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Sept. 14, 2025
The American Meme
“Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.”
-George Bernard Shaw
I don’t normally post political content these days, particularly since Meta always has a way of censoring and deleting any pages or groups I might de…
Sept. 14, 2025
The Long Walk - A Review
“Just go on dancing with me like this forever, Garraty. And I'll never tire. We'll scrape our shoe on the stars and hang upside down from the moon.”
“They walked through the rainy dark like gaunt ghosts, and Garraty didn't…
Sept. 7, 2025
Last Rites… The Conjuring of a Façade
Ed and Lorraine Warren were characters in their own story.
It's only fitting that it be sensationalized and played out by Hollywood actors.
It makes for a better story than the one they lived—and this remains true no matter what version we …
Aug. 16, 2025
Neil Gaiman, BDSM, and Dissociation
"Fuck! Is one expected to be a gentleman when one is stiff?"
–Marquis De Sade
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With the release of the second season of The Sandman on Netflix, I’m reminded of twenty years of rumors and false starts surrounding the film or televisi…
Aug. 14, 2025
The End of the World As We Know It - An Interview W/ Bev Vincent
Bev Vincent is an accomplished writer and essayist, as well as an aficionado regarding all things Stephen King. His next short story, entitled “Lockdown”, will appear in the upcoming anthology The End of the World As We Know It - New Tal…
Aug. 13, 2025
New Testimonials...!
For the sake of posterity, we have a new TESTIMONIALS PAGE...!
You never know who might show up and say hello next...!
Aug. 8, 2025
Weapons - A Review
***WARNING – SPOILERS***
What was intended to be a straight forward review of the new film Weapons, has morphed into an article on something which I have come to loathe, and that is the now common promotional tagline of: “Best H…
July 28, 2025
Catacomb of Torment - The Return of EC Comics
Over at Horror To Culture we’ve frequently shared our love for the classic EC titles from the 1950’s (not the least of which being an entire episode devoted to horror comic books and magazines that can be found here: https://www.horrorto…
July 27, 2025
FF: First Steps - A Review
“If you look at my characters, you will find me. No matter what kind of character you create or assume, a little of yourself must remain there.”
-Jack Kirby (1917 – 1994)
Just returned from a Sunday matinee showing, which…
July 17, 2025
Double Feature W/ Scott Schirmer #2
CREEPSHOW (1982)
George Romero directs an anthology from Stephen King in this homage to colorful horror comics of the 1950s. All five tales are pretty good. In Father’s Day, a deceased patriarch comes back to life to torment his heirs.…
July 13, 2025
Marshmallow - An Interview w/ Daniel DelPurgatorio
Daniel DelPurgatorio is the filmmaker behind the new sleeper hit indie horror release entitled Marshmallow, and today we had the good fortune to sit down for a short discussion in regards to the release, his influences, and independent filmmaking.
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July 11, 2025
It's a Bird! - Superman Review
I’d like to preface today’s review with the fact that, so I’m told, the very first movie I ever saw in a theater was Superman sometime in early 1979. The classic film, directed by Richard Donner and starring the legendary Christoph…
July 3, 2025
The Burning Question
I am no fan of witch hunts, as I make clear in this Horror to Culture article. But I am also not a fan of the opportunistic way in which those with an ideological ax to grind will cherry-pick and misrepresent information or revise history.
Like ma…
June 29, 2025
Savage Dragon - An Interview w/ Erik Larsen
The legendary Erik Larsen is a man that requires no introduction (but I’m going to give him one anyway). From his phenomenal work on The Amazing Spider-Man, to a notable run on Doom Patrol, to co-founding Image Comics in 1992, to his long runn…
June 22, 2025
Memento Mori - 28 Years Later Review
There’s no denying the cultural impact the film 28 Days Later had on audiences upon its release in 2002. Directed by Danny Boyle, written by Alex Garland, and starring Cillian Murphy in his breakthrough role, the film went on to redefine the g…
June 19, 2025
Interview w/ Surrealist Dollmaker Alissa Renzetti
It's not often that I use the term "you've got to see it to believe it", but surrealist artist and dollmaker Alissa Renzetti, (www.alissarenzetti.com) is one of those instances. Her handcrafted creations are all unique and one-of-a-kind, from the mo…
June 9, 2025
Polybius - A Review
Few urban legends have reached the notoriety of Polybius, the mythical arcade game that was stated to have popped up briefly in 1981, somewhere in Portland, Oregon, as a psychoactive government mind-control experiment via MKUltra.
The rumor first g…
May 28, 2025
They Call Her Death - An Interview W/ Austin Snell
Austin Snell is a writer, director, and producer out of Lawrence, Kansas. His debut feature film Exposure was released in 2018, and his latest film, They Call Her Death is getting positive reviews and was just released on the streaming channel SHUDD…
May 21, 2025
The Restless Few - An Interview w/ James Watjen
James M. Watjen is an up-and-coming independent author and filmmaker out of Vincennes, Indiana. His works have appeared in such places as Rue Morgue Magazine, and his short film entitled The D Word won several awards, including the 20…
May 12, 2025
ShadowMyths and Hieroglyphs! An Interview with Doug Hoppes
Here I Am: Illustrations created by ShadowMyths
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ROMMI: Hey, Doug, thanks for taking the time to let me pick your brain after our brief chat at the Indy Oddities Expo!
I perused your excellent Gallery of Nightmares, and I was highly…
May 10, 2025
Demanufacturing the Obsolete
In the 1990’s, Fear Factory released their two most iconic albums, Demanufacture and Obsolete.
The dystopian horror themes are easy to spot.
Obsolete is a concept album detailing the usurpation of humanity’s autonomy by the very mach…
May 8, 2025
The Cellar - An Interview W/ Jamie Langlands
Jamie Langlands in an actor and filmmaker out of the UK. His upcoming film, THE CELLAR, recently won multiple awards including at The London Horror Film Awards, The ZedFest Film Festival, The Haunted House FearFest award for best horror feature, and…
May 2, 2025
An Interview W/ Ellie Church
Ellie Church is a multi-talented actress, producer, and art director who is perhaps best known for starring in the feature films HARVEST LAKE, THE BAD MAN, as well as her upcoming film entitled GUSH. You can find my recent review of GUSH HERE.
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April 28, 2025
GUSH - Exclusive Review
I recently had the fortunate opportunity to view an early screening of the upcoming “psychosexual horror-thriller” film, entitled Gush. The feature, which is both stark and surreal in its cinematography, comes from the creative team behi…