“New England Backwoods Horror: Devereux Milburn And Dan Kennedy On ‘Honeydew'”

Not the kind you eat. In fact I’m still not 100% sure what melons have to do with [redacted] at all. Continue reading →

“Hop Farms & How to Grow Hops in New England”

Hop, hop, hop, all day long / hop, hop, hop, while I sing this song Continue reading →

“The Peculiar Horrors of New England”

New England is indeed a peculiar place, but your place would be peculiar, too, if it was built on some of the oldest bones buried in this country we call the United States of the Americas. Continue reading →

The Real Life Horrors That Inform The Witch

In case you don’t already know: I really liked Robert Eggers’ The Witch. A lot, in fact! So much that apart from that there review I just linked, I also wrote this nifty little piece about some of the film’s historical and cultural foregrounding. The long and short of it is that 17th century New England … Continue reading →

Review: The Innkeepers, 2012, dir. Ti West

Categorizing Ti West’s The Innkeepers accurately seems tricky at a glance; is it a horror film with comedy elements, or the other way around? Invariably, the film falls under the horror umbrella without much debate but its blend of scares, charm and laughter makes it a genre standout among more recent haunted house fare. Dread … Continue reading →