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Ah, the great outdoors. The sun on your face, the wind in your hair…a cursed witch tormenting you at night. ABSOLUTELY NOT. I appreciate that some may find trudging up a mountain or driving a rattling death trap car through the outback to be super fun, but personally I love …

The Afterdark Horrorfest: 8 Films To Die For –remember that? While the series was a great platform for new filmmakers to get noticed, and foreign filmmakers to get a foothold in the US, it was responsible for some turkeys too. And don’t get me started on the “Miss Horrorfest” crap. …

Spooky Madison is a triple threat: actor, writer and director. Spooky Madison has been racking up credits in the indie horror world for a while now and I got to check out a project of theirs that I’ve been dying to see: Rabbit Season. It’s a short film they acted, …

There’s a meme floating around about the Cryptkeeper reading kids’ bedtime stories of shock and things they shouldn’t have been doing anyway. It was magical when 11 PM on Saturday nights rolled around. It was like a ritual for me and my friends during many sleepovers. If I was at …

A horror movie about weed and its trimmers working on a marijuana farm and a witch? Count me in! Thus is the premise of the new film by filmmaker Ariel Vida, Trim Season. I didn’t even know this occupation was a thing, but I guess it’s a real job. Who …

Lupita Nyong’o (Us 2019 [our review]), who is set to play Sam in the upcoming A Quiet Place: Day One, was honored on Friday, June 14, by Hollywood Confidential. The brainchild of television producer Steve Jones, Hollywood Confidential is a live event series dedicated to educating creatives of color on the …

It was only a matter of time before the desert dwellers in the Valley of the Sun earned themselves a spot on the roster for Days of the Dead – a longstanding horror convention circuit with shows in Las Vegas, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, Houston, and Chicago. Phoenix is the fifth …

Screening soon at Dances With Films: LA  is a new horror film directed by Ryan Barton-Grimley (Elijah’s Ashes): Listen Carefully. The film stars Ari Schneider (Criminal Minds – TV Series) and Simone Barton-Grimley (Elijah’s Ashes). Synopsis When troubled assistant bank manager Andy McNeary’s baby daughter goes missing, he must follow …

Since it’s Pride this month, this seems like the perfect time to highlight queer voices and representation in literature. I was lucky enough to receive an advance copy of an upcoming graphic novel, The Science of Ghosts, written by Lilah Sturges and illustrated by El Garing. This book will be …

1989 will always be a memorable year for me. I will admit that I am not a comic guy, which makes this even more special. I fell in love with Batman, and it started a fandom for me, even though I wasn’t a comic person, as I mentioned.  I loved …