It’s the time of year again! Time to bundle up, grab a hot apple cider, and hit the road to your favorite haunted attraction. Every year I’m thankful to be living near Buffalo, New York, where there are plenty of haunted houses […]
This past Friday, my friend Steve and I checked out a new haunt in Buffalo, NY. It’s called “District of the Dead”, and it currently resides in the old Don Pablo’s building on Elmwood Avenue, by the Regal Cinema. You can check […]
If I were to choose the scariest movie that I have ever seen, then I would choose “INSIDIOUS”. “INSIDIOUS” successfully avoided so many common pitfalls in the horror movie industry. The haunting started almost immediately, and very quickly grew in horrifying intensity. […]
Yesterday I happened on “Burnt Offerings” on my Netflix and decided to watch it. For some reason, lately I’ve been leaning towards watching older horror movies (ie Poltergeist, Legend of Hell House). My dad came in while I was watching it and […]
“House on Haunted Hill” is one of my favorite go-to movies when I’m not feeling well, or when I’m up for some cheesy good fun with decent acting. Among the cast members are real screen gems – one of my favorites being […]
“The Haunting” is based on an unremarkable book by Shirley Jackson. The movie, on the other hand, is very enjoyable. Liam Neeson is a great asset to the film as always, and Catherine Zeta Jones is a great supporting actress. “The Haunting” […]
At the outset, I’d like to say that I read Richard Matheson‘s “Hell House” just before I read “The Haunting of Hill House“, which was probably the biggest literary snafu of my life. It’s far better to read Jackson first, because its […]
Recently I started getting interested in haunted house stories, which represents a break in my usual zombie-filled reading list. I read “I Am Legend” and absolutely loved it, and I wanted to see what Matheson could do given a haunted house theme. […]
If you are easily offended, it’s best not to read Lansdale’s “On the Other Side of the Cadillac Desert with Dead Folks” story as your introduction to his work. The first Lansdale story I read was “The Long Dead Day” [discussed in […]
If you are easily offended, it’s best not to read Lansdale’s “On the Other Side of the Cadillac Desert with Dead Folks” story as your introduction to his work. The first Lansdale story I read was “The Long Dead Day” [discussed in […]