Festival Of Fear: Day 25: Superstition Saturday: Cemetery Lore
~by Marie RobinsonThere are many names for people like me: gravers, tombstone tourists, taphophiles. They all refer to one who finds great enjoyment in visiting cemeteries. I find cemeteries beautiful...
View ArticleFestival Of Fear: Day 26: Sunday Bloody Sunday
Cold Sweat Hostel IIIPossession (1981) Outlander (Starz)Blood Lake: Attack of the Killer LampreysAftershock
View ArticleFestival Of Fear: Day 27: The List: Real-Life Vampires
~by Marie RobinsonVampires have fascinated and frightened people for centuries, but there are many who have taken their love of bloodsuckers too far, and imitated them in gruesome crimes. This...
View ArticleFestival Of Fear: Day 28: True Story Tuesday: The Haunting In Connecticut
The 2009 film The Haunting in Connecticut is one of those that boasts the famous tagline of, “based on a true story”. But how true is the story? And who are the world-renowned paranormal investigators...
View ArticleFestival Of Fear: Day 30 ~ Terrible Tortures, Part 5
And finally, we've reached the end of our exhaustive, quite extensive lists of torture methods and devices. What are you waiting for...... Here we go.45) TORTURE CHAIR (a.k.a. JUDAS CHAIR, IRON CHAIR)...
View ArticleFestival Of Fear: Day 31: ~ Roots Of Hallowe'en
~by Marie RobinsonWhile I’m sure almost all of us will be celebrating Halloween today (hooray!), very few of you will still be honoring the Pagan holiday of Samhain (sah-win), which begins tonight at...
View ArticleBeneath (2014) : When Fear Meets Madness Below The Earth
I live in the coal-mining region of the Appalachian Mountains in the eastern US. This area is home to thousands upon thousands of underground mines, and in turn employs hundreds of thousands of coal...
View ArticleJessabelle (2014) : Back To The Bayou For Some Voodoo
Films with voodoo intertwined in the plot are far and few between, yet I always yearn for more. My absolute favorite within the sub-genre, Angel Heart, just simply can't be beat for plot, acting,...
View ArticleDark Arts: Christopher McKenney
Welcome back for another helping of Dark Arts, a monthly feature designed to stimulate your imagination and generate inspiration!Today we turn our eye to photographer Christopher McKenney. I couldn’t...
View ArticleCOLD IN JULY (2014) : Unpredictable Noir Thriller Hits All The Right Notes
If you were wondering what kind of actor Michael C. Hall would be after Dexter and what kind of films he would choose, Cold in July is your answer. Crime dramas never seem to go out of style, and...
View ArticleFusions Of Fright: The Parlor Trick
~by Marie RobinsonJoin us again for another round of Fusions of Fright, Fascination With Fear’s monthly music article!“No artist is ever pleased. There is no satisfaction whatever at any time. There...
View ArticleThe Device (2014) : Indie Sci-Fi Packs An Unsettling Punch
I love indie horror. It's not that I don't enjoy mainstream films as well, because I do. But give me a good indie film the likes of Absentia, The Pact, Lake Mungo, or The Invoking (from the same...
View ArticleTrue Story Tuesday: Shadow People: Out Of The Corner Of My Eye...
Did you just see what you thought you saw? Out of the corner of your eye...something moving. A glimpse of...something. A shadow? For centuries people have seen what have now become known as "shadow...
View ArticleGoodbye 2014: Wrapping Up A Great Year Of Horror In A Loose, RamblingBow
2014 was an exceptional year for horror. And as usual I have my longest, most rambling post ready for you right here, right now. It's a recap of what I loved (and hated) about the horror genre this...
View ArticleDark Arts ~ Matthew Christopher: Abandoned America
Chances are, you've already seen some of Matthew Christopher's photography. He's been featured on multiple television stations, newspapers, as well as online both here in the states and abroad and his...
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