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Torso (Giallo Proto-Slasher Lives On)
Now, I’m not a huge slasher fan, especially slashers with non-supernatural villains, but I rather enjoyed Torso (1973, here the Arrow Video 4K special edition with a wealth of valuable, extra features), or, in the original Italian, I corpi presentano tracce di violenza carnale (The Bodies Show Traces of Carnal Violence). Let me change […]
Cassandra Khaw \ dark fable \ dark fantasy \ horror \ literature \ mermaid
The Salt Grows Heavy (Dark Fantasy Mermaid Shit)
Killer, bathyal mermaids, and an androgynous, reanimated corpse acting as a plague doctor certainly makes an interesting story. In Cassandra Khaw’s novella The Salt Grows Heavy, a familiar fairytale is revisited with a gory and introspective twist. What do you do with aquatic beauty with sharp teeth, bewitching eyes, and iridescent hair? You remove her tongue […]
Betty Rocksteady \ Brendan Vidito \ Eric Raglin \ gore \ horror \ horrorpunk \ Ira Rat \ Katy Michelle Quinn \ Madeleine Swann \ Sam Richard \ splatterpunk
Fucked Up Stories to Read in the Daytime (Stories to Definitely Damage the Youth)
After a reading hiatus brought on by stressful circumstances, I craved something short and engaging. A compilation of short stories that grips you, leave you wanting more, and which lingers in your mind; the perfect remedy for a reading slump. Often in short story collections a few tales truly stand out, carrying the book […]
drag \ drag queen \ horror \ horror literature \ Jeremy Lopez \ Neon Clown Art \ neonclownart \ Phrique \ Phrique Show \ slasher \ slasher fiction
Gig of the Damned (Drag Queen Slasher Fiction)
Oh, it’s been a while since I’ve enjoyed a book (literally)! This was a joy to bring me back to my good old hobby. Phrique took that slasher style read, where one crazy ass kills a whole bunch of people in a row, and added the most wonderful and fresh take on it. The […]
David Sodergren \ horror \ horror literature \ paranormal horror \ thriller \ witch horror
Maggie’s Grave (Paranormal Witch Horror)
David Sodergren has once again blessed my Kindle with a brilliant folk horror tale. I loved The Haar, but I absolutely adored Maggie’s Grave. In the nearly deserted town Auchenmullan, with just 47 residents remaining, a dark tale lays dormant. Towards the top of a mountain, a singular grave lies. “MAGGIE WALL BURIED HERE […]
horror \ Joshua Hall \ POV horror \ Tenebrous Press
Mouth (Living Hole in the Ground Horror)
Did I ever think I’d read a monster story, about a hole in the ground, with layers of teeth that had different purposes, a mind of its own, and could communicate with his people by rumbling the ground? If you’d have asked me before I read this, the answer would’ve been most definitely not. […]
Brazil \ horror \ Ramon Porto Mota \ Vermelho Profundo
The Yellow Night (Brazilian Grind Art Horror)
Stop me if you’ve heard this: a group of teenagers travels to an isolated island for a debauched graduation party weekend. Disregarding oblique warnings from vaguely menacing locals, they arrive at one of the teens’ family estate. When someone goes missing, it becomes evident that something terrifying lurks in the shadows enshrouding the island. […]
Carpenter Brut \ cheese \ horror \ sci-fi \ Seth Ickerman \ Shudder \ synthwave
Blood Machines (Vapid Sci-Fi Horror Synth Cheese)
Those uninitiated in synthwave and unfamiliar with one of the forefathers of the genre, Carpenter Brut, can now be exposed to it all through bloody 80s nostalgia with the release of Blood Machines on Shudder. The three episode “epic” by Seth Ickerman involves the discovery of an entity who escapes her spaceship, turning into […]
Deathbed Tapes \ horror \ noise \ worm face thing
DEATH CULT RITUAL – NIGHT OF THE FLESH-EATING FREAKS (Full CAPS Noise Horror)
Noise has for at least two decades been a case of you’ve heard one you’ve pretty much heard them all. The genre is constantly resistant to change and stagnancy reigns, mainly because it’s so damn easy to stomp a bunch of pedals and feign “scary” while tossing fake blood around and screaming into a […]
animation \ Baba-Yaga properly pronounced \ Canada \ folk horror \ folklore \ horror \ National Film Board of Canada \ NFB
Bone Mother (Baba-Yaga Pronounced Correctly Folk Horror)
The horror industry should really dig into folklore more, from anywhere, and lose the jumpscares. I don’t mean dig in there, steal some stuff, and then claim it as one’s own, I mean let it reveal itself. Case in point this recent, animated, true-to-the-original short, Bone Mother, which draws on Russian folklore, in particular […]
