Vampira and Elvira were not friends. Maila Nurmi, known primarily as Vampira, the original horror hostess of the 1950s, was a complicated, enigmatic, and profound woman....
We have seen some victories in 2023 so far, and some intense losses. I will start with the good news: the ban on queer male blood...
In 1991, Courtney Love dove into a pulsating crowd after finishing a set with her band, Hole. “I just dove off the stage,” explains Love of...
Using the often-frightening realities of aging as horror is nothing new. Bodily ailments, brain fog, dementia, Alzheimer’s, incontinence, and sundowning have been used in the horror...
“As a preliminary exercise let the learner place himself before a mirror… and endeavor, while in the act of speaking, to maintain a fixity of countenance,...
Happy Holidays from The Twilight Zone! Rod Serling was born on Christmas Day, 1924, in Syracuse, New York. “I was a Christmas present that was delivered...
My gateway to horror did not involve a bloody massacre, nor a monster in the closet or a slasher hiding in the woods. It was a...
“Without obsession, life is nothing.” – John Waters When I was a kid, my parents took me to Hairspray on Broadway. I asked why a man...
As an adolescent growing up in a rural area of Putnam County, New York, I would often lead my friends and family on woodland expeditions in...
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) I have been drowning myself in 1980s new wave/gothic music all summer, especially Bauhaus. Now that fall is here, I...
