In honor of the Day of the Dead, I want to pay tribute to horror historian, author, researcher, and documentary filmmaker David J. Skal, who suddenly passed on New Year's Day of this year*. Considering how important Day of the Dead is to me culturally as a Mexican American and how influential David’s work was on so many people, including myself, I wanted to honor him, his work, and his impact on this day.
Early Life:
Born in 1952 in Ohio, David grew up as a Monster Kid of the 1950s and 1960s Ame...

The newest Blumhouse film AfrAId shows how easily AI can go from being a family’s biggest blessing to its most lethal enemy.
AfrAId follows Curtis (John Cho) and his family, who are selected to try out AIA, an experimental AI home assistant installed in their home. After AIA is installed, “she” rapidly learns about the family’s routine and needs, predicting what the family will need. Soon her desire to help her family takes them down a path beyond their darkest nightmare.
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After the massive success of Shudder’s original program 101 Greatest Horror Moments of All Time, comes the newest original program Horror’s Greatest.
Horror’s Greatest through its five episodes, “Tropes & Cliches”, “Giant Monsters”, “Japanese Horror”, “Horror Comedies”, and “Stephen King Adaptations”, showrunner Kurt Sayenga uses a unique format through deep dives with a vast variety of on-screen interviewees, including myself, to bring new perspectives on the horror films you love, while also b...

Author Heidi Honeycutt commemorates the contributions of women directors past and present in horror cinema in her newest book I Spit on Your Celluloid.
The multitalented Honeycutt is a co-founder of the Etheria Film Festival, which highlights the short films of women directors in genre cinema. As a respected film journalist and film historian, she specializes in horror history and women’s history in media. Her expertise can be seen on-camera in several documentaries and cinema series, including...