know your monsters! 15 terrors, and what they mean

It’s Halloween, so let’s talk monsters, a staple of horror films and fiction. As a kid, I spent many a Saturday morning in front of the TV, slurping down cereal and watching such cerebral fare as Rodan, The Creature From the Black Lagoon, and Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster (the Continue reading know your monsters! 15 terrors, and what they mean

when the world was young: the “trilogy of terror” doll

The latest in a series about influences from my earlier days Fantasy/sci-fi/horror writer Richard Matheson passed away earlier this year, and I had been meaning to write about that when I saw that actress Karen Black had recently died as well.  And if you’re wondering what those two have in common, bear Continue reading when the world was young: the “trilogy of terror” doll