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Category: Lore
Occult history, folklore, and the spooky stuff behind the stories.
Invasion of the Academic Snatchers
Sean reviews Barry Keith Grant's BFI Film Classics study of Invasion of the Body Snatchers, now updated with a look at AI and fears of human replacement.
REVIEW: Rotten Botany and Darkness in Bloom
Two new books for the dark side of the garden: Rotten Botany by Varla A. Ventura digs into spooky plant lore, and Darkness in Bloom by Chloe Hurst shows you how to grow a gothic garden.
Before Clayface, There Was the Golem
DC's Clayface hits theaters Friday. Long before Batman, people were telling stories about men made of clay who could move, obey, and eventually turn on the people who made them.
REVIEW: Cryptids That Kill by Jeffrey Goddin
Cryptids That Kill by Jeffrey Goddin rounds up the world's most bloodthirsty monsters, from phantom panthers and flying heads to lizard men, Chupacabras and shapeshifters.
REVIEW: American Crow by Ryan Burruss
BY: DAVEY American Crow is the debut novel from Ryan Burruss. I read an advance copy this past…
REVIEW: Sasquatches by Joseph C. Stewart
BY: DAVEY Sasquatches: Phantoms of the Forest is Joseph C. Stewart’s field journal from two years spent studying…
REVIEW: Boo! by Clive Gifford
Boo! by Clive Gifford, illustrated by Rohan Eason, is a fun, illustrated guide to fear for young readers, covering the brain, phobias, real hauntings, horror movies and more.
REVIEW: Van Helsing and His Kin
Van Helsing and His Kin by Daniel O'Brien follows the famous vampire hunter through nearly a century of film and television, and it ends with an analysis of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
REVIEW: When We Spoke to the Dead by Ilise S. Carter
BY: VIVICA VISCERA, Make It Weird Reviewer When We Spoke to the Dead: How Ghosts Gave American Women…