Alex Reads Twilight

March 16, 2010

While Twilight is clearly not horror, this is just too damned funny to not share. While most are content to bash its sparkly vampires, I’m a huge proponent of bitching about just how fucking terrible Stephenie Meyer’s writing is. Unfortunately, while I feel I can adequately convey my frustration via the written word, I am [...]

The Brave Little Toaster is Terrifying

November 10, 2009

Which really comes as no surprise to me, seeing as how Thomas Disch (RIP) created it and that man was a demented genius. Anyone with a fear of clowns should avert their eyes. Cartoon-y horror at its finest.

This is Retardedly Catchy

October 18, 2009

Thanks to BJ-C at Day of the Woman I was introduced to this fine piece of auditory awesomeness. It’s not exactly horror elated, but a main part of the song is a sample from the Tod Browning classic Freaks, so I think it’s fairly appropriate for this site.

Eli Roth, horror and the political agenda

September 13, 2009

I do not like Eli Roth. I think his films are ludicrous, and the only sort of entertainment they serve is akin to that of a Jerry Bruckheimer film: mindless entertainment forgotten as quickly as it came. In the face of my extreme disdain for his films, I respect him much in the same way [...]

“Alive in Joburg”

August 11, 2009

Maybe I just haven’t been looking in the right places, but with all the fanfare over the Peter Jackson-produced District 9, you would think someone would mention the short film it’s based on.
I first saw Alive in Joburg, directed by Neill Blomkamp, about three years ago and was absolutely blown away by it creativity and [...]

Short films: The Life and Death of a Pumpkin

July 7, 2009

The winner of Best Short Film and Best Concept at the 2006 Horror Film Festival in Chicago, The Life and Death of a Pumpkin is a darkly comedic look at the morbid practice of jack-o-lantern carving on All Hallows Eve told from the point of view of a pumpkin. Plucked from its pumpkin patch and [...]