As we await the second Simpsons Movie, what better time to look back over one of the cartoon’s proudest traditions – the ...

When you think about fall in New England, you envision a blaze of red, yellow, and orange foliage streaking the landscape. During the autumn months, the one thing that might beat sitting on the porch ...

"Foolish, Earthlings!" The line most commonly uttered by two drooling aliens who have become a staple of "The Simpsons"' famed Treehouse of Horror episodes – Kang and Kodos. No, literally, they're in ...

Before I moved to Chicago, years ago, whenever I found myself here in the city, I would carve out time and head to Wicker Park, trudge to the second floor of the Flatiron Arts Building and enter the ...

There's an everything-all-in-one quality to "Shelby Oaks" that makes it feel less like a compendium of horror's greatest hits than it does a work of indecision. The debut film from ...

Because horror is a genre built on excess, it’s also an easy punching bag. Films aren’t doing well? Blame the gore, blame the violence, blame the lack of new ideas. Critics have pronounced the genre ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

Katie Ellis receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Gwyneth Peaty does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from ...

Bleeding Fingers principal composer Kara Talve and score producer Russell Emanuel were inspired by "Jaws" and more iconic horror influences for latest "Treehouse of Horror." Yes, that was a “Jaws” ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

One of the unfortunate trends of this era of The Simpsons’ Treehouse of Horror is the fact that many of the stories no longer have a Horror focus. Treehouse of Horror XXI does start out with the ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Mariana Enriquez uses the occult to explore familial trauma, political violence, and the exploitation of the poor ...