Arthur C Clarke said any advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic, and when you consider some of the terms used – viruses, hackers etc, then you can see the potential for new avenues for horror. If science fiction is, at its best, about hieroglyphic ideas meant to inspire engineers andContinue Reading
This post contains affiliate links. See affiliate disclaimer here. This is a guest contribution from Nora Mork. There are a lot of scary books. Horror writing is one of the most popular genres. Within the horror genre is the ‘haunted house’ story where innocents discover the hidden truth about theContinue Reading
Cargo has been in my Netflix queue since…who knows when. Probably since it was first released. Which, if IMDB is correct, has been since sometime around May 18, 2018. I knew it’d been a while. If you have Netflix, do you do that too? Have so many things in yourContinue Reading
This post contains affiliate links. See affiliate disclaimer here. Sometimes I can get away sharing my thoughts after having seen a movie and not give away any spoilers. Us is not one of those movies. That’s your warning that spoilers are ahead! Us was a movie I was looking forward toContinue Reading
This post contains affiliate links. See affiliate disclaimer here. The Haunted Mansion and Scooby Doo may be turning 50, but guess who celebrates the Big One Oh in 2019? Yep. That’s right. Yours truly is turning 10 this year! (Meaning Haunt Jaunts, that is. Not me, obviously.) But it justContinue Reading
This post contains affiliate links. See affiliate disclaimer here. Do you ever watch a movie and think, “Why haven’t I heard more about this? Am I the only one who liked it? Did I miss something? Either the buzz when it first came out, or maybe it wasn’t as goodContinue Reading
In addition to collecting stories for the Haunted Playthings anthology, the Skeleton Crew and I decided to venture down another fiction avenue in 2019. That’s why I’m excited to announce we’re now also accepting short story submissions. Short Story Saturday submissions to be exact. #ShortStorySaturday The goal is to publishContinue Reading
Okay, I’m doing something a little different. I’m giving fair warning that a contest is coming. As usual, newsletter subscribers will be rewarded with bonus entries. And what will the prizes be? Your choice of a pin from the new Para & Horror Pins idea list in the Skareporium. “Where’dContinue Reading
The past few days a couple headlines about highly anticipated movies have caught my eye, namely Hellboy and IT: Chapter Two. Both because they emphasized the blood in them. Here, I’ll show you what I mean. “The latest trailer for the Hellboy reboot brings the blood and gore” – TheContinue Reading
I sent out a Merry Christmas newsletter from the Skeleton Crew (with a link back to the Happy Holidays post I wrote), and I was delighted to get a few replies in return. One of them is even the reason for this post. Kevin is the Head Ghoul of aContinue Reading
Was I being haunted by The Haunting of Hill House? Felt like it. To say the first official Skellie’s Boo-k Club discussion meeting didn’t go well would be an understatement. Hiccups? Galore. It was a disaster. Bad Timing It all started when I noticed I’d put the wrong time inContinue Reading
I’m not talking about Halloween, the holiday. I’m talking about the new Halloween movie, released during the Halloween 2018 season. I had such high hopes for it. And for good reason. Well, two in particular: It was a Blumhouse Production. No, they don’t always get them right. But I likeContinue Reading
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