Halloween is the best time to hold a huge bash. I mean the kids get their fun by dressing up and Trick-or-Treating, so why can't the adults have fun too? For those of you who are planning an ADULT Halloween party this year, we thought it would be fun to give you some zombie inspired cocktail ideas. And for those who are holding a horror book themed party, there's no better author to pair these with than Jonathan Maberry (click on links for recipe and website information). Zombie Slime Shooters [...]
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0 The Reclaim Horror series will begin in November after The Midnight Society's Halloween festivities next month. Horror has always received stigma, but never has that been more contradictory than it is today. Romance has domesticated horror creatures like vampires and zombies. Genre labels like dark fantasy and supernatural thriller avoid the visceral, negative reaction associated with horror. People equate horror with gore when in reality horror is much more than that. All this gentling makes no sense in a nation that loves horror. The most-watched TV shows last[...]
At the edge of August, my Halloween alarm rings loud and clear. We're getting into reasonable countdown territory. But who says you have to be reasonable? Start with some karaoke songs to get everyone into the Halloween spirit. Not a singer? These songs will also make a fantastic playlist. Enjoy. Classic Rock “Spooky” by The Classics IV Featured in American Horror Story: Murder House, this is fun for karaoke. “(Don’t Fear) the Reaper” by Blue Oyster Cult The Stand, Halloween, The Frighteners, Supernatural, and Scream all use this song. “Black[...]
I was thinking about high school horror movies after Jennifer BrinkMeyer's recent post. High school's always been my favorite setting for a disturbing story. Kevin Williamson has been responsible for the scripts of a lot of these movies. He wrote Scream and I Know What You Did Last Summer and over a hundred episodes of The Vampire Diaries. One of his lesser known screenplays was Teaching Mrs. Tingle, starring Katie Holmes and Helen Mirren. Marisa Coughlan's wacky character Jo Lynn, who desperately wants to be an actress and die in a few horror movies, is probab[...]
Welcome to Odd Sundays with JB! I've got some fun features to kick off in September, but for the next couple of Odd Sundays, we're going to have some fun. As a movie-lover, I use movies to psych me up for different events. This week, I go back to teaching, so I made a list of horror movies to help kick off the pre-Halloween season. The Faculty (1998) The Breakfast Club meets The Body Snatchers. What says, "Welcome Back to School," better than a film that perpetuates the eroding trust between students and teachers? Disturbing Behavior (1998) Footloose meets Step[...]
I love quality scary movies. I love the psychological horrors that make you think for days after. (Snowpiercer is latest one that comes to mind.) Terrors that are layered and stylized and beautiful: always enjoyable. They are like the meat and veggies of my horror diet. But sometimes we just want junk food, guys. Sometimes we don't want a carrot, we want a Snickers. We want empty calories that make us smile and sigh... calories that are almost always followed by an unladylike belch and a tad of self-loathing. And that's where the SyFy Channel comes in. I love[...]
I've made it no secret that clowns use to scare the living heck outta me. My teenage son got me over this fear by having clowns chase me at our local amusement park. Poltergeist is yet another movie I watched that build up a huge fear of clowns, but I never talk about my fear of dolls. DOLLS, a horror movie from 1984, definitely has a lot to do with my childhood fear of dolls. This is yet another movie I watched at my next door neighbor's house (also saw POLTERGEIST here in 3rd grade). In the '80s, you could get illegal cable using what we called a "black box."[...]
While I hope that common sense will prevail should you find yourself in a particularly harrowing situation this summer, I think we might want to take two seconds to revisit The Rules. I offer this happy little reminder in the event that you should find yourself in a derelict cabin somewhere for a "fun" weekend, getting irregular phone calls from inside your house while babysitting, or your car dies on some remote part of the interstate and your only recourse is to make a phone call from that creepy gas station around the bend. The "Final Girl" is a horror movie t[...]
We learned a couple of things while we were trapped in that house. One, never walk in to a house made of candy. And two, if you’re gonna kill a witch, set her ass on fire. Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters. This came out in 2013, and is about KILLING ALL THE THINGS. Some people will say that not all witches are evil, that their powers could be used for good. I say burn them all! - Hansel With lots of fire. And headbutting. And shooting. And sarcasm. Things this movie isn't: for children. I feel like whoever wrote this script was just like, "I wanna kill some[...]
I was flipping through my TV channels the other night and came upon a remake of Psycho. It got me thinking...there have been many remakes of famous horror movies. All of which are really well done; however, I still like the original movies better. Vince Vaughn as Norman Bates? He plays a total creeper, but I still think the original version is scarier. A remake of Carrie? A Stephen King classic? I know many people have truly enjoyed this version, but I can't see Carrie as anyone other than Sissy Spacek! My teen loves horror flicks, so I've chaperoned many[...]