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October is here, which means it’s time for another vampire romance. It’s been a common trope since Bram Stoker’s Dracula: A powerful vampire comes in and sweeps an unsuspecting woman off her feet. Sometimes it’s his charm, sometimes it’s good looks, sometimes he has hypnotic powers, the exact mechanism varies but the overall story is the same. A Dowry of Blood
Read MoreAt long last, the best horror show on network television has made its grand return. No, I’m not talking about Ryan Murphy’s American Horror Story or its Hulu spin-off, but the USA and Syfy show, Chucky. Based on the successful horror franchise Child’s Play, the show is a continuation of the original series, (ignoring the 2019 reboot starring Mark Hamill as
Read MoreImagine if you had the power, resources, and talent to create your ultimate dream project. Imagine if you could painstakingly obsess over every detail, finesse every flaw, sculpt your clay and wield your tools with total mastery of skill, with no restraint, until you made manifest the immaculate dream you could have only dreamt as a child. That is Werewolf by
Read MoreElsa Bloodstone is one tough cookie. She travels the world fighting monsters so the rest of us can sleep a little safer at night. She’s a master of weaponry and hand-to-hand combat and is extremely formidable on her own. Add in her bloodstone shard choker that she inherited from her father and all the advantages it gives her and she becomes
Read MoreClara Johnson is one hell of a girl. Born with a caul over her face and screaming her head off, she sees what others can’t and she never bites her tongue. In The Monsters We Defy author Leslye Penelope tells the story of Clara and her friends who are trying to save humankind from losing the very thing that makes us
Read MoreThe much-anticipated My Hero Academia season 6 has finally premiered this weekend with an episode titled “A Quiet Beginning”. Back in Season 5, Izuku Midoriya, Katsuki Bakugo, and Shoto Todoroki continued their work studies under the watchful eye of Endeavor, Japan’s #1 hero. Meanwhile, Tomura Shigaraki and the League of Villains clashed against the Metahuman Liberation Army, led by Re-Destro. Their
Read MoreThere’s something about the future that just seems to fascinate so many people. Be it our own personal future or the general future of the world, people tend to spend plenty of time thinking about it. I grew up on media such as The Jetsons, Back to the Future, and Lost in Space; shows and films that were set in wildly
Read MoreOne of the most interesting aspects of Quantum Leap is how every episode is its own adventure with its own set of problems. Similar in fashion to how American Horror Stories was with each episode focusing on a different story, if you don’t like one specific adventure, the next week brings something new to the table. While there are some serial
Read MoreWelcome to Blunder, a kingdom cut off from the rest of the world by a strange mist. Here magic is real and dangerous. There is sanctioned magic connected to providence cards that are allowed and “wild” magic that comes from the mist and is outlawed. Most people live in fear of the mist and the wild magic but some think that
Read MoreGrowing up, I watched a lot of TV Land with my mother, as she shared some of her favorite sitcoms from her childhood. I have fond memories of watching those shows with her. Shows like Bewitched, I Dream of Jeannie, Green Acres, The Addams Family, and of course, The Munsters – a sitcom about classic monsters living in a normal world. When
Read MoreIt’s fall in the northern hemisphere, and that means spooky season. What better way for Marvel to celebrate all things frightening than with their very own comic lycanthrope, Werewolf By Night? Who needs pumpkin spice when you can spend about 52 minutes of black and white MCU monster-movie love with Gael García Bernal and Laura Donnelly?! Although there’s been lots of talk about Werewolf
Read MoreWhen it was announced that Interview With The Vampire and other novels from Anne Rice were being developed by AMC, I was rather excited. My relationship with Rice and her literary works began when I was pretty young, with the introduction to the 1994 film Interview With The Vampire. One fall evening when I was about seven, my eldest sister was
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