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Continue reading →: “Terror ceases to be terror if it has to be worked out like an algebra problem.”Wake Up Dead Man was one of the best new movies that I saw last year – not an especially difficult proposition, given the relative paucity of movies I saw that came out last year. It was also one of those movies that uses another piece of media as a…
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Continue reading →: Then, Some Stuff HappenedAt this point, saying that it’s been a while since you lasted updated your blog has gone beyond a trope and into the realm of a bad joke. Nevertheless, it has in fact been a month since you last heard from me on here. There are plenty of reasons for…
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Continue reading →: Hope You Have a Strong HeartThis is not an April Fool’s Day post. It is, instead, one of the hardest posts I’ve ever had to write, and it ultimately won’t say much. Late last week, my family was struck by one of the most catastrophic and unexpected family emergencies we have ever had to face.…
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Continue reading →: That Wicked Witchcraft: Watching Horror’s Longest Running – and Most Inexplicable – FranchiseIn 1940, the first of Universal’s five Mummy sequels largely ignored the events of the previous film to kick off a new plotline that would carry on through a raft of follow-ups before ending when a variation of it crossed paths with Abbott and Costello in 1955. In 1990, Witchcraft…
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Continue reading →: “We have uncovered history, gentlemen.” – Green Hell (1940)What has to have been more than twenty years ago now, I saw a promotional still of the incredible “sun temple” set from Green Hell, and knew that I had to watch it. Of course, it was more than just the set. Green Hell is the second-to-last movie directed by…
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Continue reading →: A Nightmare Four Years in the MakingAs I mentioned last time, I regularly co-host a live podcast and free screening series at the Stray Cat Film Center here in KC. Next month will mark four years of the Horror Pod Class being at Stray Cat, so I thought it would be fun to crunch a few…
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Continue reading →: Year of MonstersThose who aren’t in the Kansas City area may not be aware that I co-host a monthly live podcast at the Stray Cat Film Center. The story of how I came to succumb to the curse of being a middle aged white guy and therefore co-hosting a podcast is a…
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Continue reading →: “Horrifying things, inconceivable to the human mind.” – Spiritism (1962)Recently, I stumbled upon a library of K. Gordon Murray releases on the Internet Archive. (Which would have been worth it for this thing alone.) Given my predilections, I knew what I had found immediately, but for those who have spent their lives in more worthwhile pursuits than I, who…
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Continue reading →: This Is the End (of the Year)For a recent freelance assignment, I did some research on why the new year falls when it does (at least, for those of us who mostly use the Gregorian calendar). The answer is complicated and, as with the answer to most questions, boils down to, “There are several compelling theories,…
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Continue reading →: Best HorrorI didn’t publish a lot of new stories in 2025, but I had fun with the ones I did, including the two (and a half) stories in the Starlight Theater Halloween Double-feature zine that I did with artist Patric Bates, and my story “The Phantom of the Wax Museum” in…
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