Horror

The boasts of religious and secular humanists, and the cosmic perspective of antihumanists — Humanism is an odd, seemingly trivial ideology. We might have thought humanism is just the obvious affirmation that people do what people do. …

A dark encounter. — This story is part of the Seedling Challenge conceived by Bradan Writes Stories. This is the third installment, a micro-fiction. To start the story from the beginning, click here. Or, to read the last installment, click here. Stay tuned to watch this story grow and grow! Sam landed. Hard. A…

Amazon Prime’s Swarm discusses obsession, but it’s mostly a plunge into grief. This meticulous character study for Dre has pain at the forefront. Her inability to confront pain blocked her from healing, and the careful execution of the show presents a twisted but well-designed plea for empathy. Performances Dominique Fishback built…

Last night, when we were scaring people in the park, Nancy, our friend, suddenly started crying. We invited her to sit on a park bench and asked her, “Why are you crying?” While holding back her tears, she said that earlier that afternoon, for the first time, her father visited…

Why am I writing about these movies now? Well, I’m moving my back catalogue of movie (and occasionally TV) reviews from another site to Medium — covering many of the best-known releases of the last decade, as well as more obscure fare. …

We're beginning this month in Kansas City, Missouri, with the premiere of Blood and Lace on March 3rd. It stars the late Melody Patterson as a young girl searching for her father who ends up in an orphanage run by a wicked Gloria Grahame. It has a strong TV movie…

“Stranger Things” — A thrilling sci-fi/horror series. “Breaking Bad” — A critically acclaimed drama about a high school chemistry teacher turned methamphetamine manufacturer.

If a girl is born to a woman who has a cataract in her eye, In a darkest night when hailstorm’s raining from the sky, Then the girl will grow up to become a hideous witch, Death will run its millstone at the command of her screech, She’ll skewer the…