Not every story involves the underworld, or however the world of the dead is called in the setting. However, it still exists.
Every time the characters consider their own mortality in the story, the world of the dead looms in the backdrop. The way the characters think about death, life ...
The World of the Dead
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Feb. 12, 2022The spookiest of all creatures. The… familiar?
Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, Oct. 29, 2021
With the spooky season upon us, it is time to give homage to the spookiest of all creatures. The… familiar?
According to TV Tropes:
“This is based on the medieval belief that Satan granted demon servants (in animal form) to witches as part of their pacts and that “cunning folk ...
Horror is Living Forever
Banes at 12:00AM, Oct. 21, 2021
Living Forever
Robert Zemeckis, director of Back to the Future, Forest Gump, and Who Framed Roger Rabbit among other great movies, made a more obscure dark comedy called Death Becomes Her. The subject matter involves magic related to living forever…even after you're technically dead.
This has always been ...
The motive ruined it for me...
damehelsing at 12:00AM, Oct. 17, 2021
I want to play a game…
Here we go lads, lasses, dummy thicc axes, I meant to do a movie review for Scream last week but I saw The Ruins and just felt the need to get into it.
Anyway for Scream! So, be warned, there are spoilers, probably bad ...
Horror and Morality
Banes at 12:00AM, Oct. 15, 2021
The idea of “sin” is a prevalent one in horror stories. In terrifying tales, the monstrous against the human also explores good vs. evil.
There is often a “sin” perpetrated by horror Protagonists. The classic Psycho begins with Marion Crane stealing money from her job. Her intentions are understandable, maybe ...
So Spooky Season has Begun, eh?
damehelsing at 12:00AM, Oct. 3, 2021
Hi! So Spooky Season has begun and my brain has gone into fart mode and it's currently slow on bringing up topics right now!
But I thought something interesting would be to do a review on movies, pick them apart, talk about what's good and what's bad ...
Crime, Law and Fiction based on the Four Directions
Banes at 12:00AM, Sept. 23, 2021
Malcolm Gladwell was in an interview, and expressed a theory, or mini-theory. He talked about the show Law and Order and how it works, with almost every episode a comforting victory of the system.
From there, he theorized four types of fictional approaches, calling them the Western, the Eastern, the ...
When & How to Say Goodbye
damehelsing at 12:00AM, Sept. 12, 2021
Last week I talked about how you know you should take a break and some simple steps that will hopefully aid you when taking this break.
But, how do you know when it’s time to say goodbye?
That’s a little tougher. Some times you may think it’s ...