David Howard Thornton / Art the Clown Blood on the Canvas
David Howard Thornton / Art the Clown Blood on the Canvas By Michael Aronovitz When I say “blood,” I mean aesthetics. The “Canvas” is history, and so the purpose of this review is to provide a fortification-analysis built on metaphor. I learned to provide...
6 Psychological Horror Films That Make You Think
When it comes to horror films, they can affect the audience in a number of ways: whether it’s through pure fear, the images, or messing with one’s psyche. In this case, we’ll be talking about the horror films that had managed to make people think, for reasons other...
The Chills & Wonder Bundle
The Chills & Wonder Bundle - Curated by Kevin J. Anderson We live in creepy times. It's summer, when we sit around the campfire and tell fun and chilling tales. Better yet, sit back with your e-reader and enjoy these thirteen books in the "Chills and Wonder"...
Blu-ray Review: THE WRETCHED
The Wretched Directors: Brett Pierce, Drew T. Pierce Stars: John-Paul Howard, Piper Curda, Jamison Jones Reviewed by Brian M. Sammons When this movie hit theaters earlier in the year, it did surprisingly well. But then, what else was at the theaters during all this...
Book Review: UNHOLY TALES
Unholy Tales Tod Robbins Tartarus Press, 2020 Reviewed by Mario Guslandi Clarence Aaron Robbins (1888-1949), widely known as Tod Robbins, was an American writer nowadays mainly remembered as the author of a novella, Spurs, and a novel, The Unholy Three, which...
REMINDER: The Chills & Wonder Bundle
The Chills & Wonder Bundle - Curated by Kevin J. Anderson We live in creepy times. It's summer, when we sit around the campfire and tell fun and chilling tales. Better yet, sit back with your e-reader and enjoy these thirteen books in the "Chills and Wonder"...
Movie Trailer: CUT AND CHOP
Tom, a troubled method actor who has just landed a role in a B-Horror film begins to get violently carried away with his artistic eccentricities while people around him begin to wonder if he is truly an artist ... or just mentally unstable. Winner of Best Horror Film...
Game Review: DESTROY ALL HUMANS!
Destroy All Humans! Developers: Pandemic Studios Publishers: THQ Nordic Platforms: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC Reviewed by Brian M. Sammons First, why is this here on Hellnotes? This is a horror site! Well, many a great horror story has begun with the idea of aliens....
The Return of Apex Magazine
From Apex editor Jason Sizemore: It's official. Apex Magazine is coming out of hiatus in January of 2021. We launched a Kickstarter to fund our first two issues and hit our goal in 5 hours! Naturally, we have plenty of stretch goals planned, including the funding of...
Blu-ray Review: DREAM DEMON
Dream Demon – Blu-ray Director: Harley Cokeliss Stars: Jemma Redgrave, Kathleen Wilhoite, Timothy Spall Reviewed by Brian M. Sammons Another new release to Blu-ray from Arrow Video that I had never heard of before. Maybe it was a bigger deal in the U.K., where it was...
THE CHILLS & WONDER BUNDLE
The Chills & Wonder Bundle - Curated by Kevin J. Anderson We live in creepy times. It's summer, when we sit around the campfire and tell fun and chilling tales. Better yet, sit back with your e-reader and enjoy these thirteen books in the "Chills and Wonder"...
Blu-ray Review: STORY OF SCIENCE FICTION
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction Starring: James Cameron, Ridley Scott, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas Reviewed by Brian M. Sammons I love documentaries, and I love documentaries about movies and the film business even more. I also love sci-fi films as well as...
Game Review: CARRION
Carrion Developer: Phobia Game Studio Publisher: Devolver Digital Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PC, Xbox One Reviewed by Brian M. Sammons This new game from developer Phobia Game Studios and the always insane (in a good way) publisher Devolver Digital is out for the PC...
Blu-ray Review: THE WIND
The Wind (Blu-ray) Director: Nico Mastorakis Stars: Meg Foster, Wings Hauser, David McCallum Reviewed by Brian M. Sammons This was a first-time watch for me, and more to the point, I've never even heard of it before. Now it looks like a slasher (and appears to have...
Blu-ray Review: ELVIRA: MISTRESS OF THE DARK
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (Blu-ray) Director: James Signorelli Stars: Cassandra Peterson, Phil Rubenstein, Larry Flash Jenkins Reviewed by Brian M. Sammons I love Elvira, the horror host with the most, and not for just the obvious reasons. Really, get your head out...
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