by johncsj@yahoo.com | Dec 3, 2016 | Blog, New
Trollhunter, way back in 2010, was a rulebreaker when it came to horror genrification. It was sort of a found footage/mockumentary, but done with such a deft and realistic touch that you didn’t really think of it that way. It was a monster movie, too, and a...
by johncsj@yahoo.com | Dec 1, 2016 | Blog, New
Don’t confuse this with Don’t Breathe or Lights Out. It’s an unsettling little short all its own, one of the artifacts from a Chilling Tales for Dark Nights, a fascinating YouTube channel that actually hides some gold. There are a lot of great things...
by johncsj@yahoo.com | Nov 29, 2016 | Blog, New
… only $1.99 on Kindle right now. The vast, depressing majority of ‘urban fantasy’ these days is just half-hearted noir in fantasy drag, with orcs taking the place of gunsels, damsels instead of dames, elves as substitute street creeps, and magic...
by johncsj@yahoo.com | Nov 26, 2016 | Blog, New
Short subjects are enjoying a bit of a renaissance these days, but sadly most of them — especially in the horror and speculative genres — are either highly imitative or just plain poorly made. Not so with Aftermath, a twenty-minute tale set ina near-future...
by johncsj@yahoo.com | Nov 6, 2016 | Blog, New
Sometimes you can tell a whole story in just a few minutes — like eight minutes and a few seconds, which is all it took Michael Chaves to tell The Maiden. It’s a smart, scary, beautifully made short, available on Vimeo and right here … THE MAIDEN...
by johncsj@yahoo.com | Oct 23, 2016 | Blog, New, Uncategorized
Every time we think the zombie trope has finally run its course, something like Train to Busan comes along, and we’re reminded there’s still some activity left in the old corpse yet. Check out this trailer. Things happen fast on the train, and they...
