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Pop culture for horror junkies; all about the famous films, creepypasta tales, trends and tropes that bled from the fringes of fright into the macabre mainstream.
The Monster Lives
Truth is subjective, especially on silver screens. Everyone is an actor with a role to play, a story to tell. Sitting in the theater chair yet another movie about the monstrous Dracula had been released, funny how my story has been told for decades and yet each adaptation is less truthful than the last. Honestly, the most faithful would have been the one released in 1992. The actor that portrayed me, I had to do a double-take and make sure I had not accidentally exposed myself on screen. But the story was ever still in more favor of the heroes rather than the villains. Surely, they cannot keep portraying Mina Harker as a damsel in distress – she was anything but that. She wanted to flee Jonathan for me, and yet the times would not allow it. Then there was Lucy Westenra, the film had it show that I appeared as a dog to her? No, farthest thing from the truth.
By Gabriella Tschudy4 years ago in Horror
5 Horror focus YouTube Channels I would recommend
Horror, for me, is more than just ghosts which scream “Boo” at the screen. Or the gruesome end of soulless characters at an even more soulless killer. It is perhaps the genre with the widest scope of potential. It is a platform to discuss social issues, or human struggles. To manifest trauma, or detail a message through fright. It is, through history utilized for cheap fright, perhaps one of cinemas greatest platforms to artistically portray abstract themes. It seems, over recent years and the emergence of A24, this potential has begun to be realized in the mainstream. Such an opinion I just previously stated has become commonplace and fairly universally understood. With it, a fascination of horror theory. Horror themes, the theoretical analysis of these tales academically.
By Martin S. Wathen4 years ago in Horror
Top 10 Weird Facts and History About Ouija Boards
Number One Mark Twains Secret Unpublished Book In 1902, Emily Grant Hutchings claimed to have contacted the spirit of Mark Twain who then dictated a book to her titled Jap Heron. The book was heavily criticized by the New York Times.
By Fiona Percival4 years ago in Horror
5 Horror Movies Hollywood Needs To Reboot
Over the course of the last decade, Hollywood has rebooted movies from nearly every genre. These reboots are either hit or miss, in other words, they're either extremely successful or absolute flops. One could make the argument that out of all the movie genres, the best reboots have come from horror movies. Childs Play, It, Holloween, and, most recently, Scream, all have had a significant amount of success in the box office. The latest technology in cinematography is to blame for that. Given how successful those projects were, one can't help but think about some other projects that have a significant amount of reboot potential. Under the right circumstances, these movies could certainly be home runs if they were to be rebooted today.
By Carlos Guerra4 years ago in Horror
These Horror Movies Reimagined As R.L. Stine Book Covers Are Mind-Blowing
Hello again spooky family and welcome back to another Screaming for Horror article. If you grew up on book stories by R.L. Stine then your childhood was awesome. I for one couldn't wait for a book fair at school or a trip to the library to devour one of these creepy stories so when I stumble upon the creative work of If it were Stine I couldn't wait to show you how they re-imagined famous horror movies into the world of R. L Stine covers now let's take a look down memory lane and enjoy these amazing artworks.
By Rain- Screaming for Horror4 years ago in Horror
Back to School Horror Movie Watchlist
While I’m no longer in school, I still enjoy back to school movie marathons. When I was growing up many TV channels used to actually host them and I would stay up late trying to watch some cult movie that I hadn’t seen before. Now you’d be hard-pressed to find a TV channel doing something like that, maybe Comet. But, in the world of streaming, it’s never been easier to put together your own. That’s what my little brother did, he went back to school this week and asked for some movie recommendations, which is how this list originally came about. Mostly to remind him that school isn’t forever unless your in one of these movies, that is.
By Jacob Peyton4 years ago in Horror
Anne Rice—Author, Visionary, Immortal.
Back when I was in 5th grade, I found a book in my house, and to this day, I'm still not sure where it came from. Up to that point, it was the single fattest book my 10-year-old self had ever seen. I thought some of Tolkien's books were long, but I never could have imagined that so many pages would fit inside anything other than a dictionary.
By J.A. Hernandez4 years ago in Horror
