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The Sprawling Franchise of Higurashi When They Cry

Thomas NormanNov 27, 2020
The Sprawling Franchise of Higurashi When They Cry

Higurashi When They Cry, or Higurashi no Naku Koro ni in Japanese, is an sprawling franchise of Ryukishi 07 – starting with the amateurish visual…

Stranger (2020) They Do Lovecraftian Horror a Bit Different in The Ukraine

Adam SymchukNov 25, 2020
Stranger (2020) They Do Lovecraftian Horror a Bit Different in The Ukraine

Though I am not really one to discredit an entire nation’s cinema, you would be hard pressed to find anyone who will state that Ukraine…

The Kappa Water Demon

Grimoire of HorrorNov 24, 2020
The Kappa Water Demon

Our creature today goes by many names and has equally as many aspects describing it. A creature of strange design and often terrifying behaviors, a…

The Laughing Vampire Review – The Fringes of Japanese Horror Manga

Thomas NormanNov 23, 2020
The Laughing Vampire Review – The Fringes of Japanese Horror Manga

The Laughing Vampire, or Warau Kyuuketsuki in Japanese, is a shocking two volume series of the Suehiro Maruo and follows the vampire of Rakuda as…

Defining Fear: Thalassophobia

Luke GreensmithNov 22, 2020
Defining Fear: Thalassophobia

Thalassaphobia, while not an officially recognised one under some medical manuals, comes under the umbrella heading of an environmental phobias. For all that it isn’t…

The Believers Probably Doesn’t Believe In Its Own Horror

Grimoire of HorrorNov 20, 2020
The Believers Probably Doesn’t Believe In Its Own Horror

At the start of John Schlesinger’s 1987 horror film The Believers, police psychiatrist Cal Jamison (Martin Sheen) is having a quiet morning with his wife…