Archive for the ‘Horror’ Category

Zombies Overrun Washington, D.C.

I knew this would happen.  I was right all along and I’m prepared.  For years, I’ve told anyone who would listen that eventually the zombies would completely overwhelm our defenses and take over.  Well, they are apparently running rampant through the streets of Washington, D.C. this very minute.  I’ll be alright though.  I saw it [...]


Book: The Vampire Archives

On Friday evening I went into Hollywood looking for monsters.  I found some really bad ones.  They’re inside The Vampire Archives, an enormous volume of vampire stories edited by Otto Penzler and published by Vintage Crime.
The book is organized into sections like Pre-Dracula, which holds gems like Good Lady Ducayne by English writer M.E. Braddon, [...]


Puzzle Game: Tomb of the Mummy II

Want to ruin Halloween?  Sure.  Why not?  Give it a try.  This puzzle has driven many players totally insane.  I’m actually not kidding.  I’m dead serious.  It’s really hard.  It can warp your helpless mind and make you smash your computer.  I have received more hate mail for this little puzzle than for any other [...]


Horror Movie: The Road to Moloch

Here’s a horror movie about some U.S. soldiers in Iraq who face an ancient evil in a cave.
This is very mature subject matter with extreme violence and mature language. Not for young viewers.

This is not a very good film. That’s why I posted it. The filmmaking interests me because of its complete [...]


Horror Movie: The Brain That Wouldn’t Die

The Brain that Wouldn’t Die was directed by Joseph Green in 1959. It’s the creepy tale of a brilliant surgeon who perfects a method for keeping human body parts alive. When his girlfriend is decapitated in a car-wreck, he manages to keep her lovely head alive and talking in a tray. Unbelievable! [...]


Horror Movie: The Curse of Frankenstein

In keeping with our horrific new game, Frankenstein – The Creature Must Die!, here’s a 1957 Hammer Film called The Curse of Frankenstein.  It stars Peter Cushing as Victor Frankenstein and Christopher Lee as the monster.
This version of the Frankenstein story caused critical outrage when it was released.  It was ground-breaking in its level of [...]


Browser Game: Frankenstein – The Creature Must Die!

If you wonder what it might have been like to be Victor Frankenstein working in his laboratory to bring life to the stitched together parts of dead people… wonder no more!  You can be the brilliant doctor as he fights off a mob of angry villagers and tries to harness the power of lightning [...]


Japanese Toilet Paper Horror

Lucky Koji Suzuki is the Japanese author of a 9-chapter novella to be printed on toilet paper rolls.  The story takes up approximately 3 feet of toilet paper and allows readers to enjoy their fill of horror from the comfort of their toilets which may in fact turn out to be the best place for [...]


Horror Podcast: Fear on Demand

Fear on Demand is an excellent horror story podcast.  Their latest offering is Room 412 by Michael Laimo.  The narrator is Gord Mackenzie.  When a man checks into a hotel during a business trip he is irritated by a constant thumping from the room next door.  What’s making that noise?  His terror mounts as the [...]


Night Zero: Online Zombie Photo Comic Book (not for very young readers)

Night Zero is a photo comic book aimed at older readers.  It’s set in the months following a deadly viral outbreak.  It follows the lives of survivors in Seattle, Washington who barricade themselves against the terrors of the outside world and try to build a future for themselves.  The novel is riveting and beautifully designed.
 
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Old-Time Radio Horror

Enjoy the terrors of these classic old-time radio horror productions. These are some of the tales that people used to spend their evenings listening to back in the 1930s and 40s. What a treat for a stormy night! You’ll stay up very late listening to these frightening dramas.
We’ve got stories from ‘Frankenstein’ to Edgar Allen [...]