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Continue reading →: Crimson Peak (2015)
I saw Crimson Peak over the weekend, because of course I did, and it’s taken me this long to get a chance to sit down and try to write out my feelings about the experience, even though they’re really not that complicated. It’s difficult to think about Crimson Peak on its own terms.…
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Continue reading →: Painted Monsters: “The Red Church”
For the month of October, as part of the Countdown to Halloween, I’ll be revisiting each of the thirteen stories in Painted Monsters & Other Strange Beasts and suggesting movies that pair well with them, for your viewing pleasure! Though I wrote “The Red Church” for Giallo Fantastique, at the time that…
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Continue reading →: Painted Monsters: “Walpurgisnacht”
For the month of October, as part of the Countdown to Halloween, I’ll be revisiting each of the thirteen stories in Painted Monsters & Other Strange Beasts and suggesting movies that pair well with them, for your viewing pleasure! Today is a double-feature here at the blog, for reasons that’ll probably…
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Continue reading →: Painted Monsters: “Ripperology”
For the month of October, as part of the Countdown to Halloween, I’ll be revisiting each of the thirteen stories in Painted Monsters & Other Strange Beasts and suggesting movies that pair well with them, for your viewing pleasure! “Ripperology” was written for Ross Lockhart’s first Word Horde anthology Tales of Jack…
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Continue reading →: Painted Monsters: “The Murders on Morgue Street”
For the month of October, as part of the Countdown to Halloween, I’ll be revisiting each of the thirteen stories in Painted Monsters & Other Strange Beasts and suggesting movies that pair well with them, for your viewing pleasure! Of all of these movie pairings, this one is, without a doubt,…
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Continue reading →: Painted Monsters: “Night’s Foul Bird”
For the month of October, as part of the Countdown to Halloween, I’ll be revisiting each of the thirteen stories in Painted Monsters & Other Strange Beasts and suggesting movies that pair well with them, for your viewing pleasure! “Night’s Foul Bird” marks the first of the stories in Painted Monsters to be…
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Continue reading →: Painted Monsters: “The White Prince”
For the month of October, as part of the Countdown to Halloween, I’ll be revisiting each of the thirteen stories in Painted Monsters & Other Strange Beasts and suggesting movies that pair well with them, for your viewing pleasure! The second story in Painted Monsters is also the one that has probably…
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Continue reading →: Painted Monsters: “The Worm That Gnaws”
For the month of October, as part of the Countdown to Halloween, I’ll be revisiting each of the thirteen stories in Painted Monsters & Other Strange Beasts and suggesting movies that pair well with them, for your viewing pleasure! It’s still October 13 (for about another hour), so what better time…
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Continue reading →: Countdown to Halloween 2015: Painted Monsters
Lo, I come stumbling forth from my crypt to inform you that I am once again participating in the Countdown to Halloween this year, and while I’m off to something of a late start, I plan to keep the ball rolling a little more reliably than I have in past years.…
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Continue reading →: HPLFF 2015
I’m a few days back from the H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival and sufficiently recovered as to make a token effort at a wrap-up post. As always, I had a great time at what is consistently my favorite convention/festival/gathering of the year, with my only complaint being that there is never…








