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  • Dressing For Dread: Lee Harker’s Costumes in LONGLEGS (2024)

    Dressing For Dread: Lee Harker’s Costumes in LONGLEGS (2024)

    Welcome to Dressing For Dread, a style analysis focusing on key characters in horror films. The distant, forsaken atmosphere of Oz Perkins’ LONGLEGS dominates every aspect of the film, including the costumes. Heroine and protagonist Agent Lee Harker (Maika Monroe) survives in this world by using her wardrobe as a barrier. It shields her from Read more

  • Three New Kid-Friendly Horror Novels That Are Actually Scary

    Three New Kid-Friendly Horror Novels That Are Actually Scary

    Goosebumps may have been “the training bra for Stephen King,” but the treasured R.L. Stine series also paved the way for whole subgenres to flourish. Middle Grade and Young Adult horror novels are booming and have been for awhile. Unlike novels from past decades, modern genre titles for kids aren’t necessarily afraid to be scary Read more

  • Grave Sightings: Andy Warhol (PA)

    Grave Sightings: Andy Warhol (PA)

    In Grave Sightings, we visit graves of interest and curiosity to pay respects and ponder about life, death, and the bizarre things in between. In the packed rolodex of Pennsylvanian history, there are many cards that warrant a special thank you for its contribution to American culture. Here lies a titan of American identity, one that Read more

  • Haunt Worthy: The Living Dead Museum (PA)

    Haunt Worthy: The Living Dead Museum (PA)

    There are more than a few bucket list locations for die-hard horror fans. Monroeville, PA is one of them. Considered to be the birthplace of the zombie, the Evans City/ Pittsburgh/Monroeville area was the stomping (and filming) grounds for director George A. Romero. His legacy includes Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead, Read more

  • Grave Sightings: Edward Gorey (OH)

    Grave Sightings: Edward Gorey (OH)

    In Grave Sightings, we visit graves of interest and curiosity to pay respects and ponder about life, death, and the bizarre things in between. It was a dreary day in which a long, boring drive was taken. Without much else to do in the days after Christmas, a visit to a far-off cemetery wasn’t out of Read more

  • Attack of the Adaptation: Valentine by Tom Savage vs Valentine (2001)

    Attack of the Adaptation: Valentine by Tom Savage vs Valentine (2001)

    From sleazy 90s paperback thriller to sleazy early 2000s slasher movie, Valentine is that soft spot in your heart that just won’t harden. Read more