Girl Horror! A Vibe, A Community And A Revolution By PAYTON McCARTY-SIMAS You may not have heard the phrase “girl horror” before, but once you have, it tends to stick in your mind. This evocative but ephemeral coinage first came to my attention at last summer’s...
Exclusive Interview: Slashing Through The Snow With Mike P. Nelson And His Remake of “SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT” By PAYTON McCARTY-SIMAS Mike P. Nelson has a gift for fans of Christmas slashers this holiday season: He’s remade a classic, SILENT NIGHT,...
Exclusive Interview: Author Joe R. Lansdale on His New “ESSENTIAL HORROR” Collection By PAYTON McCARTY-SIMAS For nearly 40 years, Joe R. Lansdale has been making readers’ skin crawl. The prolific author, sometimes associated with “splatterpunk” (a term he...
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: ALEXANDRA HELLER-NICHOLAS TALKS “1000 WOMEN IN HORROR” AND “CHAIN REACTIONS” By PAYTON McCARTY-SIMAS For over a decade, award-winning film critic, author and programmer Alexandra Heller-Nicholas has been publishing books...
RETROSPECTIVE: A Faux Doc About A Faux Doc – 1999’S “CURSE OF THE BLAIR WITCH” In Context By PAYTON McCARTY-SIMAS (Writer’s note: When revising my second book, That Very Witch: Fear, Feminism, and the American Witch Film, last summer, as is...
