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Tell Me I’m Worthless: A 21st Century Haunted House Story

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Gerald’s Game was always a particularly unique book among Stephen King’s vast collection of horror tales. To hear it explained, Gerald’s Game sounds ...
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Jack Ketchum’s The Girl Next Door and Female Punishment in Horror

Horror has given us some of cinema’s female icons. Not “horror” icons. Icons. Period. Sigourney Weaver as Ripley in the Alien franchise. Jaime ...
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Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke and “WTF is Going On” Horror

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Horror’s Most Disturbing Novel, Cows by Matthew Stokoe: Extreme or Allegory?

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The White Satin Evening Gown and the Horrors of Used Clothing

I made a documentary about Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. (Now available to watch.) The three books consisted of over 80 ...
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Tales from the Crypt’s Lover Come Hack to Me is Full of Fun

For many Tales from the Crypt holds a special place in our hearts. People stumble upon horror in different ages based on when ...
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Matriarch as God: Carrie by Stephen King and an Analysis of The White Cupboard

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