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.
Vampire Bats
IF THIS, THEN THAT: VAMPIRE BATS I love a good superhero movie. I also love the classic tale of Dracula. And I never suspected how much I would find when I looked into how those two things could be connected. One hero in particular stood out as a close literary relative of the sinister Count, and it's exactly the one you'd expect.
By Steph Cole5 years ago in Horror
"I see autistic people."
As an autistic person, I'd have to say that Hollywood's collection of autistic characters is a real-life horror movie. They are almost all the same and come across as caricatures rather than actual human beings. It also doesn't help that these characters are normally created by neurotypical (non-autistic) writers and performed by neurotypical actors, making the whole thing feel a bit too staged. Because nearly all of these depictions are pure crap, we autistics often look for other characters to compare ourselves to. These are known as "autistic coded characters", or characters that come across as autistic despite not being confirmed by their creators as being on the spectrum. Ironically, they are often seen as a better representation of the spectrum compared to the characters that are actually written to be that way. Some of the most well-known autistic coded characters include Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Temperance Brennan from Bones, and Luna Lovegood from Harry Potter. Since I'm so obsessed with horror movies and it's my birthday (it's on March 7th, but this probably won't get published in time), I created a list of characters in horror movies that could be on the spectrum.
By Cat the Autist5 years ago in Horror
(un)Common Facts About Horror Movies
Horror movies have been popular for years. Everyone loves to be scared so long as they know it isn’t real. Something about it excites us as humans. And if you are in the horror fandom, there are certain things that you just know, that everyone knows. Maybe that fact is that Stephen King hated Stanley Kubrick’s adaptation of The Shining. Or maybe that there are curses surrounding some movies like Poltergeist and The Exorcist.
By Micah James5 years ago in Horror
Bad Girls Deserve Flowers Too
Sometimes the girls are plucky, innocent, hysterical victis of chance and fate as they escape certain death. Although sometimes the girls aren't the heroes, and instead the very thing you ought to run from. Saucy, lovely, nasty, never afraid to get down and dirty for their desires, and most unwilling to let a good deed go unpunished. Fiona Goode from American Horror Story, Amanda from SAW, Nancy from The Craft . . . the list can just go on. All women with a little damage, and a lot of repressed issues, who wear them as proudly as Chanel coats and velvet matte lipsticks.
By Delise Fantome5 years ago in Horror
What is Witchcraft?
Simply speaking, there are many forms of witchcraft. There is the light magic, and the dark. Light magic being love potions and similar things like protection spells, and dark magic being voudou and houdou or anything similar to it. While many believe there is no such thing, I assure you that witchcraft is real. There are many mistakes that beginner, or baby witches make in their journey through the many years of this lifestyle. One big mistake is always binding spells. Binding spells should not be done unless you know what you are doing. It is a spell you have to be very specific while performing. I've seen many witches make this mistake. Another mistake? Trusting witchtok. You know, the usual witches who post videos all over Tik Tok. Not all of the information from there is correct, considering a majority of baby witches on there got the bright idea to attempt a hex on the sun and moon (never do this, ever).
By Michelle White5 years ago in Horror
The Rise of the Shonen-Horror Genres
In the past few years, the horror genre has been quite successful in both the manga and anime world. Horror-tinged Shonen like Jujutsu Kaisen, Demon Slayer, and Chainsaw Man has been all the rage. Wildly popular series like Bleach, which was focused on monster-hunting, didn’t rely on gore or spookiness in its storytelling. However, the recent Shonen Jump horror series have been paradigm-shifting as they are completely changing the manga world.
By karen jodes capanan5 years ago in Horror
The Correct Order to Watch The Conjuring Universe Movies In
The Conjuring franchise has been a staple in the horror movie genre since the release of it’s first installment in 2013. Since then, it’s added more movies along the Annabelle, The Nun, and The Curse of La Llorona storylines. Following the most terrifying and extreme cases of famed psychic Lorraine Warren along with her husband, demonologist Ed Warren, the series of films has captivated audiences with tales of the true terror from demonic possessions.
By Alesia Brooks5 years ago in Horror
