The Psychology of Monsters

Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Oct. 26, 2024



Halloween is just around the corner, so what better thing to do than talk about monsters?

Specifically, what has motivated humanity to create them, talk about them, fear them and love them across time and across culture.

Monsters are generally linked with our sense of fear. Fear is an adaptive ...





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Love languages

Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Oct. 19, 2024



Love is an evasive concept to pin down. Everyone acts like they know what it is, but few can discern whether they're actually experiencing it. A lot of fiction and movies are to blame for that, since they often label as love toxic relationships, stalking, or even outright abuse ...

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Dance With The Devil

Banes at 12:00AM, Oct. 17, 2024



Dance With the Devil
the attraction and repulsion of horror


There a few things - movies, books, stories and TV shows - that scared me enough as a kid that I still remember them. Some are just moments from a book, show or whatever that wasn't that scary beyond that one ...





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A Broken Heart

Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Oct. 12, 2024



When we hear about a broken heart, usually our collective minds to go romantic disappointments and devastation. Unrequited love, betrayed love, or even love separated by death or any other type of force majeure.

And that's absolutely one type of heartbreak that is and will remain legit. It's ...



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The Horror Protagonist

Banes at 12:00AM, Oct. 10, 2024



I was watching The Dead Zone again the other week, and thought that Johnny Smith might be the perfect horror Protagonist.

This movie, and the Stephen King book it's based on, might be a little bit under the radar; I'm not sure how well known it is in ...



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Hawk and Flo Adventures Accelerates to 900 Page Milestone; The KAMics Celebrates Its 20th Year Anniversary on The Duck; Roll Out the Red Carpet for the Drunk Duck Awards 2024!!!

kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Oct. 7, 2024


Photo: “Operation Werewolf Part 3”. Hawk and Flo Adventures by HawkandFloAdventures. (October 2024)

Hawk and Flo Adventures Milestone

HawkandFloAdventures writes:

“I'm going to hit 900 pages soon on Hawk and Flo Adventures! am I alright to have a milestone announcement next week I'll definitely be at 900 by ...






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The Many Faces of Fear

Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, Oct. 5, 2024



Hello there my fellow Quackernauts! As it’s the spooky season, what better time is there to explore one of my favourite genres, horror. Horror is many things, but at its core it’s intention is to challenge the human mind; to remind us that, despite all our attempts to ...

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The Monstrous Horde and the More-Than-Just-Hors-d-oevres

Banes at 12:00AM, Oct. 3, 2024



what the flock?



Welcome to October proper, and the beginning of our spooky/scary month of articles.

There's a brand of scary movies where the ‘monster’ or whatever is not just one machete-wielding angry frog manchild. Or ravenous shark or alien or some other kind of monster or killer ...







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Time to Double Check!

Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Sept. 28, 2024





The Red Carpet submissions have not only closed but …*drumroll* …

The group shots are already ready! I'm ahead of my game for a change!

However as I was making the group shots I came across completely by chance (fortunately) of a CASUAL submission entry that had been sent to ...







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Freddy Krueger's special day and the Anthology of Dreams

Banes at 12:00AM, Sept. 26, 2024




We're jumping ahead a bit, here: I meant to do horror/halloween related articles throughout October, starting next week - but I caught a little video that reminded me of a special anniversary happening this year!


Freddy Krueger and his first final girl Nancy down for a 40th Anniversary reunion ...





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