Yesterday I talked about The VVitch being my favourite horror film of all time. I also briefly mentioned my second and third favourites which were, in order, The Blair Witch Project and The Babadook. (I know, I know, numbering films in what order I like them best...what am I? Nine years old? Bloody hell. But… Continue reading Art Of Pet Sematary
Vampires. Can you remember when you got into vampires? I'm imagining that everyone has been, at one point or another, 'into' vampires. My first foray into the world of the un-dead was when I was six or seven. I was in the kid's section of our local library and found My Babysitter Is A Vampire… Continue reading Thinking In The Dark : Vampires
I've long been obsessed with the terrifying Algonquian folkloric creature the Wendigo. Also spelled Wìdjigò, Windigo or Wetiko, Wendigo is said to mean 'the evil spirit that devours mankind.' This flesh-eating spirit of the north features in dozens of works of fine literature, though possibly the most chilling is its appearance in Stephen King's book… Continue reading Art Of The Wendigo
I wish you could see the sinister smile which slipped across my lips when my eyes met with the nightmarish artwork of Aeron Alfrey.
Every day I open my arms and say to the world GIVE ME ALL THE HORROR! I WANT IT ALL! Today is ending very well because I feel truly satisfied with the amount of horror my life has seen today...and I have Jon MacNair to thank for that.
I've had a love/hate thing for digital paintings for quite some time now. But when I fell upon the work of Russian artist Yuri Shwedoff, my hate made for the door pretty damn quickly.
I know bugger all about artist Timo Ketola, other than the facts that he was born in Finland and creates art that breeds fear.
Celebrating the strange and the shadowy, the damned and unseen 