As of this date, Stephen King reigns as the undisputed champion of horror fiction. The Bangor, Maine-based author has an absolutely massive selection of titles that are credited to his name. With…
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If you haven’t read Danse Macabre, are you even a horror fan?
Danse Macabre by Stephen King is a college course in horror that you can carry around in your bag. Or on your tablet. It explores the horror genre in books, film, tv…
The Stand Miniseries: Part 4: The Stand
Trigger Warning: Part 4 contains a scene depicting a graphic sexual assault. I will very briefly mention this scene in the second paragraph of this review. We have finally made it to…
The Stand Miniseries: Part 3: The Betrayal
Part 3: “The Betrayal” means we are now halfway through The Stand Miniseries. With only three hours left, there is still a LOT of ground left to cover. If this is your…
The Stand Miniseries: Part 2: The Dreams
Episode two of The Stand begins with Frannie singing “Amazing Grace” as a gentle wind breezes over her father’s green garden and trees. But don’t let the sunshine and chirping birds fool you: most…
The Stand Miniseries: Part 1: The Plague
The news keeps spilling out like an open wound of dreadful information, people are stuck at home in quarantine, and horror fans are talking about Captain Trips, aka the superflu, aka the…
Dark Deviations: Malcolm Meets Christine
These days you might be spending a lot more time at home. Maybe you’re working or watching pandemic movies or reading books about haunted houses to get into the true self-quarantine spirit. (Maybe you’re…
The Outsider Episode Nine, Tigers and Bears
No lions? This is the second to last episode and we all know that means. Everything is going to go horribly wrong. Ralph, Holly, and co. have succeeded in protecting Claude from…
The Outsider Episode Eight, Foxhead
Stop the presses, I have an announcement. This episode is the second one in the season with a title that makes sense. Remember when that used to be a requirement? Episode eight…
The Outsider Episode Seven, In The Pines, In The Pines
This episode starts with a cockroach unable to get up off its back in the woods, and it just never regains that level of interest. Ralph wakes up to find that Holly…