Feminine rage is all the rage! At least according to the countless Goodreads shelves and reading lists that illuminate this publishing phenomenon. Woman serial killers, egomaniac anti-heroines with internal monologues…
Have you have ever wondered why the dark and horror literature written or published during the Victorian era is so potent? Rain-slick cobblestone shining wet with the spill of blood…
Animal imagery is used in horror often to increase the fear factor through humanity’s natural fear of predator species and the wild unknown. Sometimes it goes even deeper than that.
Vampires or other blood-drinkers are popular creatures to appear in movies. Once, vampire horror was a social commentary on wealth, power, and decadence sucking people dry. Then, media depictions turned…
So many horror films and books are dedicated to ghosts, especially when they are rooted to a specific place they haunt, most commonly lingering inside the haunted house. But how…
What is the sea but an abyss better left undisturbed? And still, we try to explore the depths of the oceans, fear mingling with fascination as we catalogue and photograph…
Greek mythological monsters, hybrids, and other fantastical entities have become a well-known group of creatures in the Western world. From centaurs, to nymphs, to chimeras and sirens, those beings have…
Food is storytelling. Think of the resplendent fruits of the Goblin Market, the six pomegranate seeds Persephone ate that bound her to Hades and the Underworld, children being warned not…
Why do humans exhibit such fascination toward allegedly haunted places? These are the grounds—houses, hospitals, schools—where tragedies happened in the distant, or not so distant, past. Years later, these structures…
The majority of cultures around the world like to depict Death—also known as Thanatos, the Grim Reaper, Santa Muerte, the Horseman, the Angel of Death—as an anthropomorphized figure. A pattern…
