[Blu-ray and DVD]

‘Are You Afraid of the Dark?’ Freaky Favorites: Disc One

To surprisingly little fanfare, Season 1 of Nickelodeon’s Canadian TV series Are You Afraid of the Dark? was quietly released onto DVD here in the states last Tuesday, as part of Amazon’s manufacture-on-demand service. The collection was followed up this week by the complete second season, presumably with the others to follow in the coming

[TV]

True Blood Season 7, Episode 2: Recap & Thoughts

True Blood‘s seventh season premiere kinda bored me, which was surprising considering I expected the show to bust out all the stops right out of the gate – this being the final season, and all. Unfortunately, there wasn’t much of a momentum pick-up on this past Sunday night’s episode, which I didn’t get the chance

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Awesome Image of the Day: The Succubus Wants a Man!

It’s time for another bite-sized batch of stunning horror and monster toy photographs. This week I’ll be sharing my favorite images taken by highly skilled Flickr member Crowe H aka Tharkon, who has assembled a large portfolio of visual awesomeness … Today my choice is this beautiful photograph of a NECA Castlevania Succubus figure. I’m

[Bite-sized Horror]

Bleak Britannia: 28 Days Later

In this new series of short, sharp reviews I’m going to take a look at the horror movies that present Britain in a dark and disturbing way. These are the films that have no desire to show you my ‘green and pleasant land’, they just want to spray it red. Danny Boyle’s visually stunning masterpiece

[Reviews]

Movie Review: Uncle Forry’s AckerMansions

A die-hard life-long horror and science-fiction buff, the late Forrest J. “Forry” Ackerman was in many ways the kind of fan that every person who writes about genre movies – myself included – aspires to be. Starting the iconic magazine Famous Monsters of Filmland in the late 1950s, Ackerman became a leading voice in the

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Awesome Image of the Day: Game Over, Man… Game Over!

It’s time for another bite-sized batch of stunning horror and monster toy photographs. This week I’ll be sharing my favorite images taken by highly skilled Flickr member Crowe H aka Tharkon, who has assembled a large portfolio of visual awesomeness … We start the week with a return to LV-426 and a look at the

[Image of the Day]

Awesome Image of the Day: A Texas Chainsaw

Every day this week I have been sharing some incredible pictures taken by Earl Ware aka 3rd-Rate Photography, who has put together a wonderful collection of horror and pop culture influenced images mostly featuring action figures and toys. Next week I will be featuring a new photographer and even more stunning pictures, but we have

[Image of the Day]

Awesome Image of the Day: Giant Ammonite Attack!

Every day this week I have been sharing some incredible pictures taken by Earl Ware aka 3rd-Rate Photography, who has put together a wonderful collection of horror and pop culture influenced images mostly featuring action figures and toys. Today we revisit a classic Ray Harryhausen scene from Mysterious Island. How did Earl create this tricky

[Art]

The Most Awesome Images Found on Social Media: 6/23-6/27

We’ve reached the end of another week – thank god! – which means it’s time to once again take a look at the coolest, weirdest and/or most awesome images that I’ve stumbled across on social media this past week. So let’s get right to it, shall we?! This year marks the 30th anniversary of many