The Ritual by Adam Nevill is 240 pages of bad ass horror awesomeness. Unfortunately, the book is 418 pages long. The premise is simple: four friends head into the remote Swedish woods for a vacation and encounter something dreadful. You know…primordial forest, ancient evil, derelict shacks, profane rites. That stuff. It’s an overdone horror formula […]
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Anthony Petrie is a New York City based artist who works in multiple mediums. His pop art style has attracted clients like Marvel, Paramount, Sony, Bad Robot, Hasbro, Nickelodeon and the Cartoon Network, to name a few. He creates striking images that are far more than a riposte of their subject. His work shows reverence and […]
2014 Starring Sean Astin, Currie Graham and Ryan Donowho Directed By Kaare Andrews Following in the shoes of Ti West and Eli Roth has to be a daunting task. Ti West – the man responsible for some of the best horror films of the last 10 years – made a bad Cabin Fever movie, so […]
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Bird Box review
Bird Box by Josh Malerman is ninety-five percent of the best horror novel in five years. The concept is chilling and the execution is nearly flawless. This book made me anxious and uncomfortable, which is odd enough considering I’m a grizzled horror bastard. But then it creeped the shit out of me, which is rare […]
Last week I talked about how getting away from character-centric drama was the key for this show. Distract the audience with vampires so we don’t see just how poorly written this show is. “Gone Smooth” finally did that, and “It’s Not For Everyone” continued down that path. That’s not to say there weren’t problems with […]
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The Granny review
Review by Zena S. Dixon The Granny was directed by Luca Bercovici and released in 1995. With the title of the film, you should know what you’re getting into. The film opens to a medieval exorcism involving a father and daughter. As expected, death makes its appearance in this situation. The daughter quickly manages to wrap her legs around […]
Interview conducted by Christopher Maynard Itay Gross is a cinematographer who has worked on films like Excision and Europa. While his films are varied in genre and style, they are always stunning to look at. Itay has an approach that never feels overpowering. He creates memorable images that service the story in profound ways. Itay […]
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Deliver Us From Evil review
Review by Zena S. Dixon In the film Deliver Us From Evil, we follow a tough police sergeant named Ralph Sarchie in New York City, who encounters a series of increasingly creepy events that occur in the Bronx. Ralph used to be a Catholic and due to that he isn’t a believer in the supernatural…yet! Throughout […]
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The Strain S1E2, “The Box”
After an underwhelming start to the series, I was hoping that this second episode might renew my excitement for the show. The survivors were being released. With The Master being transported across the river by the unaware (and always angry) Gus, the apocalypse would be starting. In addition to that, Vasiliy Fet (my favorite character […]
(This fall my first published book will be arriving from the printers. It is called The Horror of Loon Lake and it is a horror anthology comic paying tribute to the classic horror magazines and comics that many of us loved. Included also is one prose tale, which will feature several illustrations by the talented Nicole Bresner. […]