Friday Fiction: Figure On The Sidewalk
It’s Halloween season! A moment for frights and fun. So, to kick off this wonderful time, we’re switching gears.
By Brandon Scott on Oct 16th, 2020
It’s Halloween season! A moment for frights and fun. So, to kick off this wonderful time, we’re switching gears.
By Brandon Scott on Sep 18th, 2020
It says something about our most featured author that this story was inspired by a real dream.
By Brandon Scott on Aug 10th, 2020
The Rental Takes Its Time To Scare You To call The Rental horror is to mislabel it. While it contains scenes of abject unpleasantness and shockingly dark moments, it’s only in its ending it claims any real signifiers of the genre. No, what The Rental is, is a thriller with a heavy emphasis on character work,…
By Brandon Scott on Jul 24th, 2020
Ghosts of War Shows So Much Initial Promise Ghosts of War has given me mixed feelings ever since I finished watching it. Even as I type this, I am unsure of what to make of this movie. It is two ideas wrapped into one, and one half is so much better than the other. The basic…
By Brandon Scott on Jun 5th, 2020
Lazarus Thoth went away for the summer, fell into a good book…and we haven’t seen him since. From Brandon Scott, author of many of our Friday Fiction posts and review articles, comes a new horror novel about one boy’s descent into his own timeline and other dimensions. Will Lazarus be able to escape the strange…
By Brandon Scott on May 6th, 2020
Color Out of Space Is Vibrantly Horrific Having not exposed myself to a great deal of horror movies, perhaps that’s why Color Out of Space scared me so thoroughly—but, given how visceral my viewing of it was, and what I’ve seen of the critical reception, I have to assume that this movie is as good…
By Brandon Scott on Apr 8th, 2020
Sea Fever Is Cosmic Horror Done Well While watching Sea Fever, I was quickly reminded of a different horror movie I reviewed for this site: Color out of Space. Sea Fever may have the trappings of a more science-focused story, with seemingly actual marine biology, but this is a Lovecraftian movie. The plot is that…
By Brandon Scott on Mar 20th, 2020
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, may I have your attention, please?! You’ve been patient! You’ve been diligent! You’ve been loyal! Now, for demonstrating such tremendous qualities, such incredible attributes, such unbelievable resolve, you shall be rewarded! Friends, bloggers, Earthlings, lend me your ears! The time has come, yet again, for you to get your proper dose of excitement, adventure,…
By Brandon Scott on Mar 11th, 2020
Does Locke & Key Match Its Pedigree? Having not been familiar with the work of Joe Hill, I didn’t know what to expect with Locke & Key the show. Certainly, the intro, with its hyper obsession with keys, caught my interest, but cool ideas for shows an intro does not make. But I’m pleased to report…
By Brandon Scott on Feb 19th, 2020
The New Mutants Might Save The X-Men The New Mutants is a gamble. If the critical consensus is anything to go by, the recent X-Men movies have been a disappointment across the board. But perhaps the problem is that they have been stuck with the same few characters, ideas, and plot lines. What if they…
By Brandon Scott on Jan 24th, 2020
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, may I have your attention, please?! You’ve been patient! You’ve been diligent! You’ve been loyal! Now, for demonstrating such tremendous qualities, such incredible attributes, such unbelievable resolve, you shall be rewarded! Friends, bloggers, Earthlings, lend me your ears! The time has come, yet again, for you to get your proper dose of excitement, adventure,…
By Brandon Scott on Jan 6th, 2020
Within the internet, there exist three letters that can bring someone into a deep well of strange tales, odd creations, and a conviction to realism that makes it hard, sometimes, to recall that the tales it tells are not real. I speak of the SCP Foundation, an internet multimedia franchise of sorts that’s like Warehouse…