From sleazy 90s paperback thriller to sleazy early 2000s slasher movie, Valentine is that soft spot in your heart that just won't harden. Valentine's Day and horror make such a pretty pair. Red roses and red blood. Pink hearts and pink guts. Passionate devotion and sadistic obsession. It doesn't take much to twist the romantic …
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Cleveland. Cleveland, Cleveland, Cleveland. Home of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Birthplace of Tracy Chapman. Land of a lotta potholes. And for the last ten years, it's been the homebase for an inconspicuous witchcraft museum tucked away on Broadview Rd. Buckland Museum of Witchcraft and Magick is a museum displaying artifacts and paraphernalia …
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In Grave Sightings, we visit graves of interest and curiosity to pay respects and ponder about life, death, and the bizarre things in between. Picture this; you're driving along a two lane county road somewhere in the Finger Lakes. It's an unseasonably warm October, so the windows are down. To the right of you are thousands …
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Lake George isn't known for cinematic horror. Nestled in the Adirondack region of upstate New York, it's main draw is natural beauty and an abundance of outdoor activities. An onslaught of hotels, motels, and gimmicky restaurants wait to serve demanding tourists during their scenic getaways. Yet since the early 1970's, a genuine wax museum has …
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In Grave Sightings, we visit graves of figures of interest and curiosity to pay respects and ponder about life, death, and the bizarre things in between. Born in Alabama and christened as Thomas Kummer, Jay Sebring was the moment in men's hairstyling during the 1960s. He was raised in Michigan for most of his adolescence. …
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Driving down Cass Avenue in Mt. Clemens, Michigan, you might notice a hearse parked in a side lot. It's a faded gray, well-loved vehicle that any Addams Family fan can appreciate. But the hearse you actually notice is the one it behind it--- the one jacked up on monster truck wheels. These two death mobiles …
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It hasn't been quite 12 months since my last post but it's shamefully close! Life DOES find a way to derail healthy writing habits and personal goals, doesn't it? For most of 2024, my mind has been in the gutter. Seriously, my mental health has never been worse. It's been a fulltime job in itself …
A day spent with technology is inevitably a day filled with distractions. Text messages, emails, alarms, background music, phone calls, app notifications, and the like are all ingrained into our routines and force us to pause. Those pauses are brief but they add up to minutes, to hours. They eat away at your day and …
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I'll be the first to admit that 1993 was not a good year for horror. The most commercially successful horror film to arise was Leprechaun and it didn't even open in March. Where 1993 really shined was in its influx of Halloween films. The animated Halloween Tree adaptation won an Emmy for its screenplay. Double, …
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This post is a part of the Take Another Stab series, where the horror films I hate get a chance at redemption through an open-minded revisit. There will be blood. There will be spoilers. What kind of fucking song is 'Cry, Little Sister?' Why is it the theme song of a vampire movie? Why does this movie …
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