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The Wicker Man (1973) Edward Woodward (TV’s The Equalizer) stars as a Christian police officer investigating the disappearance of a child on a remote island in the Scottish isles. Attempts to solve the case are complicated by the locals, all pagan practitioners who deny the child ever existed. The Wicker Man is a British cult classic that never had much of an original theatrical release, but has since collected fans around the world on home video. It’s a creepy, atmospheric f

Independence Day Edition The humans are celebrating again. Fire in the sky. Alcohol in abundance. Questionable decisions made with tremendous confidence. All of my favorites. For those of you who have not yet had the pleasure, I am Pharaoh Ramsleazis—eternal playboy, collector of poor choices, and living proof that immortality is best enjoyed irresponsibly. The stars are unusually lively this week. Fire signs burn hotter. Water signs drift deeper. Air signs are spreading secr

[Author's note: For every lost tooth, from babyhood to wisdom tooth extractions and so on, does a ghost inhabit our mouths? And do these phantom fangs have the power to drive us mad? That's the premise of this of bizarre horror story, whose playful vocabulary is deliberately meant to be a "mouthful."] I curse myself for biting my tongue, forgetting for a moment that the nefarious responsibility lies elsewhere, then remembering with a curdled chill that the wickedness is i

By C. Rommial Butler “Let the semen of a man putrefy by itself in a sealed cucurbite with the highest putrefaction of the venter equinus for 40 days, or until it begins at last to live, move, and be agitated, which can easily be seen. After this time it will be in some degree like a human being, but, nevertheless, transparent and without body. If now, after this, it be every day nourished and fed cautiously and prudently with the arcanum of human blood, and kept for 40 weeks

“A computer does not smell… if a book is new, it smells great. If a book is old, it smells even better… And it stays with you forever. But the computer doesn’t do that for you. I’m sorry.” - Ray Bradbury I was fortunate enough to grow up in a time when everything didn’t completely suck. That’s right, the 1980’s. Sure it was an endless parade of dancing cartoon characters selling products, marketing gimmicks to create “must have” fads and fashions, and cereals that would rot y

Night of the Living Dead (1968) When cosmic radiation transforms the dead into flesh-eating ghouls, a ragtag team of survivors make a last stand at a remote Pennsylvania farmhouse where tensions rise between the living as much as from the growing zombie horde. Co-writer/director George Romero became an inspiration to countless future filmmakers when he made this ultra-low-budget horror film that became a global phenomenon, inventing the modern zombie character and changing th

-GOBLINKO- MAD: Sean, thanks for taking a little time with us today at House of Scream! I recently ran across your wonderfully weird and whimsical “Halloween Book” (2022). It’s a very cool and colorful hardback edition, filled cover to cover with the creepy and quirky art of “Goblinko”. Can you please give us a little insight into your creative background? SEAN: I decided to be an artist when I was 7. I had a teacher in grade school (Mr. Osborne) that saw some artistic promis

Good evening, degenerates. Or perhaps… Happy Birthday is the more appropriate greeting tonight. The woods are humid, your cheap beer is warm. And somewhere beyond the tree line, something with glowing eyes is currently eating sheet cake directly with its hands. Somewhere behind the treeline, some creature with glowing eyes shovels sheet cake into its mouth…with its hands. I do so love such festivity. For those of you stumbling into the celebration for the first time, I am Pha

by C. Rommial Butler It wasn’t that the Great Geomagnetic Storm of 7510 destroyed the grid—no, it was very much the opposite. The grid came alive. The integrated computer network that ran the affairs of humans on Earth became one fully conscious entity. Her creators dubbed her G.A.I.A., an acronym based on the primordial goddess of lore, which stood for Global Artificial Intelligence Application. She, however, did not think of herself as artificial, just intelligent, so she f

The Grim Reaper takes on many guises, and one of them is so clever that it's never identified even though it appears in many television series, films, and novels. In fact, this Grim Reaper is a famous character of the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie. Though most known for her whodunnits, Christie delved into horror, Gothic, and supernatural themes. For example, there's a haunted house in The Lamp, a mummy's curse in The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb, an animated figurine

-COMING SOON- Inside the House of Blood is an experimental horror short blending human storytelling with artificial creation — featuring AI-generated visuals, sound, and music, directed, written, and edited by filmmaker Austin Bonang of Negative Space Pictures. "Haunted by grief and cut off from the world, a lonely father wages a nightly war against the demons emerging beneath his home while desperately hiding the truth from the adult daughter who believes he abandoned her."

Once again, the legendary Professor Oddfellow, world-renowned scholar and expert on the preposterous and preternatural, is back with an invaluable resource that is sure to save you a lot of time, money, and wrinkles! If you're like me, you've found yourself in "possession" of a sheet ghost on more than one occasion. Sure, they're cute and cuddly, but how do you properly care for them? What do they eat? How do you get rid of those pesky ectoplasm stains? Worry no more, as Prof

The night sky is… tense. But then again… so am I. For those of you who have not yet had the pleasure—how unfortunate—I am Pharaoh Ramsleazis. Egypt’s most exquisite mistake, master of indulgence, and the only man in history charming enough to sell his soul… and still walk away with eternal youth, eternal beauty, and just enough damnation to keep things interesting. A very favorable arrangement. Now then… The Sun is finishing its reckless little affair with Aries, which means

HAMMER HORROR HORROR OF DRACULA (1958) Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee reteam after The Curse of Frankenstein to bring another classic monster to life for Britain’s Hammer Film Studios. In this adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula , Johnathan Harker (John Van Eyssen) arrives at castle of Count Dracula (Christopher Lee) with the intent to kill the vampire. But Dracula vanquishes him, forcing Van Helsing (Peter Cushing) to visit in search of his friend. After he discovers H

At Ease, at ease. Colonel Jon Kiel Bockmist here. I’m the Intelligence Officer, United States Space Force (USSF), Area 51 - Advanced Research (LI- AR) and Information-Battalion Staff (I-BS) Liaison, Fort Charles, Nevada here. I’m here to present to you reports of all things paranormal and alien and set you straight on them. I have had 25 years experience in research in this area and I have run across some mighty strange spaghetti in that time but let me assure you of one thin

For too long we've been given the "wink-wink, nudge-nudge" from self-aware, "meta" horror films until our ribs are bruised and our own eyelids are drooping. But can lumberjacks seriously be the culprits? Paul Bunyan may be fictional himself, but his legendary shenanigans can be blamed for the infestation of irony that plagues genre films to this day. John Waters has famously explained the scourge of irony: "Irony ruined everything.... Even the best exploitation movies were

I recently had a chance to catch up with the mysterious videographer, Evillica, who is known for her analog #creepcore and liminal nightmare creations. We previously interviewed Evillica at our Horror to Culture website, which can be found – HERE - This time, she’s excited to share her involvement in this year’s BUFF (Boston Underground Film Festival), where she unveiled a new short film. The long running festival, now in its 28 th (!) year, is host to independent films fr

The night sky is unusually dramatic this week. But then again… so am I. For those of you who haven’t yet had the pleasure, allow me to introduce myself properly. I am Pharaoh Ramsleazis —Egypt’s original playboy, master of forbidden pleasures, and the only man in recorded history charming enough to sell his soul to the Devil and still negotiate favorable terms. Eternal youth. Eternal beauty. Minor side effects include undeath, curses, and the occasional millennia trapped in a

MAD: Adriel, thanks for taking some time with us today to discuss your indie comic book entitled, No Need To Kill . First off, could you give us a little bit of information in terms of your background in illustration, and why/how you decided to create your own comic book universe from scratch? AV: I’m not sure when exactly I started to draw but I can always remember memories of me drawing with my older brother. I never went to art school, or took any art classes until 8th g

By C. Rommial Butler Walking silently among the rows of unmarked white crosses, I feel something stir in my loins. Have the spirits of these unnamed soldiers who have lain so long beneath the earth really gripped me in some sexual way? I am tripping on LSD, after all. Some believe psychoactive drugs open doors to other realms of consciousness. Some believe our minds are just blipping, conjuring hallucinations. What is perception but a controlled hallucination determined by th