Headless Horseman, Decapitations, Tim & Johnny! Sleepy Hollow (1999)
Set in 1799, "Sleepy Hollow" is based on Washington Irving's classic tale "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow." Faithful to the dreamy custom-bound world that Irving paints in his story, the film mixes horro...
15 Jan 202312min
Gothic Houses and the Supernatural! Part 1
I thought I would change things up a little. In this first part of this series, I will focus on the Gothic Tropes themselves, in particular, Gothic Houses and the Supernatural. In future episodes, I w...
12 Jan 202338min
Terror in Alaska! 30 Days of Night (2007)
This bloody vampire movie is the very definition of Gothic Horror! 30 Days of Night is an adaptation of the fabulous graphic novel of the same name. If you like vampires that are brutal and feral, w...
8 Jan 202313min
Batman, Poe, and Gothic Murder in The Pale Blue Eye!
Today, I talk about the recent Netflix movie The Pale Blue Eye! The film is directed by Scott Cooper and stars Christian Bale as August Landor, Harry Melling as Edgar Allan Poe, Lucy Boyton, Gillian A...
8 Jan 202316min
Reanimator & Fright Night: Beautiful, 80s Gothic!
In this episode, I dive into two of my favorite films from the 1980s: Reanimator & Fright Night, both from 1985. Reanimator (1985) Directed by Stuart Gordon and produced by Brian Yuzna. Starring Jeff...
31 Dec 202226min
Bonus Episode: Part II - Community
This is an excerpt from one of my Gothic novellas about a character named Tambora. This is my own version and extension of the Frankenstein story where I posit that the mad scientist created many iter...
27 Dec 202213min
The Crow (1994): Grief, Loss, and Love
Today I touch on how death, grief, and love are all intertwined by examining my own grief, and that in the graphic novel and film adaptation of…THE CROW (1994). Trigger Warning: I am going to talk a...
18 Dec 202226min
Heather Braatz Interview - Part 2: Resurrection, or Body Snatching??
In Part 2, of this Two-Part series, I continue my conversation with the very first guest on this show: Heather Braatz, Instructional Designer, and Educator at Worsham College of Mortuary Science. Heat...
14 Dec 202243min
