Category: Articles
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My Top 10 Non-Fiction Horror Books
It’s not an overstatement to say that my entire life revolves around horror. It’s my longest-running, deepest love, and I will never ever tire of it. As I write this, I’m facing my horror DVD shelves (don’t come at me – I love physical media, especially when it comes with all the behind-the-scenes extra features!),…
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“If You Keep Making That Face, It’ll Freeze That Way!” – The Best and Worst Mothers in Horror Films
Dark bleetings! I’m not a parent yet but I have babies on the brain recently, and I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about what “type” of mother I hope to be. The kind that bakes cookies? The kind that screams at their kid when they’re being annoying in the back of the car? The…
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10 More Awesome Horror Movies From The Last Decade
Dark bleetings! About a month or so ago, I wrote an article called My Top 50 Horror Movies From The Last Decade and I thought I was pretty thorough. However, since then, I’ve seen more that definitely deserve to be on that list. I also may have… er…. forgot about a couple. So without further…
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My Top 10 Ghost Movies
Dark bleetings! I love a good spook, and am always looking for recommendations for books/films about hauntings that will scare me silly. It’s so rare that I’m terrified, these days. It’s sad times. I’m sure you’ll be kind enough to share your favourites with me, but before you get your own list ready, allow me…
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35 Vampire Movies For When You’re Feeling Long in the Tooth
Dark bleetings, everyone! The other day, I was asked what my favourite vampire film is and I realised I didn’t know. A Top 10 came to mind, but I had to think about the order. Then I started thinking about all the fangtastic films of this genre, and thought I’d just go ahead and make…
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Ranking the Best True Blood Characters
Dark bleetings! Listen, I know the show ended 9 years ago so this post is possibly a bit late, but I still love True Blood (mostly), and I’ll never stop laughing at the scene where Eric gets drunk on fae blood, slaps Sookie’s butt, and then runs off yelling for her to chase him. For…
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My Top 50 Horror Movies From The Last Decade
Dark bleetings, everyone! Horror is my life but with age, I think I’m getting grumpy. I don’t know if I’m steadily getting harder to please as I compare every new horror release to my favourites, which are mostly from the 1980s, or if movies these days really are – in general – not as good…
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Darkness in the Fields Event and My Top 10 Folk Horror
Dark bleetings, everyone! I hope you’re well and enjoying the turn of the seasons. If you’re anything like me, you might be viewing the approach of summer as impending doom, hissing at the sunlight that penetrates your closed curtains. But you know what this time of year is good for? Folk horror! There’s an exciting…
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My Top 20 Zombie Movies
Dark bleetings, kids! If you know me at all, you know that zombies are my favourite, so writing this list is super fun for me. I love zombies so much that I managed to angle my BA degree around them and I wrote my dissertation on The Walking Dead. Then I went on to an…
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10 Great Found-Footage Horror Movies
Dark bleetings, kids! Around the time of the first Paranormal Activity, I became obsessed with found footage horror. I was recovering at home from a whooooole bunch of surgery and maybe it’s because I was feeling helpless, but this subgenre in particular was really scary to me. Of course, with the success of certain films,…
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