One issue that is rarely touched upon in the media is the problem of being caught unawares in a horror movie. Many young people die each year from unknowingly being part of the plot of a horror film. While it seems somewhat unlikely, I ask you if you really think those poor unsuspecting souls that you watch getting knifed and disemboweled on the screen really knew that they were in horror films. Think of all of the victims that have come and gone. When talking about John Carpenter’s Halloween alone, notice that we never see Nancy Loomis or PJ Soles anymore. They were the unfortunate victims of Mr. Myers and the misfortune of not knowing that they were in a horror film. Jamie Lee Curtis, in fact, is so messed up from the trauma that Michael inflicted on her that all she can do know is go on TV and prattle on about bowel regularity. Next time you see one of her commercials, take note of the glint in her eye as she talks about poop. Unknowingly being caught in a horror film messed her up. I am hoping to teach you some of the signs that you in fact may be in a horror film so you don’t end up like these poor women.  Read more... (1415 words, 1 image, estimated 5:40 mins reading time)

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Zombies and Vampires – battle of the sexes.

People from every walk of life have sought out the comfort and answers that can only be found through the wisdom and insight of zombies. Zombies offer the anxious and tormented the solace they need to lead full, happy lives. They harbor no envy or spite for the living, though they, themselves, are not alive. While there is always the constant threat of a full on invasion by the walking dead, for now they are satisfied to provide the services normally rendered by overpriced psychologists and psycho therapists, whatever that means. They do not judge; in most cases the part of the brain that houses judgment, the frontal lobes, has deteriorated from rot. It is nice to know that in this day and age with threats of disease, terrorism, pestilence, and black hole-producing atom smashers that heir imminent ubiquity is there to guide us through our daily turmoil.  Read more... (671 words, 1 image, estimated 2:41 mins reading time)

American pop culture right now is obsessed with vampires and zombies. I couldn’t be happier about that because it means that movie studios and publishing companies will be throwing money at zombie and vampire fiction, and maybe a few gems will arise from the inevitable glut. However, what ever happened to the serial killer movie? I realize that within the last five or six years there has been a rash of films like Dahmer, Ted Bundy, Gacy, etc. Out of this pile of mediocrity came the much larger budget, David Fincher directed Zodiac.  Read more... (498 words, estimated 1:60 mins reading time)

The winner for this giveaway is prue. Prue, you can contact me and give me the info. I need to ship off the novels, or if I don’t here from you within the next 2 days, I will contact you. Thank you so much to the rest of you who participated. I loved reading your comments, even those of you whose favorite genre isn’t horror. There will be another giveaway soon. Please stay in contact.  Read more... (79 words, estimated 19 secs reading time)

The best horror fiction and films play off our fears. Of course there are fears that we share as a society: death, lonliness, another Bush in the White House. What are the fears that are uinque to you or to only a select few? Do you really fear a zombie invasion? Mathematicians at the University of Ottawa in Canada project that the world could not handle a zombie invasion without dramatic loss of human life. Have films like Twilight and shows like True Blood convinced you that vampires can be civilized and ingratiated into the human population or are you still convinced that they would run amok and drain everyone dry?  Read more... (171 words, 1 image, estimated 41 secs reading time)

Max Brooks’ third release in his Zombie Survival series is exciting, intriguing, and far, far too short. While his first two entries into the series–The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead, and World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War–were quick reads, they were at least long enough that one could invest some time into them. For me, TZSG was a lot more interesting than WWZ, which after awhile began to read like a dreaded high school history book. The new graphic novel has all of the wonderful elements of the first two: it has wry humor, it is somewhat culturally relevant, and it is above all fun. For the cover price of $17.00, however, it is lacking in substance. When I say substance, I am being literal. It needs more book. I read it cover to cover in 30 minutes.

Summer has given up its dominion to Fall, and shadows lengthen at increasingly earlier hours of the day. The air has lost its comforting warmth and now stings with the crispness of a blade. Those of us unlucky enough to work day jobs often never see the sun during the intevitable winter except through office windows. Life turns into 30 Days of Night. Serotonin levels drop, and the gloominess of late year brings with it the forlornness of loss.  Read more... (308 words, estimated 1:14 mins reading time)

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