Beware the faces of the dark ghoul, For death will visit upon Hedge Hollow A trio of allies and a righteous tool. Held safe above, where none dare follow, The pure of heart, for life, will duel And the evil darkness, the light will swallow. Marcus Roberts, Hedge Hollow Who is Marcus H. Roberts of Second Sight Publishing? Marcus H. Roberts is a freelance writer, comic book creator, contributor to World of Black Heroes (a website “dedicated to Black superhero News, Reviews, Previews, Sales figures, Interviews, Galleries and the people who bring them to us), and the COO of Second Sight Publi ..read more

“The witching hour, somebody had once whispered to her, was a special moment in the middle of the night when every child and every grown-up was in a deep deep sleep, and all the dark things came out from hiding and had the world all to themselves.” ― Roald Dahl, The BFG Horror is already a controversial genre. Horror for children is doubly so. Children in horror is fine, a staple even. They symbolise the true nature of the threat, the fragility of innocence; they stare at you creepily, but are never in any real danger. After all, children are the thing we are meant to rescue from the horro ..read more

“We have managed to make do with scraps we’ve found and used to build makeshift suits so that we can walk around the ruins of a once beautiful place.” – Bradley Golden, Tasty!! Itchy!! Who is Bradley Golden of Second Sight Publishing? Bradley Golden is the CEO and founder of Second Sight Publishing, an independent comic publisher that touts itself as the “home of horror, heroes, manga, and more.” Golden founded Second Sight Publishing back in 2016 as a breeding ground for interesting, weird, and creative horror comics. As he explains in an interview with Fangoria, “Our main goal is to be h ..read more

“All of the best horror movies are about something more than what’s on the surface; you’ll often hear film academics saying ‘Jaws isn’t a movie about a shark’, and the most celebrated examples of the genre have metaphors sewn throughout.” Josh Trett, The Making of ‘The Black Shuck’ short film: How I made ancient folklore reflect modern fears Who is Josh Trett of Trett Films? Josh Trett is a filmmaker based out of Norwich, England. He is also the producer of award-winning short films, co-founder of film agency Trett Films, and, from the looks of his socials, an avid fan of both James Bond a ..read more

For most people, their introduction to sensory deprivation horror was likely in 2018, either through Bird Box or A Quiet Place. These movies are perfect examples of sensory horror: movies that take away one of our main preceptory senses. In A Quiet Place, we have limited sound; in Bird Box, the characters aren’t allowed to see. To be clear, both Bird Box and A Quiet Place are phenomenal movies, and they both make the list. But they certainly weren’t the first in the genre (which is where we’re going to start). You probably wouldn’t expect to see an Audrey Hepburn film here, but here we are ..read more

“At first I thought it was a spale. There was just this little ink line on the index finger nail of my right hand. I tried pulling on it with a pair of tweezers then picked at it with a  match sharpened by my teeth. All to no avail. As it started to protrude from the nail, I constantly poked and agitated it until it overhung my finger by about 2mm.” Nail, Laura Hird When I recommend the movie Mad God to my friends, I give them the heads up that it has a lot of “body horror.” They understand what I mean, no further context needed. When someone says they don’t really like Saw because t ..read more

“I’m living next to myself. My stomach is gone. I cannot be whole until I tell you this. Please, let me confess. Let me exhale. I’ve done something irreversible.” Bludgeon, Pt. I (The Laws of Man), The Golden Pith, Dominic Francisco Who is Dominic Francisco of Bound Unto Root? Dominic Francisco is a horror creator who produces, writes, and narrates horror and fantasy fiction. This fiction is presented in the form of audio projects featuring original scores. Working under the name Bound unto Root alongside colleagues James Fixx and Nico Rivers, Francisco and team blend music, atmospheric so ..read more

October is the perfect month to watch horror movies. Unfortunately, it’s also the perfect month to go apple picking, check out a haunted house, roll up to a pumpkin patch, take a hike among the falling leaves, hunt down the best hot chocolate in the state, perform a ritual, pray to an Elder god, become acquainted with the unknowable. With so much to do, it can be easy to let your horror movie watching fall by the wayside.  All October, we ran a daily horror movie watchlist. In case you fell behind (not that I think you did – how hard can it be to simply watch 31 movies in as many days), h ..read more

“Rising, street-car, four hours in the office or the factory, meal, street-car, four hours of work, meal, sleep, and Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday and Saturday according to the same rhythm… But one day the “why” arises… It awakens consciousness and… at the end of the awakening comes, in time, the consequence: suicide or recovery.” Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus, and other essays Phil Tippet’s Mad God is a ride I was not prepared for. Created over the course of decades by an industry titan that brought us everything from Robocop to Starship Troopers, it sets a high bar for it ..read more