Dark Shadows And Beyond: No Dark Shadows Here
He idolized Olivier. He could have become the next Karloff. For a brief time in the late ’60s and early ’70s, he was almost bigger […]
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Creeped Out By TKO Studios’ Graveneye
We’ve known that those who walk in Hill House walk alone. But you’ll never walk alone when the house is alive and hungry. Hungry to […]
Rich Correll, Icon Of Darkness
Aliens. Dinosaurs. Misunderstood monsters. And, oh, those dinosaurs. Icons of Darkness in Hollywood has them all — and some superheroes, too. Rich Correll has spent […]
Let The Dead Stay Dead, Not Animated
Warner Bros. reanimates Night of the Living Dead, but… why?
Mister Macabre’s Macabre Mansion: Dave Reda Is As Good As Dead
Filmmaker Dave Reda aka “Zombie Dave” joins Mister Macabre to talk about his frightening new horror short “As Good As Dead,” making its world premiere at Dances […]
Introducing A New Masked Movie Monster With Bill Posley
In filmmaker Bill Posley’s words, “Black people have been the first ones dying in horror films for long enough.” And so he raised the money […]
Spend Time With Boys From County Hell
If you’re going to say Bram Stoker got it wrong, then you’d better have a good vampire variant to be right. Writer/director Chris Baugh gives […]
California Dreaming With H.P. Lovecraft’s The Deep Ones
Though once frightening, the works of H.P. Lovecraft have become pop culture fodder. It’s pretty easy to find a plush toy version of Ctulhu that’s […]
Carlos And Jill-Michele And Mobsters And Zombies
Multi-talented comedians Carlos Alazraqui and Jill-Michele Meleán love working together, so they collaborated on the new horror comedy Witness Infection. When two mob families are put […]
Cinequest 2021: Slapface
Is there a relationship more special than that of a boy and his monster? Certainly the Virago doesn’t think so. After Lucas (August Maturo) and […]
All The World Fears A Clown: Black Mask’s Pirouette
“The clowns do what they want, when they want.” Deep down, you probably suspected that. A grizzled malevolent clown calling himself The Duke hisses that […]
A Giant From The Unknown Returns
It wasn’t every Friday night I could sneak out to the family room at 11:30 and watch Creature Features. By middle school, though, it had […]
Mumblypeg: Truth Or Dare
It’s the week before Halloween, so time to post this 1995 sketch about the scariest people on the planet: tween girls! Gale Brennan, John Mannion, […]
Cain And Abel And Sebastian And Vincent
On a Vincent Price kick this month — ’tis the season, after all — and I stumbled across a UA film “adaptation” of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Twice-Told […]
The Empty Man Coming To (Not) Empty Theaters
You may have heard of Slenderman, and what happened when just three tweenagers believed in that urban myth. But what if a creepypasta creature inspired […]
Candyman Shadows Shameful History
“Candyman, at the intersection of white violence and black pain, is about unwilling martyrs,” writes director Nia DaCosta about her upcoming “spiritual sequel” to the […]
The Next Door Horror Sketch Competition: Quarantine Dinner With The Family
To keep creative juices flowing during Shelter in Place, the guys from The Next Door Horror sponsored a sketch competition. Asking creators to use isolation […]
Light And Game Design: Blair Witch
Adam Frank returns with a breakdown of Blair Witch, the videogame spin-off of the uneven horror franchise. From his analysis here, it looks like the […]
The Next Door Horror Sketch Competition: Airborne
To keep creative juices flowing during Shelter in Place, the guys from The Next Door Horror sponsored a sketch competition. Asking creators to use isolation […]
The Next Door Horror: Things Not To Do In Isolation
The Next Door Horror shot this sketch a while ago, and yet it feels timely today. Take this video as a warning — no matter […]