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Bram Stoker Award and Shirley Jackson Award nominated, and Splatterpunk Award-winning author Eric LaRocca (The Trees Grew Because I Bled There) is a master at writing vile, violent, visceral horror and that’s what initially drew me to his work. What made me crave more of his stories was the queer …

Come Join us at Flower City Con  in Rochester, NY September 12th -14th, 2025. They will have celebrities, vendors, attractions and more. From Their Website: Flower City Comic Con is a multi-genre convention produced by the Mighty Monkey Corporation, a 501(c)(3) corporation. It is our goal to bring you not …

Sequels are always a tricky business, especially in horror. The first film sets the tone, establishes the villain, and builds an atmosphere that either resonates with audiences or doesn’t. When a follow-up arrives, the expectation is not just for more of the same but for an expansion—deeper mythology, bigger scares, …

HORROR INC (written and directed by CRAIG LAYTON, produced by DENIKA FERCHO) is a wickedly fun horror-comedy short that takes the soul-sucking absurdities of office life and turns them into something bloody and hilarious. The film begins in typical slasher trope, only to exaggerate the petty politics and monotony of …

Horror fans may or may not know it, but today is the birthday of iconic genre actor Jeffrey Combs. I’m sure that over the course of today on social media, Combs and associated tags will be posted alongside Re-Animator, The Frighteners, Masters of Horror and his works with Stuart Gordon …

Psycho is a classic psychological thriller and horror film that has become iconic in the history of cinema and has forever etched itself into horror and pop culture. Regarding the success of the film, Hitchcock said, “Thirty-three percent of the effect of Psycho was due to the music.” However, in …

Stalker is an attack on the senses that I didn’t see coming. I am a big grouch when it comes to foreign films. Maybe I sound a bit like a caveman here, but I feel like subtitles take away the movie magic. This isn’t an attack on foreign films; I …

Rupert Julian’s The Phantom of the Opera is turning 100 years old. The film is an iconic masterpiece, forever in the top ranks of the horror genre. As much as I love the horror genre, silent horror gives me the creeps, and that’s not a bad thing. Nothing compares to …

Jared Padelecki has been in a ton of movies and films in his life. Whether he’s Thomas Kinkade, Dean Forester, Walker Texas Ranger or Sam Winchester, Jared has been a busy man the last 26 years. At a recent interview conducted during Fan Expo Boston, Jared was asked if he …

It’s 10 pm. Do you know where your children are? Playground: Child of Divorce (COD) is the prequel to 2022’s infamously viral TikTok hit, Playground, taking place a few years before Geraldine’s twisted arena was fully built. Author Aron Beauregard has returned to bring readers once again into Geraldine Borden’s …