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What I’m Reading: Beauty Disrupted

Beauty Disrupted, a memoir by Carre Otis, details her decadent and dangerous existence as an 80’s supermodel and wife of Hollywood actor Mickey Rourke. With brutal honesty and raw courage, Carre describes the many poor choices that led her down a nearly tragic path....

Scary Movies: The Devil’s Advocate

Thanks for this review go to our new guest reviewer, the lovely and perceptive Corinne Dion! Corinne has interests in horror and opera, among other things, and will be providing occasional reviews on this site! The Devils Advocate, a successful horror film that premiered...

Scary Movies: Daybreakers

Thanks for this review go to our new guest reviewer, the lovely and perceptive Corinne Dion! Corinne has interests in horror and opera, among other things, and will be providing occasional reviews on this site! Daybreakers is a unique 2010 vampire thriller, more in...

Scary Movies: What Lies Beneath

Thanks for this review go to our new guest reviewer, the lovely and perceptive Corinne Dion! Corinne has interests in horror and opera, among other things, and will be providing occasional reviews on this site! The supernatural thriller, What Lies Beneath, has stood the...

Scary Movies: Nosferatu

Thanks for this review go to our new guest reviewer, the lovely and perceptive Corinne Dion! Corinne has interests in horror and opera, among other things, and will be providing occasional reviews on this site! Although the 2024 remake of Nosferatu (the 1922 original...

Scary Movies: The Blair Witch Project

I hadn’t seen this movie since I saw it in the movie theater when it came out. But the theme this year for our annual horror film festival is witches, and it’s the movie within that theme I think my daughter was most looking...

What I’m Reading: Muse

Muse, by LCW Allingham, is a horror novella about the art world in New York. Mr. Green is a scout for up-and-coming artists, Mr. Silver is a gallery owner, and Mr. Black is an art critic. Together, they dominate the New York art scene...

Scary Movies: Witchfinder General

I’ve seen a number of bad movies where Vincent Price was the best thing about the film, sometimes even the only thing in the film worth watching. But Witchfinder General (released in the US as The Conqueror Worm) is a movie where Vincent is...

Sister Honey Out Now!

Three people on a hunt for missing women uncover a hive of mysteries and a potent honey hiding a dark secret. Tua, a former hero turned rope-maker, spends his days working and his evenings drinking himself to oblivion on alcoholic thornmilk. He wakes one...

What I’m Reading: Loserville

Loserville, by Clayton Trutor, is about the history of Atlanta’s relationship with major league sports. The book covers from the 1950s, when ownership groups first tried to lure major league baseball and football teams to the city, through the 1966-1971 years, when the city...