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Project Fangoria: Issue 7

Issue 7, August 1980 Editor Joe Bonham’s editorial was a brief memorial to Alfred Hitchcock, George Pal, and Mario Bava, three master filmmakers of the horror/suspense genre who had recently passed away. This issue included part one of a Hitchcock retrospective. An interview with Pal is scheduled for issue 8. While also including a filmography […]

Reading Notes, 4/23/25

Books Dead Silence by S. A. Barnes I finished Dead Silence the day after I watched the movie Pandorum (2009)*. Both are sci-fi horror and involve unreliable main characters, but there are some very fundamental differences that aren’t just tone. S. A. Barnes follows blueprints laid out in Alien, Aliens, and Event Horizon and that’s […]

Halfway to Halloween Marathon, Movies 13–15

Phenomena Year: 1985Runtime: 1h 56mRated: R Writers: Dario Argento, Franco FerriniDirector: Dario ArgentoStars: Jennifer Connelly, Daria Nicolodi, Dalila Di Lazzaro, Patrick Bauchau, Donald Pleasence I keep swearing off Dario Argento and I keep coming back to him . . . The prompt that caused this choice was “explore our host @kynky’s collection.” Since, a video […]

Nonsense 004, 4/18/25

Short Story “We Will Teach You How to Read | We Will Teach You How to Read” by Caroline M. YoachimAn experimental-style narrative in which a perhaps alien attempts to teach us to read—in a multi-threaded kind of way. It’s an interesting concept and meditative in its repetition. Short Story Deal Me In, wk 15: […]

Halfway to Halloween Marathon, Movies 10–12

Red Rooms Year: 2023Runtime: 1h 58mRated: not rated Writer: Pascal PlanteDirector: Pascal PlanteStars: Juliette Gariépy, Laurie Babin, Guy Thauvette This was another “free pick” for HorrorX52. Red Rooms seems to be a movie that many horror pundits love, but always include the warning: this movie is not for everyone. In a genre that often contains […]

Halfway to Halloween Marathon, Movies 7–9

In a Violent Nature Year: 2024Runtime: 1h 34mRated: not rated Writer: Chris NashDirector: Chris NashStars: Ry Barrett, Andrea Pavlovic, Cameron Love, Reece Presley, Lauren Taylor After the unexpected “killer-cams” of the Maniac movies, I decided to watch the most recent user of that film-making tactic: In a Violent Nature. It was a free pick for […]

Nonsense 003, 4/11/25

Writing Update It was a two submission Market Day: I’d had a rejection on “Witch Bottle” and I was keeping “Doors” back until a certain market opened on April 1st. Both are were once again out the door. There was some chit-chat on Bluesky about response emails from markets, that maybe it would be kinder […]

Halfway to Halloween Marathon, Movies 4–6

V/H/S/Beyond Year: 2024Runtime: 1h 54mRated: not rated Writers: Jordan Downey & Kevin Stewart (“Stork”), Christian Long & Justin Long (“Fur Babies”), Justin Martinez & Ben Turner (“Live and Let Dive”), Virat Pal & Evan Dickson (“Dream Girl”), Mike Flanagan (“Stowaway”), Jay Cheel (“Abduction/Adduction”)Directors: Jay Cheel (“Abduction/Adduction”), Jordan Downey (“Stork”), Virat Pal (“Dream Girl”), Justin Martinez […]

Nonsense 002, 4/4/25

Short Story Deal Me In, wk 13: 10♦️“The Tempest” by Fiyola Hoosen-Steele A story of postpartum depression—the changes that occur to our narrator are nearly (maybe?) supernatural as devastating a change as becoming savage beast. Or, being in the midst of a tempest beyond one’s control. I know nothing of this, from experience, but postpartum […]

Halfway to Halloween Marathon, Movies 1–3

Alien: Romulus Year: 2024Runtime: 1h 59mRated: R Writers: Fede Álvarez, Rodo SayaguesDirector: Fede ÁlvarezStars: Cailee Spaeny, David Jonsson, Archie Renaux, Isabela Merced Happy Halfway to Halloween! I debated how to celebrate my third favorite time of the year and decided on a movie marathon. I’ve (unofficially) joined the HorrorX52 challenge on Letterboxd with the intent […]