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Mary and the Monster
Mary, Mary quite scary, how does your writing go? With lightning strikes and cadaver parts, and pretty skulls all in a row. Mary Godwin’s mother made her a writer, but didn’t live long enough to raise her. Mary Wollstonecraft, a girl who had always argued that women were meant for more than the home and confinement bed died there, her very womb poisoning her from the inside out. Mary had been born of death, a fact she never really could forget.
By Aliza Dube8 years ago in Horror
Reed Alexander's Horror Review of 'Blood Hunter' (2016)
This is one of my earliest reviews of a movie from that plucky little film studio Gravitas. This movie was one of the first that got Gravitas on my radar as a movie that was going to start turning out trash horror. As a connoisseur of trash horror, I really learned to love Gravitas with little gems like this. Not everything they put out is a gem, and everything they put out needed WAY more editing, but we are talking about a shoe string budget here.
By Reed Alexander8 years ago in Horror
The First Purge Review
Honestly, I’m still a little bit surprised that The First Purge was made. Since the very first movie, it’s been a bit of a giant question mark over why the Purge started and how it started. Basically, it’s the big plot hole in the series. Because people are aware that most other people aren’t going to run around and start killing each other. At least, not realistically. I didn’t think they would try and take this on because it was going to be a tough one to get over on an audience. People were willing to suspend their disbelief so that they could enjoy watching people get killed in weird ways. But this entire movie was going to be taking on these plot holes. I didn’t have high hopes for this movie. I ended up enjoying the main plot with the main characters. But as far as questions being answered, they weren’t done particularly well. At least not in a satisfying way.
By Amanda S8 years ago in Horror
Creepypastas
So we all know what creepypastas are: ghost stories or urban legends that are spread through the internet and sometimes through word of mouth. I decided to research and try to find some of the creepiest of them all. I already told you the story of Slender Man and all of the madness that is linked to it. So without further stalling here are more creepypastas.
By Lena Bailey8 years ago in Horror
Reed Alexander's Horror Review of John Carpenter's 'The Thing' (1982)
What is it about this movie that makes it so perfect? I mean, let's be honest, John Carpenter wasn't exactly heading into the 80s with a background in horror gems. I mean, we are talking about the man who was responsible for Dark Star and The Fog. In fact, in his early years we would come to expect he'd be producing a lot more good-bad movies than timeless horror classics.
By Reed Alexander8 years ago in Horror
There's Something in the Woods and I Think it Has My Wife
The fire crackled, sucking away the only coolness that the stone fireplace offered. It was unsure of itself, seeping through the logs and caving out the middle of the wood. It emitted a heated scent; one that reminded me of the one camp I went to as a child.
By Shelby Yarchin8 years ago in Horror
Reed Alexander's Horror Review of 'The Cloverfield Paradox (2018)'
A boring and uninspired prequel... I could write a better fucking origin story than this. Fuck, I DID write a better origin story than this. I mean, I had to clean it up so I didn't get sued, but if you read through it, you can kinda figure out what inspired it. Check it out in my notes in the link attached.
By Reed Alexander8 years ago in Horror
The Whites' House
The Whites' house. I was always a skeptic, but at this time I was only 13 years old. I grew up watching horror movies like Poltergeist and Phantasm, Alfred Hitchcock movies and older movies like Dracula and Frankenstein.
By Aryn Bats8 years ago in Horror
Reed Alexander's Horror Review of 'The Ritual' (2017)
Alright. I'm going to tell you right now that you should watch this. IF FOR NOTHING ELSE, for the neat beastie with a well-developed mythos. But honestly, it was actually quite good, if even a little simple and formulaic. But remember, simple and formulaic is sometimes a good thing.
By Reed Alexander8 years ago in Horror
Cascade
Chapter 3 Ideas: Hunter suddenly opened his eyes, coughing the dirt out of his lungs. He looked around and began to hyperventilate, realizing he was in a small wooden crate. As he pounded his feet on the roof of the crate crumbs of dirt started to rain through the cracks.
By Skyler Mae8 years ago in Horror
Let's Talk Paranormal (Pt. 3)
Since my last article, I have had numerous extended family and friends reach out to me about their own experiences with the paranormal. From hearing footsteps in their house to stories of family members showing up in the rear view mirror, there was a lot of experiences people wanted to share with me.
By M. Tomasch8 years ago in Horror
Krampus (Pt. 2)
I thought back to that first memory. The memory I was sure started the slow, but treacherous, path into a dark abyss. A cold wind blew howled inside of me. Swirling through my hollowed legs, up through the gaping hole where my heart used to beat, through my neck, and into the cramped, leaky spaces in my head. No one wanted me. But soon enough that wouldn’t matter. They would come to fear me instead.
By Mattie Woodside8 years ago in Horror