The so-called ‘Satanic Panic’ of the Eighties (with some fallout in the following decade) is a curious phenomenon – one born out of a collision of new media, psychiatry, pop-psychiatry and pop culture. It’s one of those things which could – and did – run and run, borne aloft by its ‘hidden’ status (how do […]
By Ben Bussey The 17th annual FrightFest may have not long since come to an end after its five day reign of terror in London – but, like any monster worth its salt, it keeps on coming back bigger, stronger and nastier. So it is that the FrightFest brand continues to expand. Having already moved […]
By Ben Bussey It’s strange for thirty-somethings like myself to realise that many of you reading this now might not remember a time before everyone had access to the internet. Now that we’re all online every hour of the day, able to uncover just about any nugget of film trivia as soon as it comes to mind, […]
By Nia Edwards-Behi 70s Monster Memories is a monster book itself – at 408 pages long, editor Eric McNaughton has gathered together short chapters from a whopping 53 contributors. As you may recognise, McNaughton is editor of the long-running We Belong Dead magazine, and there are many familiar names among the contributors to this book. […]
By Ben Bussey The passions that capture us in our youth invariably impact the person we grow to be in adulthood. This almost always seems to be true of horror fans: those who come to be lifelong devotees very often first develop that affinity for the genre whilst young (as we explored early this year […]
By Svetlana Fedotov Boy, do I sure love me some sword fantasy! Over the top monsters, bare-chested swordsmen, forged and broken alliances, and more wolves than you can shake a stick at. Head Lopper has all that in spades! Image Comics’ newest fantasy release, Head Lopper follows the traditional manly man of barbarian tropes and […]
By Keri O’Shea Much is made today of the phenomenon of ‘privilege’ – who has it, who does what with it, and just what should be done about it. People are advised to acknowledge their privilege, or check their privilege…people quibble about how much privilege they really have and what it all really means, and […]
By Svetlana Fedotov Well, here we are, another comic about a supernatural detective who’s seen too much and is SO over it. Of course, there’s a wildly vast array of characters with weird faces whom the populace may or may not see and uh, vampires? Yeah vampires. So of course, you’re asking, ‘Svetlana, why are […]
By Svetlana Fedotov Comic anthologies are hard to pull off. There’s always someone that doesn’t pick up the slack in one of the stories, whether it’s the crap art or dull dialogue, and that one anchor can weigh down the entire ship. Luckily for The Island, while perhaps a mixed bag of story quality, it […]
By Svetlana Fedotov What would you do if there was rock the size of Baltimore hurtling towards Earth with the ill-intent to destroy everything in its path? Well, if you are one of the citizens of the Broken World universe, you better figure it out quick because in 48 hours, there won’t be any decisions […]
By Ben Bussey And so, the digital age’s canonisation of the video era continues. Not without reason, either. Where once VHS rental stores popped up on every street corner, nowadays home viewers are more likely to be streaming their movies online, or if there’s a physical copy involved at all it’s more likely to come […]