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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. …

By C. Rommial Butler ====== First off, let me say that Talk to Me was an immensely enjoyable film. I urge you to watch this 2023 Australian affair if you haven’t already, and especially before you read the following essay, as…

There’s a certain inevitability for any avid reader, of which we meet various books that simply don’t hold our interest for one reason or another, and we’ll regretfully put them down, perhaps never to pick up again. There’s n…

"Sometimes dead is better."-Stephen King, Pet Sematary ====== It might sound strange to some fans, but if one were to ask about my favorite books by horror master Stephen King, more than one of them would come from his alter ego,…

By C. Rommial Butler ====== Most people will recollect Stephen King’s IT from either the TV miniseries or the more recent films. These treatments of the story each have their charm and deserve a visit if you haven’t yet…

By Michael A. Dyer ====== When one considers low budget horror movies, a few things come to mind. Of course, we have such offerings as THE TOXIC AVENGER ($500,000) from Troma Entertainment, and many of the straight to video feature…

By C. Rommial Butler ====== I went into Night Swim not expecting much and I was pleasantly unsurprised. I still don’t know if that’s a good or bad thing. This brings to mind an interesting point about the Horror gen…

By Andy Emantsal ====== Welcome again to another addition to Horror To Culture. In this gripping continuation, you will see how my tormented night terrors got worse for me to endure. The doctors said my creativity exacerbated my pa…

By C. Rommial Butler ====== Rod Serling on The Twilight Zone. The Cryptkeeper on Tales from the Crypt. Indy’s own Sammy Terry from Nightmare Theater. These are just a few examples of the horror host. The horror host is a conv…

“I can dress up the dead manBut I can’t bring him back to lifeBring it out, bring it out.”FAITH NO MORE – MOUTH TO MOUTH ====== If I had to pinpoint certain moments of adolescence that really served as…

Energy Never Ends By C. Rommial Butler ====== My oldest daughter and I checked out the fortieth anniversary theater showing of John Carpenter’s 1982 horror classic, The Thing. The Thing holds up af…

By Andy Emantsal Thank you for joining us here at Horror To Culture!!! In this installment, I will be telling the tale of a horrifying nightmare that haunted me for 3 years of my childhood. At the height of my affliction I was having this s…

“Throw the phone out the windowIf you want the neighbors wokeYou’ll have to shout out loudAnd set the bed alight and slowIf you want the neighbors wokeYou’ll have to shout even louder.” -St. Vincent –…

There’s been a renaissance as of late, a romance if you will, not only with the collection of VHS tapes of fan favorite movies and hard to find titles, but also keeping the legacy alive in regards to the rise and fall of VHS as a popular forma…

By Andy Emantsal Thanks for stopping. Eheh. Some night huh? On this very night, ten years ago, on this same stretch of road, in a dense fog just like this, I saw the worst accident I ever seen. There was this sound, like a garbage truck, dr…

On this edition of the HORROR TO CULTURE interview series, we delve into the psychedelic dark-fantasy artwork of Vojta (who also goes by V), regarding the nature of Artificial Intelligence, our technological future, and what really happened at Roswe…

“Head of a jackal and tail of a snakeSlithers and slinks through the desert, awakeGorges on moonbeams and bathes in the quantum foamUnchallenged in the infinite unknown.” KGLW – Set – The Silver Cord (2023)&n…

Hey there kids! You like it spooky? You like it kooky? Please take a moment for this Halloween treat as we talk with Michael Adams of the awesomely creepy CROOKED SMILE CLAYWORK! Michael is a mixed media artist out of Massachusetts, who specializes …

Preface: If you are reading this blog article, it should be noted that it’s a continuation & supplement to episode 3 of our recent HORROR TO CULTURE podcast, devoted to THE TWILIGHT ZONE. ======“It is not a new world &ndas…

There comes a certain point when a true fan of horror might find themselves drawn to the darker and more disturbing corners of the genre. Sometimes, as with a lot of Gen X’ers, it came with easily accessible VHS titles like FACES OF DEATH and …

When I first got word several months back that not only was the legendary band GOBLIN about to kick off a North American tour, but that their first stop was going to be a mere 30 minute drive from where I live, the initial reaction was “f*ck y…

“There is a mystery about this which stimulates the imagination; where there is no imagination there is no horror.”-Arthur Conan Doyle Being a member of several dozen horror groups throughout social media, I can safely say tha…