Category: Media
Re-Read This: The Year’s Best Horror Stories
The Year’s Best Horror Stories was a twenty-two volume annual anthology series that ran from 1971 through 1994. Christopher Lee himself wrote the introduction to 1972’s Volume II.
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Read This: M.R. James’s Complete Ghost Stories
M.R. James is perhaps the most reliably frightening author I can think of. Although Montague Rhodes James only published […]
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Mandy: Love, Loss, and Nicholas Cage on a Rampage
Mandy isn’t the kind of movie that can be ranked on a scale of good to bad. It it […]
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The Dragon Prince Soars
The Dragon Prince is quite simply wonderful. Netflix’s new epic fantasy is intended for kids, but like all great […]
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Ghoul: Folklore, Fascists, and Fear
Ghoul, the new three-episode miniseries from Netflix, generates its chills with a blend of tried-and-true tropes borrowed from multiple […]
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Read This: The Maiden Voyage and Other Departures
The Maiden Voyage and Other Departures by Jessica McHugh is a collection of six loosely related stories that hinge […]
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Disenchantment Has Its Charms
Disenchantment, Matt Groening’s new series for Netflix, certainly has its own unique charms. It is no Futurama. It is […]
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Castle Rock: All the Discomforts of Home
Castle Rock is Hulu’s finely-crafted ode to Stephen King’s intricate world-building. The series is faithful to the author’s voice […]
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Evolution’s Horror is Subtle by Design
The odd and resonant Evolution is a beautiful and seductive slice of art-house horror. Written and directed by Lucile […]
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Read This: The Legion of Regrettable Supervillains
Jon Morris’s The Legion of Regrettable Supervillains is a natural sequel to his The League of Regrettable Superheroes. Let’s […]
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