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Ten More Pieces of Creepy Classical Music 5 Aug 2013 | 03:32 am
When I’m writing a dark scene for a novel or story, nothing sets the atmosphere like a bit of creepy classical music. One of my most popular blog posts of all time is “Top Ten Pieces of Classical Musi...
Movie Review: The Conjuring (2013) 25 Jul 2013 | 09:02 am
Oh, how I wanted to like The Conjuring. It’s got a traditional haunted house setting, ripe for ghostly creepiness. It’s got James Wan. Hell, it’s got Vera Farmiga, who’s had a number of enjoyable role...
Book Review: “Summer of Night” 14 Jul 2013 | 05:22 am
As someone who adores Stephen King’s IT, I was immediately drawn into Dan Simmons’ world in Summer of Night, with its group of kids who realize they are the only ones who can stop an ancient evil from...
Movie Review “Evil Dead” 2013 10 Jul 2013 | 03:07 am
I’m just going to get this out of the way first: I’m not really a fan of the original Evil Dead (I know, blasphemy!). Evil Dead 2 is good fun, and Army of Darkness has the hilarity, but I always felt ...
Movie Review: “The Lords of Salem” (2013) 3 Jul 2013 | 05:27 am
Rob Zombie (better known for his band White Zombie than for his Halloween remakes) is back at the business of making movies with The Lords of Salem, a movie about Satanists, witches who like to get na...
Movie Review: “Hitchcock” (2012) 29 Jun 2013 | 06:07 am
Okay, I admit, this movie does not fall under the category of “horror”—but it does contain certain elements of the genre, aside from being about the Master of Suspense’s first foray into horror filmma...
Outliving 25 Jun 2013 | 11:41 pm
Setting is important to me when it comes to writing, so when I travel to interesting places (like I just did to France), it tends to come out in my work. Granted, this is an old poem, but it sprang fr...
Movie Review: “Stoker” (2013) 23 Jun 2013 | 04:59 pm
Don’t let the title fool you—this psychological thriller has nothing to do with the father of vampire literature, Bram Stoker. Yet there is something fitting about this connection, for the title invit...
The Cruelest Month 15 Jun 2013 | 05:43 pm
Though we’re mid-June and April is far behind, I keep thinking of this old poem of mine, mainly because the weather in Chamonix seems to change at the drop of a hat. It reminds me to trust neither the...
Book Review: “The Hungry Moon” 13 Jun 2013 | 08:22 pm
It’s hard for me to believe I’ve made it this far into life as a horror writer and never read Ramsey Campbell, but thankfully I’ve decided to remedy this—starting with the Lovecraftian, druidic, relig...
