Abalam. Knight Light: A Horror Movie Podcast is ending off the year with a step into anti-Christmas, celebrating horror films in their Forgive Me, Father month! They kick things off orthodox with Daniel Stamm’s The Last Exorcism! The Last Exorcism is a found-footage film about filmmakers Iris (Iris Bahr) and Daniel (Adam Grimes), who follow Reverend Cotton Marcus […]
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Celebrating the Passion of the Queer Antichrist [Horror Queers Podcast]
Black Chiffon So long November! After a month of beach vampires in The Lost Boys, singing demons in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, gay panic voyeurs in Creep, and lesbian Satanists in The Seventh Victim, we are *more* than ready to celebrate the holigays. What better way to kick off December than Frank LaLoggia‘s Passion Play-infused, […]
Is There No Defense For Horror Games Without Combat? [Safe Room Podcast]
Combat has been an integral part of video games since their inception. By giving the player the ability to take the fight to those that stand in their way, they become empowered and emboldened to a certain extent. And while on paper, this seems like a no-brainer in terms of giving players agency, combat can […]
BD’s ‘Horror Queers’ Celebrate the Best Horror of 2021 with Third Annual “Hereditaries” Awards; Vote Now!
Two years ago, following the lack of recognition at the Oscars for horror films, Trace Thurman and I created “The Hereditaries” (named after Toni Collette’s Hereditary omission), a series of horror awards to acknowledge all of the great work being done in the genre. The response that we received was out of this world and we immediately […]
Stephen King’s 10 Best Stories for Christmas [The Losers’ Club Podcast]
Unlike his son Joe Hill, Stephen King hasn’t really written a Christmas story. Granted, the holiday has graced his works from time to time, but they’re often passing references. So, if you’re keeping warm by the fire this December and thinking to yourself, God, I’d love to pair this cozy night with some Christmas King, […]
‘Condemned: Criminal Origins’ Still Hits Like a Lead Pipe to the Skull [Safe Room Podcast]
As is in life, first impressions are important. And as a result, launch titles carry more weight than most console releases. Not only ushering in a new console cycle, but the games available on Day 1 should be a snippet of the future of that cycle. And for the Xbox 360, that Day 1 horrifying […]
Embracing Lesbianism and Satanism in ‘The Seventh Victim’ [Horror Queers Podcast]
She only did her…hair After a wild month that has included gay panic in Creep, a TV musical in Buffy the Vampire Slayer‘s ‘Once More, With Feeling’ and our 150th episode extravaganza with The Lost Boys, we’re closing out the month with a slam dunk 1940s film noir. That’s right: it’s finally time for a […]
‘Scream 4’ Turns Social Media Into a Suspect [Halloweenies Podcast]
Rejoice, Woodsboro! The Stab-athon continues! As promised, Halloweenies co-hosts Justin Gerber, Dan Caffrey, McKenzie Gerber, and special guest Diandra Lazor have returned to the barn to finish their dissection of 2011’s Scream 4. In the second of two episodes dedicated to the fourth chapter, the discuss the perils of social media stardom, debate whether they’d […]
Stephen King’s “The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon” Is Swift Survival Horror for All Ages [The Losers’ Club Podcast]
“It’s God’s nature to come on in the bottom of the ninth, Tom had told her.” Don’t panic, but the Losers are a little lost. Somewhere on their hike through the Appalachian Trail, they managed to stumble off road. Now, they’re deep within the unmarked woods of Maine with just their wits to lean upon […]
[Podcast] Knight Light: A Horror Movie Podcast Has a Four-Course Meal on ‘The Platform’
Knight Light: A Horror Movie Podcast takes a considerable chunk out for their Hispanic Haunts month in Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia’s The Platform! Goreng (Iván Massagué) volunteers to become a prisoner for 6-months in a vertical cubic prison, accompanied by hundreds of other floors above and below him. His cellmate, Trimugasi (Zorion Eguileor), vaguely explains how “The Pit” works, a […]
Arkane’s Sci-Fi Horror Game ‘Prey’ is an Immersive World of Mimics, Misdirection, and Monstrous Aliens [Safe Room Podcast]
Countless games claim to emphasize player choice, but how many actually deliver on that promise? Often player choice amounts to little more than black and white morality decisions or variations on stealth or “loud” approaches to combat. And while there are surely outliers, a more traditional approach to immersive sims seems to be a rarity […]
Projecting Gay Panic in Patrick Brice’s ‘Creep’ [Horror Queers Podcast]
Creep Evan Hansen. After spending Halloween shacking up with the colorful characters in Clue, we kicked off November with a discussion of a seminal queer vampire text in The Lost Boys and revisited Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s “Once More With Feeling” on its 20th anniversary. Now, we’re getting a little…..creepy with Patrick Brice‘s exceptional film Creep! In the […]
‘Scream 4’ Hits Harder as an Unexpected Swan Song for Wes Craven [Halloweenies Podcast]
Step aside, Charlie and Robbie, there’s a new Cinema Club in town. As promised, the Halloweenies have returned to the streets of Woodsboro, where everyone is shaking off a case of deja vu. Make no mistake, though, this is no remake. No, there are all new rules to learn, which is why you oughta make your […]
Stephen King News Roundup: ‘Gwendy’s Final Task’ Involves ‘The Dark Tower’? [The Losers’ Club Podcast]
There’s a buzz in the air across King’s Dominion. So, once again, The Losers’ Club is putting on their shades, revving up their Plymouth Fury convertible, and heading to Hollywood King. Yes, it’s another high-octane news episode that finds Losers Michael Roffman, Randall Colburn, Dan Pfleegor, and Justin Gerber cycling through all the latest Stephen […]
Bruce Campbell Teases That He’s Currently Writing a Comic Book for a Major Company
Chatting with Bloody Disgusting’s The Boo Crew Podcast this week about everything from The Evil Dead to brand new horror-comedy Black Friday, horror icon Bruce Campbell let it slip that one of his next projects will take him into the world of comic books… as a writer! “I’m writing a comic book for a major […]