Monthly Archives: October 2016

Lucille Ignites a Firestorm of Controversy and Debate

The season 7 premiere episode of The Walking Dead last week which saw the deaths of two main characters by bludgeoning with a baseball bat named Lucille at the hands of Negan has created a firestorm of controversy and discussion among fans and in other pop culture circles. With this post I’ll summarize and respond […]

VICE: Horror Films as Christian Propaganda?

A few days ago an essay came across my daily Google news feed on horror that caught my attention. It was “Why Are So Many Horror Films Christian Propaganda?” by Josiah M. Hess at VICE. My initial reaction to the title was one of intrigue and thankfulness for the issue being raised, but this was […]

Interview with Scott Poole on “In the Mountains of Madness”

W. Scott Poole is a professor at the College of Charleston with a research interest in American pop and folk culture. He has written a number of books that combine his interests in American history with horror, including Vampira: Dark Goddess of Horror, Monsters in America: Our Historical Obsession with the Hideous and Haunting, and […]

The Atlantic and del Toro’s “Highbrow Horror”

The Atlantic has an article on Guillermo del Toro’s work titled “The Master of Highbrow Horror”. The art accompanying the piece copied above is worth taking a look by itself. You can read the article here.

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