Murderous Ghosts is a tabletop role-playing game that allows you and a friend to scare the living daylights out of each other. One of you pretends to be an urban explorer who has arrived in the basement of a building, while the other pretends to be a murderous ghost (or ghosts) just waiting to be…
People Telling Us What A “Good Book” Is: The Percy Jackson Edition
R.L. Stine Scares Us In 140 Characters… …okay. Maybe a little more than 140 characters. 15 tweets to be exact. It’s a really freaky story which Stine is a pro at, having penned the popular Goosebumps and Fearstreet series among others. Stine isn’t the first author to try this but if you want to check out…
Tales from the Twitter: R.L. Stine Started a Twitter Horror Story Trend
R.L. Stine, the author of numerous YA horror books, integral to the intellectual growth of 90s kids such as myself, is experiencing a revival of sorts. The 90’s nostalgia so well generated by Buzzfeed…and people like myself is certainly helping. (Okay, maybe it’s more Buzzfeed.) On October 29, Stine wrote a short horror story via…
ABCs of Death 2: Comme Ci, Comme Ça
Full disclosure: I volunteered at Toronto After Dark, and while I can’t trash the festival to hell and back (would I? I would not), I’m not required to give the films good press. ABCs of Death 2 Directors: Find the full list of 26 directors here. Drafthouse Films R, 124 min Definitely ok, sometimes brilliant,…
Review: The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina #1
The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, issue #1 Author: Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa Artist: Robert Hack Publisher: Archie Comics It’s rare that I use the phrase “thrills and chills” with total sincerity, but The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina deserves it. In the vein of Afterlife with Archie, Chilling Adventures is a horror comic about Sabrina the Teenage Witch,…
Finding Feminism in Horror: Part II
Feminism and horror are not often associated topics, but we found more than a few movies with both frights and feminists to discuss. Catch up on Part I of our roundtable from last week, where we left our discussion surrounding the compelling mother figures in classic horror films. Trigger Warning: Discussions of murder, sexual assault, and other gruesome…
Women Destroy Science Fiction Part 1: Original Fiction
Women Destroy Science Fiction is a special edition of Lightspeed Magazine, an online magazine dedicated to fantasy and science fiction. It is entirely written, edited, and illustrated by women, and was funded by a very successful Kickstarter. Women Destroy was put together because too many of these authors had heard people say that women don’t…
Showdown: Anita Sarkeesian vs. Stephen Colbert
Last night, Feminist Frequency‘s Anita Sarkeesian teased us with a little tweet. pic.twitter.com/nE0gwkx5Sh — Feminist Frequency (@femfreq) October 29, 2014 That’s right. Anita Sarkeesian appeared on last night’s episode of The Colbert Report. The gaming industry scandal has already made it to the mainstream media, but now that Stephen Colbert has his fingers on it,…
Cook Your Comics: Easy Chili a la Green Arrow
I am from Texas. Chili is a big deal here. Like, A BIG DEAL. You have never seen a fanboy argument taken more seriously than one between some Texans over what constitutes proper Texas chili. It’s the exact same dynamic – personal taste defended with near-religious fervor. So here’s the deal: true, authentic Texas chili…
