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Looking Into the Eyes of José Mojica Marins’ Coffin Joe

Posted on December 22, 2022 (December 22, 2022) by Joe Bendel

A retrospective of José Mojica Marins’ cult classic Coffin Joe films, widely considered to be an inspiration for Freddy Krueger. […]

December 22, 2022 On Screen

Dracula Daily is the Internet’s Biggest Book Club

Posted on May 10, 2022 (May 10, 2022) by Meghan Ball

How a newsletter about a 125 year-old novel about one British idiot’s travels to meet the most famous vampire in history took the internet by storm. […]

May 10, 2022 Books, News

The Cultural (and Horror) Significance of Roger Corman

Posted on May 5, 2022 (May 5, 2022) by Joe Bendel

The prolific cult filmmaker Roger Corman has had an outsized impact on American film history–and especially horror. So why does he only have one film on the National Film Registry? […]

May 5, 2022 On Screen

With Special Guest Star Vincent Price: The Horror Icon on TV

Posted on April 21, 2022 (April 21, 2022) by Joe Bendel

Vincent Price will always be a favorite of horror fans for his iconic star-turns in classic horror movies, like the Roger Corman Edgar Allan Poe films, The Abominable Dr. Phibes, […]

April 21, 2022 On Screen

Polychromatic Perversity: Hypercolor, Vice, and Violence in Horror

Posted on March 9, 2022 (March 11, 2022) by Chelsea Davis

Continuing her series on color in horror, Chelsea Davis looks at the otherworldly uses of hypersaturation in Heavenly Creatures, Dorian Gray, and more. […]

March 9, 2022 Books, On Screen

A Single Point of Light: The Lost Mystery of Faces in the Window

Posted on April 14, 2021 (April 14, 2021) by Shawn M. Garrett

Pseudopod editor Shawn M. Garrett continues his ongoing series about the history of horror audio with an investigation into the lost TV show Faces in the Window. […]

April 14, 2021 Miscellaneous, On Screen