Month: April 2020

15 Horror Films Ruined by Adding “Snuggums” Into the Title — Professional Moron

Good old gut-wrenching horror films. Can’t beat a bit of the old terrifying terror. Scary dary. Lots of gore! Aiiiiiiieee (not in the rapping sense) etc. But, hey, what happens if you take a classic horror film and, instead of adding more gore and banal screaming tropes, you make it all sickly sweet? The Evil […]… Continue reading 15 Horror Films Ruined by Adding “Snuggums” Into the Title — Professional Moron

The Lodge: An Excellent Horror Film That is Haunting and Memorable — Movies, Films & Flix

The Lodge is an atmospheric horror film that explores grief, loneliness and what happens when you’re stuck with your significant other’s kids inside a snowed in lodge for several days. It’s a dread-filled experience that features a beautiful looking descent into insanity, and it proves directors Veronkia Franz and Severin Fiala (Goodnight Mommy) have become […]… Continue reading The Lodge: An Excellent Horror Film That is Haunting and Memorable — Movies, Films & Flix

THE GRUDGE (2020) — A Single Paragraph

dir. Nicolas Pesce. A strange sequel/remake of the creepy and atmospheric Japanese horror film JU-ON: THE GRUDGE (2002). The central concept being, that gruesome murders in a house will conjure vengeful ghosts that curse anyone who enters that house. It’s a simple horror idea, that only really works when the film is able to sustain […]… Continue reading THE GRUDGE (2020) — A Single Paragraph

FEAR — Natasha’s slate

Fear-An unpleasant feeling triggered by the perception of danger, real or imagined. Everybody has a fear of at least one thing. I’m sure, no one can disagree with it, and people who say that they don’t fear anything, are scared to admit the fact, for their own personal reasons of course, which infact is a […]… Continue reading FEAR — Natasha’s slate

A Horror Coming Down – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon — parallax

dVerse Poets – Open Link Night Image: by Jonathan Burton and found at brainpickings.org “In the time of deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” George Orwell. A Horror Coming down Mobsters, junkies and clowns, Orwell’s horror a horror coming round, soon we’ll be in the ground, soon we’ll be in the […] via A… Continue reading A Horror Coming Down – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon — parallax

Beards and Horror — David Lee Summers’ Web Journal

Let’s face it, some people think bearded men are scary. In this post, I’ll introduce you to some scary, bearded men. However these men aren’t scary because of their beards. They’re scary because of the stories they’ve created. I grew my own beard while working on my physics degree in the late 1980s. My older […]… Continue reading Beards and Horror — David Lee Summers’ Web Journal

Grocery Store Horror Story: Skins vs. Masks — Dysfunctional Literacy

Even before the abbreviated horror struck, I liked my social distance. I’ve always despised people getting too close for stuff like the inappropriate hug or the power touching. In the old days when men shook hands, I always set out to crush the other guy, not out of dominance, but to discourage him from other […]… Continue reading Grocery Store Horror Story: Skins vs. Masks — Dysfunctional Literacy