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By C. Rommial Butler Even in the frantic and unapologetically brutal world of the evil dead, Evil Dead Burn suffers from a pacing problem. It’s by no means slow—it bludgeons the audience nonstop with violence and gore from the opening scenes—b…

“Don’t bend it; don’t water it down; don’t try to make it logical. Don’t edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.” -Franz Kafka I’m a little late to the party here, but after finally …

“A computer does not smell… if a book is new, it smells great. If a book is old, it smells even better… And it stays with you forever. But the computer doesn’t do that for you. I’m sorry.” - Ray Bradbury I was fortunate enough to grow up in a t…

by C. Rommial Butler If the Flash Gordon movie had a baby with the morbid mini-comics that came with the original Masters of the Universe toys, and that kid was raised on the original cartoon, it would grow up to be this most recent film addition…

The latest issue of our HOUSE OF SCREAM online magazine is now available, featuring original interviews, short fiction, art, horror, comedy and more!

“Come away, oh human child! To the waters and the wild With a faery, hand in hand, For the world’s more full of weeping than you can understand.” -William Butler Yeats In relation to the recent episode of our Insane Signals podcast (#3), ded…

When I first started the Horror to Culture website and podcast, of course I wanted to try and have a little fun with the genre that I’ve loved and appreciated my entire life, and pay homage to some of my favorite films, books, and topics. Howeve…

The 2nd truly terrible issue of our HOUSE OF SCREAM online magazine is now available! In it, you'll find some awful new additions from our friends Evillica, Professor Oddfellow, Shadowmyths Dark Art, Scary Salad and much more! It's frightful, and it…

You can find my latest interview with indie comic book artist Adriel Venegas, over at the brand new HOUSE OF SCREAM online magazine! Issue #2 coming soon!  And be sure to check out our recent INSANE SIGNALS special video presentation here: https…

By C. Rommial Butler Though his part is small, the best thing about Ready or Not 2 is Elijah Wood as the devil’s lawyer. But there’s a lot to like, not least of which is how well they managed to transition into a sequel at all. Expanding on t…

I think the new (and supposedly final) Megadeth album is the best they’ve released since Countdown to Extinction. It could just be my own nostalgia, but I find myself drawn back to listen to the full album—a fully fleshed out love letter to the th…

Professor Oddfellow (aka Craig Conley) is the author of dozens of books which can be found at his WEBSITE (https://www.oneletterwords.com/craigconley/), and co-creator of the new sketch comedy/horror show GRAVE MOOD RINGS (https://www.mysteryarts.co…

Today I sit down with the lovely and talented videographer known as Evillica, who has quickly amassed a large following on social media for her unsettling and delightful “creepycore” analog horror creations. You can find her content on TikTok, Insta…

"Heaven goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in." Mark Twain At 45 years old, I’ve only had the privilege of a dog in my life one time. Her name was Mutley, and she was with me from my earliest memories o…

The degree to which AI can mimic reality has rapidly increased and becomes more hyper-realistic by the minute. I don’t know what to think of this. I live an exhausting workaday life. Writing is not my job. I write out of love for writing, whe…

Back in 2005 Marvel Comics released the five-issue limited series entitled Marvel Zombies. Written by Robert Kirkman, hot off the success of The Walking Dead which premiered 2 years earlier, it depicted a dark and terrible world where a zombie virus…

“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 devote to such matters, b…

“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 like to look at them. …

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 decide…

"Fuck! Is one expected to be a gentleman when one is stiff?" –Marquis De Sade * 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 television adaptatio…

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 Tales of Stephe…

For the sake of posterity, we have a new TESTIMONIALS PAGE...! You never know who might show up and say hello next...! 

***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 Horror Film of the…

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.horrortoculture.com/…