pop culture
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.
I'm in Love with a Zombie's Daughter
I have always thought zombie stories were stupid with a capitol S, until something ordinary happened to me right in my own home. Yes, I said ordinary. I was minding my own business when our new neighbors knocked on our door and my mom invited them in. She then proceeded to call her children from the four corners of the earth to present her brood in polite fashion once the neighbors had removed their government issued radiation prevention suits. I tried to ignore her as I usually would, but she was unrelenting. “Fedar Elias Ouray!” she repeated. So, I slunk from the basement to see what the issue could be. Could anything be more earth shattering than the radiation released from the nuclear power plants when our President demanded they be ratcheted up beyond maximum capacity?
By Alice Vargas5 years ago in Horror
Top 10 Horror Films of the 1970s.
The 1970s IMHO was the greatest decade of cinema which produced timeless classics. In fact most films mature with time. The horror genre turned it up so many notches that it reshaped the way we would view horror movies for many generations to come.
By Ace Howell5 years ago in Horror
Snagging The Exorcist
In the 1980s our home was rushed into the 20th century with the arrival of a VHS recorder, this arrival awoke something I had missed for several years, a love of horror. My love of horror began in the late 1970’s watching late night double bills of horror on BBC2, I’d love to say I remember the first films I saw, but I cannot. This love of horror drifted as my mother and father divorced, my Saturday night horror partner (my father) leaving home and my passion for horror while it remained, was forgotten until the arrival of the recorder. Suddenly I was taken back, through the power of recordings I was able to watch all the late-night horror I could get my hands on, which was not a lot, one film a week to be precise. As my passion of horror grew, I became acquainted with the video library just up the road from my home. I spent many days hiring movies and watching them, broadening my love of horror. But one day my visit to the video library led me to a mysterious list on the counter, the list said “horror movies for sale”, one title on the list stood out it was called The Exorcist.
By Spencer Hawken5 years ago in Horror
The King! I Found the King!
I’m going to start with I think summer birthdays suck! I know that is not the popular opinion but my birthday is in the latter half of July which meant that my friends were all off visiting family or adventuring somewhere. It is also the dead of summer and I despise the heat. As a child I spent my birthdays with family, meaning my cousins, and not that we didn’t get along but we were not close. We didn’t have a whole lot in common, still don’t in fact.
By Kristen Renee5 years ago in Horror
Vampires: Literature and Pop Culture . Top Story - March 2021.
Looking into how most supernatural characters are perceived in literature, it strays far from what pop culture has seen as a being who is sickly pale with an unstoppable bloodlust. Although there's a comparison to the common supernatural being in both literature and pop culture, there are various characteristics that would set them apart. The regal interpretation within William Polidori’s The Vampyre and looking into the Salvatore brothers of L.J. Smith’s The Vampire Diaries these comparisons of vampires can also be separated by their complete differences based on the author’s perception. Withing William Polidori’s The Vampyre, this short story is described as a man of high society rather than going into the normal depiction of a typical vampire; an individual with pale skin and blood lust but can only appear during nightfall (one that fits the description a Nosferatu vampire). Although this has changed during the times of literature that tells of certain aspects of the horror or supernatural, Polidori gives this being the physicality of a high ranked nobleman in Victorian society "His peculiarities caused him to be invited to every house... though its form and outline were beautiful, many female hunters after notoriety attempted to win his attention." (Polidori)
By Mikyah Henderson5 years ago in Horror
Here comes the Murder!
This year has been a wild ride, I think we all can agree on that. Something that helped my friends and me get through these tough times is some trivia nights via zoom. As somewhat of a control freak, I, of course, always choose and organize the questions for the night.
By Shannon Anderson5 years ago in Horror
“How Sirenhead Came To Be”
“How Sirenhead Came To Be” by: Samuel Di Gangi *Note from the author: I tend to shy away from writing a lot on topics or recent-day myths that others have already penned many works on. However, Sirenhead seemed too creepy to not have a backstory. Having no backstory just made him... well... weak. So, here is to the strength of Sirenhead.
By Deplorable Di Gangi5 years ago in Horror
A New Genre
We’ve all seen it at the bottom of our Amazon Prime page: Those who bought this also bought that—followed by: Inspired your recent shopping trends displayed with a slew of items you may or may not buy. Why this happens is simple: Algorithms. Oh, the algorithms. If you’re not familiar with what one is, the movie The Social Dilemma on Netflix is a darn good place to start. The movie explains, in great detail I may add, just how the advertisers amongst us know our next moves before we do. With the internet collecting our data, noting our interests and counting our endless minutes spent watching funny videos, a wave of advertisement is sent right to our email home page, our Facebook feed and even to our cable TV.
By SUSAN KINSEY5 years ago in Horror
I'm Right Here, Horror. Come and Get Me!
I am fascinated by the horror movie genre and I consume it all, arthouse, psychological, sequels, and slasher. There are some movies that are a pitch-perfect descent into your deepest subconscious fear, and they cling to you, paralysing your brain with fear hours after watching them; others are so god-awful, so over the-top-or poorly executed, that they unknowingly become funny, and in the process, inadvertently become a certain kind of good. Horror has its way of becoming a foray into an adventure where you suddenly take your thumb off the control button of your life and cease to be a mere spectator yelling at the screen, and willingly immerse yourself right into the middle of the chaos and gore, and for a few hours step into the protagonist's shoes...or that of the delectably persuasive or mind-bendingly sadistic villain.
By Tricia De Jesus-Gutierrez (Phynne~Belle)5 years ago in Horror
Jordan Peele and his Influence on the Horror Genre. Top Story - March 2021.
As a major film fanatic and even more specifically, a major horror film fanatic, Jordan Peele has changed the game for everyone in the business. As an aspiring horror film writer, he has made me have to step up my game for the better. With his directorial debut, Get Out (2017) he opened many oblivious eyes to the reality of black people in America. This take on the horror/psychological thriller is outstanding which made it good enough to earn him an Oscar for best original screenplay. It also showcased some lesser known talent in Daniel Kaluuya (who I have loved since his days on Skins.) He also takes the slasher film to new lengths with his newer addition Us (2019). This film takes the stereotype of having the single black person in the film be a secondary character who is usually killed quickly or off screen by making the main character and most of the cast black and the secondary characters in the film be white. Having Lupita Nyong'o be this slasher film's final girl is what made this film better than it already was.
By Shannon Anderson5 years ago in Horror
