Viral Mutations
In the midst of the zombie apocalypse, race and gender continue to play a huge role in fan perceptions of characters on The Walking Dead.
Fandom: Horror
Creeping from the recesses of the inner psyche, the musings of Robert W. Chambers, or the depths of your family’s old VCR tapes, here there be monsters.
Bury Your Gays
Many forms of media play into specific troupes. One such troupe is the killing off of LGBTQIA+ characters more quickly than others. When viewers see relatable characters fall to the axe much quicker than others, it seems that their lives are not as important and their stories are only used for emotional plot development. Queer…
Building a Better Predator: Fae and Fairies
In today’s edition of Zen and the Art of Screaming, our intrepid author takes a look at the culture-spanning origins of the tiny tricksters known as the fae.
Horror in Anime and Gaming
Today’s Zen and the Art Screaming examines the methods and techniques employed by Japanese content creators to produce unique horror that spans numerous genres.
Building a Better Predator: Werewolves
In today’s installment of Zen and the Art of Screaming, we explore the origins of werewolves and Lycanthropy and examine how werewolves came to represent the Other, fear of self and loss of agency.
Horror in Music
In today’s installment of Zen and the Art of Screaming, we examine the role of horror in music—from musicians selling their souls to the devil for fame & fortune, to artists whose appearance and sound conjure images of demons and hellfire.
Heavy Metal and Horror
An exposition on the subversive sub-genre of heavy metal and its use in cinema that exudes the provocative, violent, terrifying, and esoteric.
The Paragon & The “Psycho” Pathologist
In this week’s installment of Chasing at Shadows, we’ll address the characters of Wonder Woman and Harley Quinn: their hidden similarities, their stark differences, and the importance of their influence on what it means to be a well-rounded, well-written female character in comics.
Building a Better Predator: Zombies
In today’s installment of Zen and the Art of Screaming, we explore the evolution of the zombie from mindless automaton to George Romero’s symbolic and revolutionary horror movie staple.
Authors of the Amorphous: Stephen King
Navigating the Bleeding Edge: The Dark Tower