Deep Cuts
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After Frankenstein, Mary Shelley Wrote a Novella Her Father Called “Disgusting and Detestable”
William Godwin called the subject of his daughter Mary Shelley’s novella Mathilda “disgusting and detestable.” She’d sent him the manuscript for advice on publication…
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The Rich Vampire Began with a Character Modeled on Lord Byron, and Twilight Made Him a Billionaire
Lord Ruthven, the vampire in John Polidori’s 1819 story The Vampyre, gave bloodsucking a place in high society. Modeled on Lord Byron, he helped…
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A Line in Stephen King’s Carrie Explains What Happens to High School Bullies When They Grow Up
This quote from the Carrie book is actually terrifying. It explains how a high school bully transforms into an adult who wears the veneer…
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A Strange Corner of the Internet Thinks Robert Pattinson’s ‘Primetime’ Is Pro-Pedophilia Propaganda
Robert Pattinson’s new A24 film ‘Primetime’ has barely been out a day and already a familiar argument is circulating: that the movie is “pro-pedophile…
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Shut Up and Drink Your Kool-Aid: The Brilliant Black Comedy of ‘The Slumber Party Massacre’ (1982)
In 1975, Amy Jones served as Martin Scorsese’s assistant while he directed Taxi Driver. A few years later, she turned down the chance to…
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Werner Herzog’s Grizzly Man Captured Timothy Treadwell’s Death by Bear on Tape, Then Refused to Play It
Werner Herzog’s Grizzly Man (2005) is built from more than 100 hours of footage Timothy Treadwell shot over thirteen summers living among brown bears…
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Matthew Lillard Says He’s Ashamed He Returned for ‘Scream 7’ After Melissa Barrera Was Fired for Her Posts on Palestine
Matthew Lillard says he regrets returning for Scream 7, and he’s not being quiet about why. Matthew Lillard admitted that his excitement about playing…
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Vincent Price Learned to Cook, Sew, and Mend as a Boy Because His Mother Ran the House Like a “One-Woman Home Economy Class.”
Vincent Price was a horror icon did all the cooking, shopping, and cleanup in his home well into his 70s. He credited his mother…
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‘Be My Cat’ Plays Like a Horror Version of Borat, Following a Man Who Films Himself Hurting Actresses to Impress Anne Hathaway
“I will change the world with you, Anne!” That’s the promise at the heart of ‘Be My Cat: A Film for Anne,’ a 2015…
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Stephen King Says the Scariest Movie Ever Made Is a Black-And-White Thriller from 1955 You Can Stream Free on Tubi
“It’s a hard world for little things…” In The Night of the Hunter, Robert Mitchum plays Harry Powell, a con man posing as a…
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The First Episode of ‘It: Welcome to Derry’ is Fine, but I’m Concerned About The Rest of the Series
Will IT still feel like cosmic horror if too much is explained?
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What Classic Slasher Horror Villain Are You Based On Your Zodiac?
Admit it: Leatherface is a total Cancer.
