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If we are to chart the dark, erratic heartbeat of H.P. Lovecraft’s creative life, we must begin not with a cosmic explosion, but with a quiet, moldering click of a key in an ancient lock. Written in the early summer of 1917, The Tomb represents the formal re-emergence of Lovecraft as a fiction writer after…
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The Task of Taming H.P. Lovecraft: The undertaking to which this lengthy treatise—and the exhaustive articles which shall follow it—is dedicated, is one of profound, yet necessary, darkness. We embark here upon a meticulous, sequential expedition through the entire major body of fiction penned by Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890–1937); not merely to recount the lurid,…
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Resident Evil is a series that needs little introduction. For nearly 30 years the Resident Evil franchise has been setting the standard for horror in gaming. With viral zombies, sentient mold, and head exploding parasites, the series has continued to give players excitement, terror, and spectacles untold. Nine games make up the main series with…
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The Last Man (1826) – The Invention of Post-Apocalyptic Horror and the Terminal Annihilation of Hope The two preceding novels established Mary Shelley’s core thesis: the great horrors of humanity are self-inflicted, stemming from unchecked ambition and the ultimate failure to prioritize compassion and responsibility. With The Last Man, published in 1826, Shelley takes this…
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Mathilda (1820) – The Abyss of Guilt and the Horror of the Self If Frankenstein was Mary Shelley’s grand, thunderous statement on the dangers of scientific ambition, then Mathilda is her whispered, devastating confession about the failures of the human heart. Written just two years after the publication of her magnum opus, this 1820 novella…
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Frankenstein: The Spark of Being and the Birth of Modern Dread For too long, the story of Frankenstein has been trapped in the realm of bad costumes, green-painted foreheads, and B-movie screams, but that is an injustice that entirely misses the dark, vital truth: Mary Shelley didn’t just write a Gothic ghost story in 1818;…
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Alamo Drafthouse’s Fantastic Fest is less than a week away, and it’s time for us to reveal the ten films we’re pumped to see at the 20th edition of the Austin-based genre festival. First of all, there is an amazing array of talent on display here, filled with amazing motion pictures, both seen and unseen.…
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There is no shortage of post-apocalyptic indie dramas out there. Hell, at this point, I’m fairly certain you could find a Tubi subgenre dedicated to these films without going very deep into the subscription service. The idea of the end of the world is generationally compelling, and the plots tend to cater to small budgets.…
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The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie holds an important place in Looney Tunes history in multiple ways. It’s the first-ever theatrical, fully animated, feature-length Looney Tunes film (Past theatrical outings have been shorts, animation-live action hybrids, or feature-length compilations of (mostly) existing shorts). It’s a rare 2D-animated film, which is especially…
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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all! Today, we have a spectacular gift for you in interview form. Warren Skeels, director, producer, and co-writer of The Man in the White Van, sat down with us to discuss the theatrical release of his feature debut. The film is a harrowing slow-burn thriller that pits a fantastic…