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Don’t Look Under the Bed (1999) & The Monster of Disbelief

Don’t Look Under the Bed (1999) & The Monster of Disbelief

How a Disney Channel original movie kept my weirdness alive.

Image of Gillian Anderson as Billy Presley in Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma with Hannah Einbinder as Kris in the background

Billy Presley Might Just Save Us All: How Casting Gillian Anderson in Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma Healed an Awkward Horror Heart

Layered, nuanced, and campy, Schoenbrun's latest wins out in many ways, chiefly thanks to stellar casting

Black and white photo of Shirley Jackson set on top of a background of her book cover

Seen by Shirley: A Young Woman’s Camaraderie with One of Horror's Greatest Voices

A love letter to the author who may understand me best, from fear to understanding and everything in between

Just Asking Questions: Ex-Mormons Talk About Heretic

Just Asking Questions: Ex-Mormons Talk About Heretic

A group of ex-Mormons talk about urban legends, religious representation, and more in the horror movie Heretic.

A baby's cradle with a crow and monster hand reaching down toward it.

Parenting (A Witchling) is Not for the Faint of Heart

Imagine this: Your poorly sleeping infant is now a poorly sleeping tot, straddling the threshold between toddler and small-kid.

Punching Holes in the Literary Lid: Capturing Voice Through Storytelling

Punching Holes in the Literary Lid: Capturing Voice Through Storytelling

Engaging audiences both on and off the page takes skill, both as a writer and as a performer. Clay McLeod Chapman knows more than a little about both.

Image with a light green background with a faded motel and floral accents behind a cropped image of woman in the bottom half of the image with the cover of Unnamed Bones centered.

Motel of the Mind: Lora Senf’s Unnamed Bones, Isolation, and the Hope of Survivalist Horror

How the YA horrors in Senf's latest release have power beyond belief