“A deep sleep fell upon me — a sleep like that of death.”
— Edgar Allan Poe, “The Pit and the Pendulum”
Tag Archives: Horror
Artwork of the Day: Startling Terror Tales (Artist Unknown)
Artist Unknown
That would startle me too.
Music Video of the Day: In Your Head by Raven Numan (2024, dir by ????)
Todays music video of the latest from Raven Numan. Raven is the daughter of Gary Numan of Cars fame but she’s also a talented singer and performer in her own right.
This song is about obsession. It may start like your typical pop love song but listen to the lyrics and …. yikes!
Enjoy!
Bonus Horror On TV: Degrassi of the Dead
Hey, remember that time in 2007 when all the students at Toronto’s Degrassi Community School were turned into zombies? This 10 minute film takes a non-canonical look at what would happen to everyone’s favorite Canadian high school if there was a zombie apocalypse!
(By the way, I know what you’re thinking but this was actually made in 2007, long before the premiere of The Walking Dead.)
Enjoy watching Drake turn into a zombie!
Horror On TV: One Step Beyond 3.25 “The Room Upstairs” (dir by John Newland)
When an American couple rents a home in London, Esther (Lois Maxwell, the future Mrs. Moneypenny) swears she can hear a baby crying. Eventually, she tracks the crying down to an upstairs room. In that room, however, she finds not just a child but also a portal into the past.
Can you prove it didn’t happen?
The episode aired on March 21st, 1961.
Bonus Horror Song of the Day: Season of the Witch, covered by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
Did you know that Joan Jett did a cover of Season of the Witch?
I didn’t, at least not until the YouTube algorithm decided to let me know. For once, the algorithm was a force of good. (Apparently, this song was used on the soundtrack of Netflix’s Son of Sam documentary. I did watch that documentary and I do remember this song being used in it but I didn’t realize that it was Joan Jett performing the song.)
Here’s Joan Jett and the Blackhearts with their cover of Donovan’s Season of the Witch.
Horror Scenes That I Love: The Man Behind The Dumpster From Mulholland Drive
It’s not usually described as being a horror film but this scene from David Lynch’s 2001 Mulholland Drive literally made me jump the first time I saw it.
Personally, I think this is the scariest moment that David Lynch ever directed.
4 Shots From 4 Horror Films: Special Curtis Harrington Edition
4 (or more) Shots From 4 (or more) Films is just what it says it is, 4 (or more) shots from 4 (or more) of our favorite films. As opposed to the reviews and recaps that we usually post, 4 (or more) Shots From 4 (or more) Films lets the visuals do the talking
Today, we pay tribute to experimental surrealist and horror director, Curtis Harrington! It’s time for….
4 Shots from 4 Curtis Harrington Films
Night Tide (1961, dir by Curtis Harrington, DP: Vilis Lapenieks)
Queen of Blood (1966, dir by Curtis Harrington, DP: Vilis Lapenieks)
The Killing Kind (1973, dir by Curtis Harrington, DP: Mario Tosi)
The Dead Don’t Die (1975, dir by Curtis Harrington DP: James Crabe)
Horror on the Lens: The Horror at 37,000 Feet (dir by David Lowell Rich)
Today, we have the 1973 made-for-TV movie, The Horror at 37,000 Feet. This film starts off like a typical disaster film, with a collection of familiar celebrities catching a flight from Heathrow Airport. What they don’t know is that celebrity is not the only thing flying across the ocean! There’s a sacrificial altar sitting in the baggage hold and soon, all sorts of strange things are happening! Truly, it’s a horror at 37,000 feet!
This film is silly and perhaps even a little bit dumb but it’s also definitely a lot of fun. To be honest, when you’ve got William Shatner playing an ex-priest who is wondering what happened to his faith, how can you go wrong? Along with Shatner, keep an eye out for Chuck Conners, Buddy Ebsen, Roy Thinnes, Paul Winfield, Tammy Grimes, and France Nuyen. Basically, every TV actor who needed a job in 1973 boarded The Horror at 37,000 Feet.
Happy October and enjoy The Horror at 37,000 Feet!
Horror Song of the Day: Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield
It’s Sunday and today’s horror song of the day comes from a film that I plan to watch later.
Mike Oldfield didn’t write Tubular Bells specifically for The Exorcist but it’s a song that works perfectly for the film. Oldfield’s song, which was rumored to have originally envisioned as being a Christmas instrumental, become an iconic horror them.
Through the Shattered Lens 