In spite of the scenes that make us feel uncomfortable, horror movies have a comfortable familiarity. They follow a pattern, and, as Scream pointed out so brilliantly, have certain rules and tropes. But often these tropes are so overused that… Continue Reading →
Ah, St. Patrick’s Day, when most people’s fancies turn to thoughts of corned beef, green beer, and leprechauns, and mine turn to thoughts of…Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments. Whether you believe the ancient stone circles, dolmens, cairns, and passage tombs… Continue Reading →
At first blush, The Awakening (2011), a gorgeous period horror movie set in 1921 England, and Housebound (2014), a quirky horror-comedy set in modern New Zealand, have nothing in common, except that they are both ostensibly ghost stories. But both… Continue Reading →
Crimson Peak is a ravishing, creepy, gothic wonder full of references to director Guillermo del Toro’s favorite movies, books, art, and more. If you haven’t seen it yet, or if you’re going back for a second viewing, check out our… Continue Reading →
Like avocado refrigerators and Ginsu knives, food photos don’t age well. The colors fade to ghastly, corpselike shades, and food tastes and trends change, so that herring in aspic that may have looked mouthwatering in 1954 becomes nausea-inducing in 2015…. Continue Reading →
Hammer Studios is famous for its period gothic horror films featuring garish colors, low budgets, wooden but well-meaning heroes, buxom and bouffanted damsels in flowing nightgowns, and its trademark bright crimson blood, with a weird viscosity that suggests it may… Continue Reading →
When I first started MonsterZine, the graphical web was still in its infancy. MST3K was still new, and blogging had yet to be born. I wanted to start a magazine that was a hybrid of the fan writing I was… Continue Reading →
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