FEATURED ARTICLES

By C. Rommial Butler   ======   When mirror regards mirror which is the reflection? This question popped into my mind when I stumbled onto the doctor’s experiment. But I cannot go into that without some background. I’ve …

“Imagine a room awash in gasoline, and there are two implacable enemies in that room. One of them has nine thousand matches, the other seven thousand matches. Each of them is concerned about who’s ahead, who’s stronger.” -Ca…

“YOU MANIACS! YOU BLEW IT UP. DAMN YOU. GOD DAMN YOU ALL TO HELL!” -Captain George Taylor   *****   MAD: Hunter, it’s great to speak with you again today and thanks for agreeing to this short discussion! There’…

By C. Rommial Butler   ======   Here’s a tough thing for us to admit: We are not responsible for every bad thing that happens to us. Here’s another tough thing for us to admit: We are responsible for the way we deal wit…

If you’re a massive horror aficionado such as myself, you likely have a huge stockpile of films waiting in your watch list, across multiple streaming platforms. With so many movies to view, and so little time, it’s often difficult to gau…

When I first saw the news that a “spiritual sequel” to George A. Romero’s classic NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD was about to be released, it immediately jumped to the front of my “to do list”. Romero’s original DEAD tr…

It’s always a pleasant surprise when you stumble upon a hidden gem which manages to break through all the buzzing static of mainstream horror and presents an original story. Even better if that film delivers unique supernatural themes, merged …

MAD: Jaime, it’s good to talk to you again! We had some correspondence a couple of years ago in regards to a zine I was working on, and I’ve always dug your style and subject matter (primarily comic books and horror art). It has been ver…

By C. Rommial Butler   ======   As I was picking my way slowly through Arthur Schopenhauer’s The World as Will and Idea, I happened upon a point of view relevant to horror fiction. Discussing how dogma tends to fail to align wit…

By C. Rommial Butler   ======   At a local bookstore, I nabbed a reprint of Cotton Mathers’ On Witchcraft. He was one of the judges who presided over the Salem Witch Trials, and the book is his justification for the proceedings. …