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A HORROR-FILLED HALLOWEEN WEEKEND BOOK LAUNCH PARTY AT KAISER TIGER! To say that I am proud of my new book, 40 Years, 40 Horror Films, from Eckhartz Press would be a massive understatement. I spent an enormous amount of time writing this thing, digging through forty years of horror movies, revisiting old favorites, rediscovering forgotten gems, and thinking about why this particular genre has meant so much to me for practically my entire life. And now that the book is finally

Spiders are scary. I realize that's not exactly a groundbreaking scientific observation, but it's true. There is something about those eight legs, those multiple eyes, those hairy little bodies, the way they move, the way they suddenly appear in places where you absolutely do not want them to appear, that just freaks people out. You can be sitting quietly in your living room, perfectly relaxed, enjoying your evening, and suddenly a spider the size of a quarter runs across the

In honor of the release of the new Jessica Chastain horror movie Other Mommy, I thought I would remind everyone of the list of my 10 favorite BAD movie moms of all time. And I don’t mean moms who make a few parenting mistakes or forget to pack a lunch. I mean BAD. Twisted. Deranged. Sometimes dangerous. These are the mothers who wreck lives, wreak havoc, and sometimes even murder. Whether it’s with a knife, with psychological torment, or just by being epically, unapologetical

To say I am unbelievably excited about what is happening at The Midway Drive-In on Saturday, September 19th is an understatement. This is going to be one hell of a night. We’re talking about an honest-to-God dusk-to-dawn horror movie marathon at one of my favorite places in the world, featuring four of the greatest, funniest, scariest, craziest, and most entertaining horror movies of the 1980s. There will be horror vendors, vintage trailers, old concession ads, merchandise, m

It's time once again for The Flashback Weekend Chicago Horror Convention, and if you've been reading my work or listening to me for any length of time, you already know how much this convention means to me. It isn't just my favorite weekend of the summer. It has become my favorite weekend of the entire year. I look forward to it twelve months in advance, and every year it somehow manages to exceed my already ridiculously high expectations. This year's Flashback Weekend takes

With the release of Evil Dead Burn, I thought this would be the perfect time to look back at one of the greatest, weirdest, bloodiest, funniest, and most consistently entertaining franchises in horror history. And yes, I absolutely consider it a universe now. We're not just talking about six feature films anymore. There was the terrific Ash vs. Evil Dead television series, comic books, graphic novels, video games, stage musicals, crossover stories, documentaries, conventions,