No matter how much the corporate rights holders might try to keep a story or a character to themselves, once an idea reaches critical mass, it...
It’s easy to take the accessibility of movies for granted now that we live in a high-tech world populated by streaming giants and cheap video-on-demand. However,...
There’s a popular interview where David Bowie is explaining how the internet is going to revolutionize media and ends up describing the web as “an alien...
Even three months after its release, I still find myself shocked at the sheer level of survival horror mastery that Sam Prebble and Trigger Happy Interactive...
It’s hard to overstate the impact of Merian C. Cooper’s King Kong. What began as a passion project inspired by tales of real-life encounters with Komodo...
In most cases, boss battles are meant to be a test of the players’ skills and evaluate just how much they’ve learned from interacting with the...
The haunted house story is one of the oldest narrative formulas in horror, so it stands to reason that it’s also one of the hardest sub-genres...
It makes sense that human beings evolved to find comfort in the familiar. After all, if something is familiar, it can be predicted – and if...
Warhammer 40,000 may not have invented the Grimdark genre, as one could argue that writers like Michael Moorcock have been planting the seeds for these mean-spirited...
As the smoke clears on Prime Video’s latest venture into the Post-Nuclear Wasteland, fans are left wondering what’s next for the Fallout TV show. After all,...
When it comes to horror stories, a good setting is just as important as a good villain. After all, no one would be scared of Michael...
Effective found footage storytelling requires a delicate balance of narrative structure and chaotic realism. After all, if you make your movie too realistic, it’ll likely be...
H.P. Lovecraft once claimed that the oldest and strongest kind of fear is the fear of the unknown, so it stands to reason that some of...
Animation was never meant to be exclusively targeted towards children; it’s just that kids are naturally attracted to the artifice behind bringing cartoons to life. However,...
“Write what you know” might just be the oldest adage in the business, and that’s probably why meta horror narratives are so popular among genre fans....
Horror legend John Carpenter turns 78 today, and Halloween Night: John Carpenter Live from Los Angeles is now streaming on Screambox. Bloody Disgusting is celebrating with John Carpenter Week. Luiz...
The ancient Greeks may not have had stories about haunted Raggedy Anne dolls or serial killers in hockey masks, but they sure as hell had equally...
Killing zombies and wearing spiked leather jackets is cool and all, but our collective fascination with the apocalypse has more to do with the wish to...
The interactive element inherent to video games means that, unlike most other storytelling mediums, the person experiencing the story is usually the main character. And since...
The technology required to make video games is finally widespread and easily accessible enough that game development is no longer monopolized by the same handful of...
I’ve never been a fan of warm weather, but when it gets so cold that you need four layers of clothing just to be able to...
I’m generally against the celebration of Easter Eggs in media, as focusing on fan service and references instead of narrative can be a very reductive way...
Executing an effective scare is remarkably similar to telling an effective joke, though the punchline usually ends in screams instead of laughs. This genre overlap is...
Despite being commonly associated with superhero stories, modern comic books have been promoting some of the most unique voices in all of horror fiction for years...
You must be logged in to post a comment.