great-grandson, Noel Dobbs. It sheds some light on his creation of “Dracula.” Of course, it will probably not mention his “homage” to F....
by wcadmin | Oct 31, 2011 | American Horror Story, Camera Obscura, Drew Dewalt, webisode
If you are liking American Horror Story, we have a Halloween treat for you. In celebration of the CAMERA OBSCURA MOBILE GAME now available for iOS and Android, Drew Dewalt Studios releasing the 20 part demon hunting web series. Written and Directed by Drew Daywalt and...
by wcadmin | Oct 31, 2011 | Neil Gaiman, Paranorman, Stop Motion
From Laika, the stop-motion genius’s that brought you Neil Gaiman’s Coraline, comes Paranorman.
by wcadmin | Oct 29, 2011 | Huffington Post, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Zombies
According to the Huffington Post, the Zombie archetype has generated piles of cash. It’s become an industry. Just like, say, Miley Cyrus. I know what you’re thinking, but she’s more likely a replicant than a zombie. Read the HuffPost article here:...
by wcadmin | Oct 28, 2011 | Uncategorized
Dragging a little this lovely Friday afternoon? Watching the minutes tick by? Take two of those minutes to complete this horror movie title challenge, courtesy of Sporcle.com. Zing!
