Vampires, Mummies, and… Jackpots? Ranking the Best Classic Monster Art in Casual Games From Pac-Man’s ghosts to Castlevania’s vampires, monsters have haunted games since day one. As graphics improved, so did their style, shifting from simple sprites to full-blown characters that are spooky, funny, or just plain cool. Casual games … Vampires, Mummies, and… Jackpots? Ranking the Best Classic Monster Art in Casual GamesRead more
FRIGHT CLUB: NEW LATINO HORROR So you think horror has gone stale. Try telling that to the past decade of Spanish-language cinema, which hasn’t so much quietly simmered as violently exploded. We’re swimming in options now, an embarrassment of riches that forced some fuzzy math on this list, left too … Latino Horror Unleashed: The Fright Club Picks the 6 Spanish Language Horror Movies You Can’t MissRead more
Trapped in the Abyss: A Review of Chris Butera’s Claustrophobic Debut ‘The Darkest Deep’ Ever wonder what would actually happen to your mind if you got stuck, alone, in a long, dark tube under the ocean? Not a pleasant thought, is it. That unsettling, squirming feeling in your gut is … Trapped in the Abyss: A Review of Chris Butera’s Claustrophobic Debut ‘The Darkest Deep’Read more
Review: Does Terror Tales of Chaos Deliver the Frights? Edited by Paul Finch, the Terror Tales series is – and this isn’t because I wish to rub my age in anyone’s faces – only 6 years younger than me, having been published since 2011. Even when Gray Friar Press closed, the series … Review: Does Terror Tales of Chaos Deliver the Frights?Read more
Horror Not Hate: An anti-fascist, anti-hate anthology of horror comics and art supporting LGBTQIA+ and Immigrant rights! Horror Not Hate is a strike back against all this. Slow Feet Comics has brought a collection of diverse talent from both the comics world, and the greater arts and entertainment world at large, together in … Horror Not Hate: An anti-fascist, anti-hate anthology of horror comics and art supporting LGBTQIA+ and Immigrant rights!Read more
Horror Games on the Bigger Stage Horror games have always felt cinematic. They’ve got the tension, the pacing, and the atmosphere. So it makes sense that filmmakers and developers keep trying to expand these worlds beyond consoles. The results aren’t always pretty, but the genre refuses to be limited. Werewolves … Horror Games on the Bigger StageRead more
Some stories don’t just want to be read. They want to be felt in your bones, a visceral tremor that resonates long after the last page. This is the unsettling territory of Yah Yah Scholfield’s debut, On Sundays She Picked Flowers. A Southern Gothic horror novel that’s equal parts bloody and lyrical, it … On Sundays She Picked Flowers by Yah Yah Scholfield, Review: Sapphic Horror & Generational TraumaRead more
Return to Silent Hill Ever notice how some towns just won’t let you go? Not the places you live, but the ones you visit in stories. They stick in your head like a bad dream you can’t shake. Silent Hill is one of those places. Started as pixels and polygons … Return to Silent Hill Review: Christophe Gans’ Video Game Misfire is 2026’s Biggest FlopRead more
It hits you in the oddest moments. A familiar Rush song playing, and suddenly your brain latches onto a weird, sticky question. What if a guardian angel just…clocked out? Not a grand rebellion, just a quiet exit. That’s where this began for Del Suede. A stray thought during “Working Them … No Place For Evil: A Guardian Angel Horror Novel Inspired by Rush by Del SuedeRead more
Review: The Rise by Alan Baxter – The Gulp Swallows Readers Whole Again The truly great fictional places, the ones that stick with you, aren’t just backdrops. They’re characters with their own pulse and their own dirty secrets. Think about it. Stephen King’s Maine isn’t just pine trees and lobster … Review: The Rise by Alan Baxter – The Gulp Swallows Readers Whole AgainRead more
Gambling streams and horror reviews are feeding the same appetite for suspense Once you start looking at how suspense works, horror and gambling suddenly feel like relatives rather than strangers. Both have exploded online because they promise the same thing a slow, tightening sense that something is about to happen … Gambling streams and horror reviews are feeding the same appetite for suspenseRead more
Tobias Reckermann’s Gloom & Glow Review: German Weird Fiction Untold Anyone interested in the small weird fiction community in Germany will likely have come across Tobias Reckermann’s name at some point. As the operator—or stoker, as he calls himself—for Whitetrain/Nighttrain, he gave many upcoming authors of the German weird a … Tobias Reckermann’s Gloom & Glow Review: German Weird Fiction UntoldRead more
The Most Terrifying Horror-Themed CS2 Skins Ever Created Counter-Strike 2 may be a competitive shooter at its core, but its cosmetic ecosystem has evolved into something far more expressive. Beyond flashy neon finishes and clean esports aesthetics, there exists a darker corner of the skin universe – one filled with … The Most Terrifying Horror-Themed CS2 Skins Ever CreatedRead more
Simone St. James has built a novel, brick by brick, that is rich in detail, thoughtful in depictions, and creative in plot. This is a writer who knows her business. A BOX FULL OF DARKNESS will stick with you for a long time. You know how old houses hold onto … A Box Full of Darkness Review: A Supernatural Cold Case Thriller by Simone St. JamesRead more
You know that story about the art teacher who told the kid he couldn’t draw? Jim Butcher’s origin is kind of like that, but with more wizardry and a decades-long grudge against a hat. It all started with a stubborn student and a bet against himself. See, a young Butcher … Inside Jim Butcher’s Craft: Dresden Files, Character Grief, and the “Horrid” Cats of Cinder SpiresRead more
