Think you know your way around slasher films? From their heyday in the late 1970’s to the modern resurgence that began with Scream, here’s a collection of nine facts you may not have known about this classic horror sub-genre.
High atop a crumbling hill sits a collection of decayed Victorian mansions, time-worn facades that loom with knowing menace, who-knows-what lurking behind lacy curtains that seem poised to twitch in a phantom breeze. These ominous relics are not the abandoned homes… Read More ›
Heavy with symbolism, the eye has appeared as an iconic element in art and religion for thousands of years, from the Eye of Horus in ancient Egypt to floating nightmare globes in surrealist photography and film. This import we attach… Read More ›
Paralleling the growing popularity of photography and the rise of Spiritualism at the turn of the century, the late 1800’s and early 1900’s saw an explosion of so-called “spirit photography.” Photography enthusiasts ranging from dedicated mediums to well-known charlatans used a… Read More ›
“There the traveler meets, aghast, sheeted memories of the past…” In the Czech Republic, there is a medieval church long abandoned by the town after an ill-omened roof collapse during a funeral service half a century ago. With decades of decay running… Read More ›
As any lover of horror will tell you, picking a short list of favorite monsters is no easy feat. The most classic of movie monsters are those with an element of tragedy; the ones who evoke empathy as well as… Read More ›
Greetings, year-long Halloween fiends! Drew from FrightProps here – I’m one of the weirdos working behind the scenes at a Halloween prop making company based in the frozen wasteland of Minneapolis. I’m also the goony force behind the FrightProps blog…. Read More ›
At the beginning of the 20th century, Los Angeles was a city on the rise, “destined to become the most important city in this country, if not the world.” By the 1920’s, population had skyrocketed to nearly one million people,… Read More ›
There is something so disquieting about a amusement park long abandoned, decaying rides standing forlorn in a field or being slowly swallowed by creeping forests. Perhaps, like creepy kids and evil clowns, it is the juxtaposition of the joyous things of… Read More ›
If you came of age in the 80’s and 90’s, you might remember a little series called Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. Ostensibly a children’s book, this series paired creepy folkloric tales and urban legends told by Alvin Schwartz with… Read More ›
Costumed participants in a football match reported in the July 1920 issue of Polytechnic Magazine, via the University of Westminster Archives .
“…Deep dread and loathing of her solitude Fell on her, from which mood was born Scorn of herself; again, from out that mood Laughter at her self-scorn. “What! is not this my place of strength,” she said, “My spacious mansion… Read More ›
La Mort (Death), by Belgian symbolist artist Jean Delville, 1915.
