Category: Feature Articles

Glamour Ghoul: Maila Nurmi and the Legacy of Vampira

by Robert Skvarla | Mar 4, 2021 | 0

Sandra Niemi’s new book, Glamour Ghoul: The Passions and Pain of the Real Vampira, Maila Nurmi explores the life of television’s first and most enduring horror host, Vampira.

Crash and Fall: The Perilous Art of Walter Molino

by Rich Johnson | Dec 24, 2020 | 0

Where the American artist, Norman Rockwell (1894-1978) was best known for chocolate box sentiment — his work a huge part in defining popular culture during the first half of the 20th century — the prolific Italian artist, Walter Molino (1915-1997) seemed to revel in chaos and disaster.

Picasso, Goya, and The Imagery of Suffering.

by Jerome Reuter | Sep 27, 2020 | 0

It’s been said many times that art is subjective. After all, interpretation and opinion are both...

Stag Films – When Gregory Dark Met the Melvins

by Tom Clark | Sep 16, 2020 | 0

Despite the fact that the term “transcending genre” has perhaps itself already become a cliché, at...

American Madness; Or, How A Country Lost Its Mind

by Robert Skvarla | Sep 13, 2020 | 0

The first time I encountered the writing of Cathy O’Brien was in 2014. I had binged the first...

CONSPIRACY USA: Cattle Mutilation in Popular Media, Pt. 1

by Robert Skvarla | May 27, 2020 | 0

“Is it ‘saucers, Satanists, or CIA?’: All have received accusing glances as the mutilations...

And a Little Child Shall Lead Them: Childhood Motifs in Stephen King’s It

by Tyson Blue | Apr 23, 2020 | 0

I was sitting in a golf cart with Frank Darabont one day during the filming of The Green Mile,...

Ghost Stories on Tour (Theatre Review)

by Niina Doherty | Apr 9, 2020 | 0

Don’t think for a second that you know what’s coming just because you know the story.

Perfect Execution: Film and the Electric Chair

by Rich Johnson | Apr 6, 2020 | 0

The shocking truth (and serendipitous nature) of film and its relationship to the electric chair...

East meets West: The vengeful ghost of Jennet Humfry

by Niina Doherty | Feb 18, 2020 | 0

There’s a lot to love about Britain. Beautiful countryside, friendly people, rich and intriguing...

An analysis of Sebastian Corbascio’s Sarah Luger

by Miranda Corcoran | Jan 28, 2020 | 0

In her widely-read 2014 article “Toward a Theory of a Dead Girl Show”, Alice Bolin discusses how...

A Hell of a Life: The Nine Lives of John Ashley

by Stephen Vagg | Dec 6, 2019 | 2

He worked hard, was smart and not afraid to try different things, whether it was acting, singing, exhibition, or producing. He wasn’t a hugely-talented performer, but he made the most of what gifts he had.