Tag: Horror

What makes for a good horror game soundtrack? I submit to you that it is music and sound that creates an unsettling atmosphere; that increases your heart rate, and lets you know that danger is present… that you need to run or fight. As we embark on this year’s spooky season, I w...

For Halloween month, I’ve been looking forward to playing more horror games that I haven’t had a chance to look at it, especially after writing my book on horror design. While there are some clear winners from the indie space that I’ll be reviewing the second they are released...

The demo for Pine Harbor takes place in an underground bunker and is a short glimpse at what the full game will be like. The demo doesn’t reveal much of anything as to what the story is about, but, it does give you a taste of the kind of atmosphere you can expect from the game. Your objecti...

“Janice” — we won’t use her real name — came to us asking for an opinion from a top plastic surgeon and we were happy to help. Thing is, during our extensive phone calls and emails she sent us the quote from a major plastic surgery holiday agent suggesting another surge...

Writing a horror script is like writing any good story. You want to have strong characters, engaging dialogue, and a sense of realism. Even if characters are in an extraordinary situation you want their responses to that situation or threat to be real. One of the big problems I’ve noticed in m...

In preparing to teach this mythology class, I leafed through a copy of Ted Hughes’ Tales From Ovid. I was struck as I read it by how much Ted Hughes’ version of the Metamorphoses resembled a horror movie. The growing dread in the pit of your stomach, the inability to look ...

It’s Rocky Horror’s 50th anniversary year and as part of the celebrations there’s a big global tour. Rocky has the accolade of being the longest continuously running contemporary musical anywhere in the world with many fans seeing it 10s or even 100s of times. However, this mi...

While I’m quick to loathe spoilers, I really wish somebody would have just told me that I was going to be disappointed by Making a Murderer. I, like probably many others who watched this show, expected a real life translation of True Detective. Who committed the murder? Ave...

The creator of Midnight Mass and The Haunting of Hill House, Mike Flanagan, comes to Netflix with a vicious horror series based on the writings of Edgar Allan Poe. The Fall of the House of Usher is a series of flashbacks held together by the present-day main storyline, ...

“Amelia’s Children,” the latest Portuguese horror comedy movie, brings together elements of suspense, humour, and the supernatural to deliver a unique viewing experience. Directed by Gabriel Abrantes, the film follows the story of Ed, played by Carloto Cotta, as he embarks on a jou...