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• Earth Haunting

  

  I’m still not sure what I saw. I’m not even sure how I learned about it (it was likely either Theofantastique or Horror Homeroom), but In the Earth is a very... Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Serious Horror

  

  Academically, horror has historically had a difficult time.  It’s one of those genres that people have already made up their minds about (even academics), and... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Sole Food

  

  Perhaps its the pandemic.  Or at least the knock-on effect of shipping delays and supply-chain interruptions.  I can take it.  Unless, that is, it interrupts... Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Zones of Twilight

  

  The other day I saw a beautiful twilight moon.  This was in the morning twilight.  I suspect many people don’t realize that twilight comes twice a day. Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Movie History

  

  We take much for granted. Consider the movie. We all know what movies are, and, prior to 2020 we all knew what the experience of going to the theater was. Some... Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Footprints in the Snow

  

  Although my back’s grateful, many of the snowstorms rolling across the country have left just a small bit of snow here so far.  Small bits of snow create their... Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Saint Maud is One of Those Movies That Requires Some Thou...

  

  Saint Maud is one of those movies that requires some thought. (And I’ve been giving it plenty.) It follows a brief time in the life of Maud, a hospice nurse... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Prolonged Re-entry

  

  It’s a trope as old as holiday decorations themselves.  We all know the house (or plural) where the Christmas decorations remain until it’s warm and light enoug... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• H. P. Luca

  

  Disney has a lot of cash lying around, which means they can buy things.  One of those acquisitions, some years ago, was Pixar.  In my mind Pixar is now Disney,... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Out of Hades

  

  They went together naturally, like chocolate and peanut butter.  Just about seven months ago Jim Steinman died.  Then yesterday, Meat Loaf. Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Getting Used

  

  Unknowing is a blessing in disguise sometimes.  There is so much to learn and, regrettably, little time outside work to do it.  Books are my life.  I work in... Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Making Noise

  

  There’s a real danger, it seems, to having an open mind. We live in a world defined and classified by materialists. They hold sway not only over science and... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Nightmares with Poe

  

  A review of Nightmares with the Bible recently appeared in which the reviewer said he didn’t get the Poe references. Indeed, the anonymous reviewer said the sam... Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Are Ghosts Monsters?

  

  It’s a question as old as my interest in horror.  As a child I kept ghosts distinct from monsters.  Ghosts may be scary, yes, but they’re people who’ve died. ... Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• In the Name of

  

  I recently heard someone who’s obsessed with honorifics opine that we should never mention Martin Luther King Jr. without his full titles. Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Higher Learning?

  

  I was reading, as one does, about a mental institution.  In the last century they were often called, rather insensitively, “lunatic asylums. Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Rusticated Fears

  

  I don’t recommend sick days.  This one was weird with all the symptoms of illness but really having them just be the side-effects of a shingles vaccine. Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Homegrown Haunts

  

  The thing about the unknown is that it’s, well, unknown. Like many people I’m interested in getting at the truth behind ghost claims, so American Hauntings:... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Phobia Therapy

  

  I don’t like being scared.  That’s why I watch horror.  You see, many people deal with fear by running away from it.  Embracing artificial fears, however,... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Wicker Redux

  

  The Wicker Man (1973) is a cult classic. If it had had proper distribution and promotion it might’ve become a more mainstream hit when it was released. Instead... Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY