Are You Ready To Make Halloween Even Creepier? Halloween is about to be here. A glorious time for celebrating spooky and horrifying things. And, if you’re not usually a horror fan but want to get into it this year, I have recommendations. But before we begin, I need to clarify that it’s OK if you… Read More »
[embedded content] The Midnight Club Is Masterful On So Many Levels The Midnight Club is a show of many layers. It’s a celebration of horror stories featuring horror stories happening within a bigger horror story. But also, it’s one of the most emotionally brutal shows I’ve seen. It’s incredibly sad. If you know the premise,… Read More »
Muppets Haunted Mansion Has A Really Solid Idea Muppets Haunted Mansion is an obvious crossover. With Disney owning the rights to the characters, it was only a matter of time before something like this happened. The Muppets are also not strangers to slightly darker content and blend well with the aesthetic of spooky locations. And… Read More »
The Movie Has Lots Of Topics It Wants To Address There’s Someone Inside Your House initially got my attention because of that title. It’s almost hilariously blunt. The most standard slasher scenario reduced to a single sentence. And, true to its word, many scenes have characters in their house with a murderer. This is also… Read More »
This year’s Halloween spectacular kicks off with a BRAND NEW story! In “Spirits of Halloween,” meet TWO new characters to the Archie universe: Trick and Treat! This pair of impish magical creatures come around every Halloween to cause chaos wherever they go—and this year, that just so happens to be Riverdale! How much mischief will they cause Archie &… Read More »
Nightbooks Takes A Old Tale And Gives It New Life Nightbooks has a killer premise. It’s a modernized take on the Hansel and Gretel story that retains its disturbing and nightmarish aspects. It once again highlights how you can do stories for younger audiences that still maintain fear. However, the story does misstep a lot.… Read More »
This is Laurie Strode’s last stand. After 45 years, the most acclaimed, revered horror franchise in film history reaches its epic, terrifying conclusion as Laurie Strode faces off for the last time against the embodiment of evil, Michael Myers, in a final confrontation unlike any captured on-screen before. Only one of them will survive. Icon… Read More »
On October 29, don’t forget to visit your local participating comic shop to celebrate Halloween The post CELEBRATE HALLOWEEN WITH TRICK-OR-READ COMICS STARRING SPIDER-MAN, DOCTOR APHRA, MOON GIRL, AND MORE! appeared first on COMIC CRUSADERS. Source
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, may I have your attention, please?! You know what day it is. You know what time it is. Sam, play it. *Cue the spooky music.* With the darkest time of the year nearly over, dear reader, there’s no time to lose. For us, or the poor souls in this story. You can… Read More »
Horror Is Not So Different From The Other Genres This is by no means the only reason someone would like horror, but as Halloween fast approaches, it’s the perfect time to cover “The Escapism of Horror.” And that might feel like an oxymoron, associating escapism with something that’s deliberately upsetting. Most of the time, we… Read More »