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Spookoween 2018: 31 Days of Horror, Part I

This year’s Spookoween starts off with cults, other worlds, the power of Metal, demons, possessions, hauntings, vengeful ghosts, battle axes, overnight stays in mansions with a catch, extremely contested wills, Kālī Mā, protective circles, 3D wonders and the mysterious happenings of early 1980s. But before I go into my 31 Days of Horror, behold my… Spookoween Prologue: Two movies I watched the week before October began. … Continue reading Spookoween 2018: 31 Days of Horror, Part I

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Spookoween 2017: 31 Days of Horror, Part I

It’s been hard getting into the Spookoween spirit this year. Lots is going on, but mostly I think it’s hard to feel like Halloween is coming when it’s over 100 F. While shorts are popular in horror movies, it’s hard to feel like it’s fall when that’s mostly what I’ve been wearing. But I’m getting there. Sometimes you can’t wait for inspiration. Sometimes you have … Continue reading Spookoween 2017: 31 Days of Horror, Part I

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Spookoween 2016: 31 Days of Horror, Part IV

More insects, well, arachnids; more ill-advised creeping through holes in basement walls; draculas; the past creeping into the present; old dark houses containing terrifying secrets; 1970s-ness; women’s latent terror; angry ghosts; the Ramsay Brothers; destructive passions and dangerous sex; young travelers and young lovers on their honeymoon; really spoiled honeymoons; mad science; Carmillas; desecrated cemeteries; questionable psychiatry; vengeance from beyond the grave and adding viruses … Continue reading Spookoween 2016: 31 Days of Horror, Part IV

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Spookoween 2016: 31 Days of Horror Part I

The dark clouds gather, the leaves begin to turn and the veil between the worlds thins. It is indeed Spookoween, the time of year when I participate in 31 Days of Horror and cram my head full of horror movies, stories, podcasts, radio plays, and whatever I decide to define as horror and then I write about it. Because I’m running my own show, I … Continue reading Spookoween 2016: 31 Days of Horror Part I

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Spookoween 2015: 31 Days of Horror, Part III

  Spookoween 2015 is winding down and it looks like I made it through. Roger Corman and Dracula both return, but not together. So many draculas! No Vincent Price this time, but there is a brief appearance by Vampire Prosecutor. And there’s a grieving mother trying to raise her two sons in mysterious circumstances among men that try to take advantage of her in various … Continue reading Spookoween 2015: 31 Days of Horror, Part III

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