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Have you made a horror movie? If yes, Chicago Fear Fest is looking for folks like you? The following is copied from a press release I received earlier this year. — CHICAGO’s newest indie horror film fest announces a call for entries! CHICAGO FEAR FEST APRIL 13-14, 2012 MUVICO THEATERSContinue Reading

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First there was “Snakes on a Plane.” Then came Zombies on a Plane. (Okay, to be fair, it was actually called “Flight of the Living Dead: Outbreak on a Plane.” Still, the gist was zombies on a plane.) The next inevitable step in mile-high terror had to be Ghosts onContinue Reading

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Thanks to social media, this weekend I noticed many of my friends saying they’d either been to, or were preparing to go see, The Woman in Black. I had it in my mind that it didn’t come out until March 7. I didn’t know if people were seeing sneak peek’sContinue Reading

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With the release of The Devil Inside this past weekend, which didn’t get high marks from critics but which was the number one movie at the box office, I thought it’d be fun to check out other horror movies for 2012. Here’s what will be coming soon to theaters: JANUARYContinue Reading

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This is a guest blog by William Collins. If you like this story and are on Twitter, let him know by sending him a Tweet via @Thor_2000. The purpose behind the Collinsport Ghost Society has always been to convert fictional Hollywood haunted locations into their real world locations, but whyContinue Reading

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Back in September of 2010 we visited Quebec City on our 10-day Canada/New England cruise. This was a Bucket List destination for me. It was even more powerful visiting it when we did because we were celebrating some huge milestones on that cruise: Wayne’s birthday. My 40th birthday. Our 15thContinue Reading

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The YouTube clips I’ve seen shared most this Halloween involve some spooky music timed to light shows. They have left me with major Halloween house decorating envy. The first one of these I saw was after my sister Dinell pointed the “This is Halloween” one out to me. But thenContinue Reading

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Saturday, I snookered my husband into jaunting down to the Rippavilla Plantation in Columbia, Tennessee. Earlier this year, I learned of Rippavilla’s Ghosts and Grits events. Then I saw a video about the plantation on Tennessee Crossroads. (Included below.) I believe Mike Sears with the Volunteer Paranormal Research Society hadContinue Reading

Midway Plantation Slave Cemetery

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I created a video of an impromptu jaunt I made after discovering yet another cemetery in an unexpected place. I was on my way to a tennis match a couple of weeks ago when I noticed it. I couldn’t stop then, but as soon as I had time I went back.Continue Reading

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I had been wanting to see The Collector for a while, but, as with most things, I got around to it in my own slow, sweet time. It ended up being worth the wait. (It just plain sucks to be looking forward to what you’re sure will be a good horror movieContinue Reading

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Yes, I’m writing about the indie horror film Ghost from the Machine again. Yes, I did just hold a contest giving away a couple of DVDs, but today I read some exciting news I thought was shareworthy. Plus, it’s Movie Monday, so what better day to share than today? Anyway, theContinue Reading

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It’s amazing I still prefer traveling by car over most other travel methods given the amount of scary movies about road trips gone wrong that I’ve seen. Even crazier, it happens to be one of my favorite sub genres of horror movies. Maybe because there’s been so many good scary roadContinue Reading