“A History of British Folk Horror”
Spectacular Optical has an overview of British folklore in horror film and television. (Thanks, Colin!)
Creepy BBC Tales
BBC Radio has several horror and ghost stories available right now, including the series, “Algernon Blackwood’s Ghost Stories,” “The Monkey’s Paw” and “The House of Doctor Dee.” Each segment expires after seven days.
The Voice of Night Vale
The Daily Dot interviews Cecil Baldwin, the voice of the eerie podcast, Welcome To Night Vale.
Demanding Better Representation
At XOJane, Chaka Cumberbath demands better representation for Black girl nerds in geek culture: “We can be spunky. We can be vivacious. We can be complicated and beautiful and emotional and flawed and we might be all of those things or none of those things at all, but […]
An Oral History of Evil Dead II
“I think I can speak for all of us: We’d rather be doing slapstick comedy. But because we were so concerned, at the time, with getting our work into theaters, we thought: ‘Eh, horror films. That’s a good way in.’” More history of Evil Dead II at The […]
The Shrieking Horror of Castle Lemongrab
“Sometimes I tried to imitate the pleasant songs of the birds but was unable. Sometimes I wished to express my sensations in my own mode, but the uncouth and inarticulate sounds which broke from me frightened me into silence again” (Frankenstein, 110). “He raised her and smiled with […]
The Cultural Gutter 