Welcome to Dressing For Dread, a style analysis focusing on key characters in horror films. Clive Barker's HELLRAISER needs virtually no introduction. But for the sake of this post, lets shift the focus away from the iconic BDSM-inspired costumes of the Cenobites towards the film's most endearing human villain. Dashing antagonist Julia Cotton (Clare Higgins) …
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Reading for pleasure is a precious commodity these days. Pleasure reading isn't keeping up with the latest BookTok riffraff, or curing your FOMO over what your coworkers are chatting about. It's about choosing a book that you want to read, that appeals to you, and helps you escape reality one chapter at a time. I …
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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 …
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There's a severe lack of female horror authors in popular media today. Or rather, there's a lack of exposure for them. I can assure you that the list is much longer than this; there are authors waiting to be discovered and authors that have already achieved much deserved recognition. I invite you to look beyond …
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