‘Hellraiser’ writer Clive Barker on the publishing industry’s homophobia
Clive Barker’s Hellraiser was based on his original novel, The Hellbound Heart, and told the story of a woman who starts to kill so that her brother-in-law, who had recently…
Where the fuck are we?
there must be something wrong with this cabin
Babysitter finds man under bed after child complains of ‘monster’
A babysitter found a man hiding under a child's bed in Kansas after the child complained about a "monster" being there. While trying to show the child there was nothing…
Milicent Patrick: Disney Magic to Monster Mayhem
In honor of Women’s History Month, we’re producing a two-part series about two visionary and trailblazing artists: Mary Blair and Milicent Patrick. They went to the same art school. They…
The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story
BY Olga Tokarczuk. translated from Polish by Antonia Lloyd-Jones
Fun to eat!
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How Horror Films Fueled Bartees Strange’s Latest Indie-Rock Triumph
It’s Friday the 13th, and Bartees Strange has some thoughts on the 1980 slasher of that name. “I love that the mom is killing everyone,” he says, spoiling the movie…
Nosferatu (2024 film)
Nosferatu is a 2024 American Gothic horror film written and directed by Robert Eggers. It is a remake of the film Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (1922), itself an unauthorized…
Frankenstein inspired by suicide of Mary Shelley’s half-sister, book reveals
The twin tragedies alter the understanding of the themes of Frankenstein. It is often read as a warning about the perils of science, but as the daughter of Wollstonecraft, England’s…