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The Shrouds review
I came to this movie as someone with thanatophobia with an “unusual” burial request. If I die before my partner, I want to be cremated and turned into cremation stones.…
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Extremely Weird Splatterpunk review
I was thrilled to get an ARC of Extremely Weird Splatterpunk anthology. I'm a little late getting my review up due to some mental health issues but am happy to…
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Folk Horror Isn’t an Aesthetic. It’s a System: Friday the 13th, Elm Street, and the Folklore Hiding in Plain Sight
I am a huge fan of folkhorror. Grew up watching The Wicker Man. Later added Midsommar and Frewaka to my stack of favorite movies. Such a rich subgenre of horror…
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Walpurgisnacht: The Other Halloween (And Why It Watches Back)
Halloween is the night we expect the stranger but Walpurgisnacht is the night the strange expects us… Six months opposite of October 31st, on the eve of May Day, something…
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Tubi Feels Like the Back Room of a Horror VHS Store (And That’s Why It’s Perfect)
Today, cinephiles and horror fans have their pick of streaming services. There’s the quintessential Shudder, the mainstream giants like Netflix and Hulu, and niche platforms like FoundTV that cater to…
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Occult – Synchronicity Lending Authenticity to Found Footage
Warning: the following contains spoilers for Occult. Do not read before seeing the movie. Shiraishi Koji used real names, locations, and the found footage sub-genre to create a sense of…
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Reef Mind – review
I love being part of the Tenebrous Press ARC team because of books like Reef Mind by Hazel Zorn. As soon as I read about a sentient invasive reef and…
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Huggable – my first time voice acting
https://youtu.be/gVGylN0zZNs?si=Nrxc1WIOnnpl15am Last year I decided to take a stab at voice acting. I'd always thought it was something I couldn't do because I have a relatively high pitched voice (many…
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Strawberry Gashes: How Making a Retro Horror Zine was More Artistically Satisfying than Trad Publishing
I recently published a horror short story as a zine on itch.io. Strawberry Gashes is a retro horror story about codependent friendship and flavored with cursed vhs tape, Riot Grrl…
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Blogging is Dead…Undead Undead Undead
This past couple of weeks has been a horror show (in a bad way) for so many creatives, small businesses, political activists, and more as the United States handled an…