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Up All Night parties onto Roku
Up All Night’s head writer details launch of new network Up All Night isn’t just back — it’s expanded into a full Roku channel. “We felt like there was a lot m...
Alan Ryan’s Dead White serves up ’80s horror with atmosphere and dread [The TBR Wing]
Dead White by Alan Ryan (TOR, November 1983) I’m fond of saying I don’t have a to-be-read stack. I have a TBR wing. In that wing, a space actually somewhere between loft and storeroom ju...
Freddy Krueger: Pro Wrestling Superstar?
Freddy Krueger like you’ve never seen him before! Freddy Krueger was a HUGE pop culture icon of the ’80s. And considering how popular pro wrestling was in the Reagan years, it’s not ...
Abadox Brought Body Horror to the NES
Abadox gave gamers a gruesome 8-bit experience Abadox is a game that never really developed a cult following — despite the fact it’s easily one of the grossest and most disturbing titles ...
Skate To Hell Ollies into the Occult
Skate To Hell benefits from a bizarre ensemble cast Skate To Hell is the kind of movie that will appeal to who it appeals to — and is probably too unsavory for anybody else. But I think that wa...
Writer D.B. Andry discusses comics horror in Estuary
Estuary: A Ghost Story, a new four-part comics tale, is described as “a chilling tale of secrets buried deep beneath the surf of the idyllic Pacific coast.” There’s a mysterious...
Forbidden Fruits is Mall-Horror Madness
Forbidden Fruits merges Mean Girls with The Craft Forbidden Fruits is a movie that definitely falls into one of the most specific subgenres out there — shopping mall horror. The mall has been a...
How Critters 2 Became The ULTIMATE Easter Horror Movie
An underrated ’80s sequel that’s pretty much essential Easter viewing OK, so Easter really isn’t the best holiday to anchor a horror movie around. You’ve got bunnies and pastel...
Video tapes live again through VHS Haven
VHS Haven’s Hiram Dobbs demonstrates the radical resurgence of a once-dead media format Hiram Dobbs, a long-time connoisseur of the VHS format, practically grew up at the video store. “A...