I hate to say I hate things. Hate is the ultimate diss after all, isn't it? When you say you hate something, you really don't give a shit what happens to it. You don't care if you never see or hear it ever again. That's the force, the gravitas, of that word. It's a word …
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Maybe it's just me, but it was hard growing up as a girl. There were times that I wish I wasn't one but in a complaining, woe-is-me sort of way. "Why did I have to go through puberty so obviously and brutally? Why do I have to bleed FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE? Why …
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It's the most wonderful time of the year, when snowmen turn homicidal and terrorize the town the red. Santa Claus stalks your children and threatens them with punishment. The quiet neighbor finally snaps and unleashes an anti-Christmas hell fury upon the carolers. Sigh. It's simply magical. Here are some shorts that capture the essence of …
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I always take a moment of pause when I type “her” instead of “him.” I think about how often we speak of authors as “she” and not “he” and it’s not nearly enough. I wonder what women will become a part of the masters of horror lists we are so adept at rattling off when …
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A Sinisisters Production, Humbug shows what happens when a holiday-hating woman is converted into a cocoa-drinking caroler with the help of her Christmas-cheerleading neighbor. If you're going to be labeling your project as holiday horror, you better be slapping on bows, sprinkling tinsel, and hanging up a lot of ornaments. Running about six minutes, this short is …
Directed by Jason Tostevin and written by Randall Greenland and Tostevin, this micro-short successfully summons laughs and a nice twist on the Satanic cult bit within mere minutes. Premiering on Short of the Week today (10/30), the dark comedy is just a few serious cult members trying to summon Satan and their fellow cult-y Greg …
The history of masks dates back 9,000 years and for a variety of uses: be it ceremonial and sacred, theatrical and entertaining, or medicinal and macabre. Regardless of how one is used, it has one ultimate purpose- to hide the wearer's own face and features from others that view them. But what does the wearer …
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