Trick-or-Treating, Turnips and Jack-o-lanterns
Irish Central, Atlas Obscura, and the English Heritage Blog have some stories about the origins of Halloween and a man named, “Jack.”
“Tiny Hamster is a Zombie!
Steel your heart for the impossible cuteness of Tiny Hamster’s zombie apocalypse!
Better Left Unsaid: the Unspoken and the Unexplained in Hush
As an English student and aspiring Clive Barker, no feedback made me want to shove things in places more than that hoary old chestnut “show, don’t tell.” It was glib, it was unspecific, and worst of all, it was annoyingly valid. So, yay, no one has to say […]
Scream Queens and Final Girls: the Revenge of The Slumber Party Massacre
Slasher movies are kind of my comfort food. I grew up in the 1980s, and, in a way, so did they. Maybe it’s more accurate to say they grew out, with a ton of franchises, successful or not, piling on roman numerals and subtitles throughout the decade, not […]
Spookoween 2015: 31 Days of Horror, Part III
Do you dare read the final chapter in the Gutter’s own Carol’s 31 Days of Horror blogathon? “Spookoween 2015 is winding down and it looks like I made it through. Roger Corman and Dracula both return, but not together. So many draculas! No Vincent Price this time, but […]
70 Disturbing Vintage Halloween Costumes
Stuff You Should Know has a gallery of seventy unsettling vintage Halloween costumes.
