Danish haunted-house studies seek to reveal the seductive appeal of horror | Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/02/danish-haunted-house-studies-seek-to-reveal-the-seductive-appeal-of-horror/
I’d like to play a horror game that’s lit like Suspiria is during its most extreme moments: backgrounds & characters in bright monochrome washes, a cypher of harsh shadows, as though lit by single-point neon.
Strongly recommend ‘Horror Noire’ for folks who are interested in the history of horror on film. It filled in some big gaps in the timeline for me. It’s available on Shudder, which is also streaming some flicks covered.
Giallo Is the Horror Subgenre You Need to Explore | Nerdist https://nerdist.com/giallo-horror-subgenre-need-to-explore/
Cragne Manor, an 84-room horror “exquisite corpse” text adventure that’s a tribute to the classic game Anchorhead / Boing Boing https://boingboing.net/2018/12/09/massively-multi-developer.html
All Hallmark Christmas movies are horror films in disguise | Salon.com https://www.salon.com/2018/11/19/all-hallmark-christmas-movies-are-horror-films-in-disguise/
Band name of the day: the danish vowel horror
Why the Victorian mansion is a horror icon - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xvNhN1PsRw
This Artist’s Personalized AI Horror Movie Is Messing With His Head https://breakermag.com/kevin-aboschs-is-being-manipulated-by-his-own-ai/
Hot take: the primary function of a horror movie is not to be scary, but to be /creepy/. If you don’t know the difference, watch better horror movies.
After World War I, Horror Movies Were Invaded By an Army of Reanimated Corpses https://longreads.com/2018/10/31/after-world-war-i-horror-movies-were-invaded-by-an-army-of-reanimated-corpses/
‘Do you prefer horror movies or comedy movies’ is a good way of phrasing ‘with what degree of intensity are you comfortable having your mental constructs challenged’. ‘Hausu is my favorite movie’ is a valid & illuminating response.
The Shining has apparently forever turned Midnight with the Stars and You into a ‘horror song’. I’m sure some flapper ghosts are very unhappy with that categorization. They can’t do anything about it, though: ghosts are weak.
If Halloween 3 had been Halloween 2 (i.e., if Michael Meyers was a one-off & there was never the expectation set that he’d come back) we could have had a great yearly horror anthology series for the past 40 years.
Top 5 Anti-Capitalist Horror Movies – Halloween 2018 - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByESrVvuWkc
The Others: Why Women Are Shut Out of Horror https://longreads.com/2018/10/25/the-others-why-women-are-shut-out-of-horror/
Letting neural networks be weird • Neural Horror Picture Show http://aiweirdness.com/post/179211399427/neural-horror-picture-show
Bad idea of the day: watching FEWER horror movies in october because you need a break from the rest of the year
Bram Stoker’s Dracula Is More Than Gothic Horror. It’s a Love Letter to Moviemaking. https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a23570109/bram-stokers-dracula-review-francis-ford-coppolla/
Sam Raimi - How Does Horror Comedy Work? (video essay) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwcjToDEsUY
QOTD: ‘For Lovecraft, if all horror can be explained by natural law, then the obvious inference is that natural law is horrific.’
Horror is a dark and piercing reflection of our anxious times | Aeon Essays https://aeon.co/essays/horror-is-a-dark-and-piercing-reflection-of-our-anxious-times
In case you were wondering, indeed, Female Prisoner Scorpion is a MUCH better movie than the title makes it sound like. (It is exploitation, but it is ALSO surreal impressionistic gothic horror. Also, every frame of this damn movie is gorgeous.)
Modern horror films are finding their scares in dead phone batteries - The Verge https://www.theverge.com/2018/8/16/17675474/modern-horror-films-dead-cell-phone-trope-isolation
If I ever make a horror move, its tagline will be ‘All the gore, none of the plot’ even if it has a plot.
Demo Preview “ Fake News Horror Show https://www.fakenewshorrorshow.org/demo-expo/
Why horror movies are now more important than ever in Hollywood https://www.fastcompany.com/90199673/why-horror-movies-are-now-more-important-than-ever-in-hollywood
Evil Children And Overachieving Skeletons: Welcome To The World Of Paperback Horror : NPR https://www.npr.org/2018/07/07/626546622/evil-children-and-overachieving-skeletons-welcome-to-the-world-of-paperback-horr
The Allure of Gothic Horror | Tor.com https://www.tor.com/2018/07/09/the-allure-of-gothic-horror/
How Sound Effects For Horror Movies Are Made - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrcpfwIkcoM
The Existential Horror of Aggretsuko - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yp_Nts2XpfA
Lazyweb: are there good horror movies about sound engineering / foley other than LFO and Berberian Sound Studio?
The Savage Passions of Hammer Horror | Village Voice https://www.villagevoice.com/2018/06/01/the-savage-passions-of-hammer-horror/
Band name of the day: the private horror
Psychotronic horror and sci-fi films with the people edited out / Boing Boing https://boingboing.net/2018/05/21/psychotronic-horror-and-sci-fi.html
Blood And Black Lace - The History Of Italian Horror Film - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fb_j2v_VtE
Blood and Sand All You Ever Wanted to Know About Spanish Horror Films - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYnS3P8pp9Y
Connective disintegration – Axxon N. Horror https://axxonnhorror.wordpress.com/2018/03/24/connective-disintegration/
Notes on Visual Snow – Axxon N. Horror https://axxonnhorror.wordpress.com/2018/02/19/notes-on-visual-snow/
Junji Ito: Master of Horror in Comics - Comic Tropes (Episode 75) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GxHtLyI4TQ
Doki Doki Literature Club - A Metamodern Horror Game - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgTTDdzxqdo
Free Will and Waifus - The True Horror of Doki Doki Literature Club - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qebsRBIleDY
Hillbilly Horror: B Movies of the Undead South https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2017/10/31/hillbilly-horror-b-movies-undead-south/
MIT used data from Reddit to train an AI algorithm to tell horror stories — Quartz https://qz.com/1115179/mit-used-data-from-reddit-to-train-an-ai-to-tell-horror-stories/
Some dead bodies donated to research in US end up in warehouses of horrors | Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/10/how-much-for-your-head-unregulated-us-brokers-make-killing-on-donated-bodies/
How post-horror movies are taking over cinema | Film | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/jul/06/post-horror-films-scary-movies-ghost-story-it-comes-at-night?CMP=fb_us
A Guide Through the Haunting World of “Folk Horror” « Bandcamp Daily https://daily.bandcamp.com/2017/05/04/folk-horror-music-list/?utm_source=facebook