Bob Pastorella

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AHS: Roanoke Chapter 2: Recap, Spoilers and Predictions

  • September 27, 2016

  • 6 mins to read
AHS Little girl

So much optimism for the new season and second episode! Not for the characters, of course, they will all most likely and hopefully die a bloody death (Season 5 delivered a happy ending, this season owes us in blood). Optimism for gore and dirt and jump scares. American Horror Story has been incredibly shiny and …

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Injured Eyeballs: Who the Fuck are the Horror Mood Team? Part 2

  • September 21, 2016

  • 13 mins to read

Skywald Nightmare cover - 1

In last month’s column I looked at the birth of the black and white horror comic boom that began in the mid 60s and flourished until the early 80s. How it was started by Warren Comics, but spawned more than a few imitators, all of whom avoided the draconian Comics Code Authority because they were …

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Book Review: Dead Souls by J. Lincoln Fenn

  • September 21, 2016

  • 5 mins to read

Dead Souls - J Lincoln Fenn - cover

“Dead Souls is one of the best, most horrifying novels to come along in ages and likely to find its way onto multiple bestseller and best of year lists.” 2016 has been one of the best and most exciting years for horror fiction in a long time, with new, outstanding dark lit being produced by …

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AHS: Roanoke—Series Premiere Play by Play and Nothing but Spoilers

  • September 20, 2016

  • 5 mins to read

American Horror Story - season 6 poster

  Let me just preface this whole premiere by saying I was lying, I’m TOTALLY waiting on tenterhooks, hoping with every breath this is a great season. It’s possible! I dreamed it last night, dreamed there was an incredible way to tie the whole series together neatly, into an unsettling and satisfyingly frightening season, all …

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