Comedy Studies, Vol 11: No 1 (2020) – The academic journal Comedy Studies hosted a special issue on violent clowns, which saw 14 contributions that examine the comic appeal of violence in culture. The issue itself was highly esteemed for horror writers explicitly as well, as the journal included interviews with Will Elliot and Stephen … Continue reading Comedy Studies – The circus of eternals
This October I decided to do all of the spooky things possible to celebrate Halloween (along with my 31 Days of Horror Movies Challenge and several Halloween parties I attend) and so my friend Jessica and I decided to create our very own horror themed terrariums. Terrariums have had such a boost in popularity in … Continue reading This Side of Sanguine’s DIY Horror Terrariums
Warning: Spoilers. Trigger Warning: Discussions of sexual assualt and rape. People regularly ask me why I can watch horror movies and still sleep like a baby at night. The reason is that I don’t find classic horror movie tropes as being scary. Evil clowns from outer space, serial killers who don’t die at the end … Continue reading The Twilight Zone’s ‘Try, Try Again’ Highlights Patriarchal Predators as the Real Horror Story
Every year since I have been watching a horror movie a day during the month of October, I take all of the scenes I have watched and put together a list that I call ‘The Ones That Made The Cut’. Ie. the best deaths, horror movies, and characters I have seen throughout the whole 31 … Continue reading 31 Day October Horror Movie Challenge Part 5 – The Ones That Made The Cut
This 31 Day October Horror Movie Challenge is going to prove to be an interesting one. Currently in the middle of a two month lockdown, the opportunity to watch as many horror movies as I can is ripe for the picking, and after negating horror movies for a little while and having a resurgence at … Continue reading 31 Day October Horror Movie Challenge – Part 5
Every year to celebrate Halloween I watch at least one horror movie a day every day during the month of October. As I scour my way through gore-filled death scenes and jump scares, I come to find some real standouts when it comes to characters, scenes and movies. Thus, this created my own little awards … Continue reading 31 Day October Horror Movie Challenge Part 4 -The Ones That Made The Cut
It’s that time of year again – the time where I watch a horror movie a day for the entire month of October in order to celebrate Halloween. My personal challenge, October 31 Day Horror Movie Challenge is in it’s fourth year and I must say I wasn’t really sure if I would do it … Continue reading 31 Day October Horror Movie Challenge – Part 4
Every year to celebrate Halloween I watch at least one horror movie a day every day during the month of October. As I scour my way through gore-filled death scenes and jump scares, I come to find some real standouts when it comes to characters, scenes and movies. Thus, this created my own little awards … Continue reading 31 Day October Horror Movie Challenge Part 3 – The Ones That Made The Cut
Welcome to the third year running of the October 31 Day Horror Movie Challenge! To help celebrate Halloween I started a challenge in October where I would watch at least one horror movie a day for the entire month and chronicle the journey for my readers at This Side of Sanguine. In both 2017 and … Continue reading 31 Day October Horror Movie Challenge – Part 3
In 2017 I started the tradition of watching a horror movie a day for the entire 31 days of October. I continued this tradition in 2018 and watched some of the favourite horror movies of my friends and family, which can be found listed here. In every movie, there are horror movies and horror characters … Continue reading 31 Day October Horror Movie Challenge Part 2 – The Ones That Made The Cut
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