The Week In Horror: Boogeyman Pop, Joe Bob Briggs + more
Some very cool horror news dropped this week, including a first screening for Boogeyman Pop, a Nightbreed tv series, and more!
Tag: David Cronenberg
31 Days of Horror 2017: Creations of Chaos: Four Creepy Animated Shorts
On this special 31 Days of Horror edition of Creations of Chaos, it’s changeling foxes, voodoo dolls, mean girl regrets, and my least favorite thing ever, eyeball stuff. It’s Four … Continue reading 31 Days of Horror 2017: Creations of Chaos: Four Creepy Animated Shorts
Doctor Who S09 E07: The Zygon Invasion
The Zygons are back, terrible whispering and shape-shifting “Doctor Who” monsters who make Whovians new and old hide behind their sofas, and this time, they’re playing for keeps. What can … Continue reading Doctor Who S09 E07: The Zygon Invasion
The 31 Days of Horror Edition of The Ten Percent – Circling the Pit: Ten Themes (and 31 films) for Thinking About Horror
It’s October, and here at Biff Bam Pop! that means 31 Days of Horror, a month-long celebration of all forms of the macabre in pop culture. “The Ten Percent” wanted … Continue reading The 31 Days of Horror Edition of The Ten Percent – Circling the Pit: Ten Themes (and 31 films) for Thinking About Horror
BLACK MASK STUDIOS Goes BALLISTIC with Collected Vol. 1
BALLISTIC, 2013’s gonzo dysmorphic sci-fi headtrip by Adam Egypt Mortimer and Darick Robertson, has been republished in a handy-dandy easy-to-carry collected edition by Black Mask Studios. If you missed it the first time around, now’s your chance to pick it up. And you should. You really, REALLY should.
Livin’ in the 80s: Videodrome
Body-Horror: (aka biological horror, organic horror or venereal horror) is horror fiction in which the horror is principally derived from the graphic destruction or degeneration of the body. Such works … Continue reading Livin’ in the 80s: Videodrome
31 Days of Horror 2014 – Clive Barker’s Nightbreed: The Director’s Cut (2014)
Nightbreed: The Director’s Cut is superior to everything that came before it.
True Blood S07 E04: Death Is Not The End
This episode’s title might have interesting meaning after last week’s unceremonious death of Joe Manganiello’s Alcide, and then again it might not. The showrunners on HBO’s “True Blood” have promised … Continue reading True Blood S07 E04: Death Is Not The End
Flesh Under Glass: The David Cronenberg: Evolution Exhibition
Last week I wrote about TIFF’s wide-ranging retrospective From Within: The Films of David Cronenberg. It’s a superb series showcasing all of his films, with several special screenings featuring talks … Continue reading Flesh Under Glass: The David Cronenberg: Evolution Exhibition
31 Days of Horror 2013: David Cronenberg, Comedian
He’s been called the King of Venereal Horror, the Baron of Blood, a chilly, analytical formalist with a fascination for the grotesque. He’s synonymous with the genre of body horror, … Continue reading 31 Days of Horror 2013: David Cronenberg, Comedian
31 Days of Horror: Surviving Nightbreed
I was (and still am) a huge Clive Barker fan. I devoured his “Books of Blood” as they came out. I saw Hellraiser on opening night. And so of course … Continue reading 31 Days of Horror: Surviving Nightbreed
Saturday At The Movies: Night Breed: The Cabal Cut And Occupy Midian
Back in 1990, I was on a family vacation with my Dad’s side. We were in Houston, visiting friends, but all I could think about was getting into a R-rated … Continue reading Saturday At The Movies: Night Breed: The Cabal Cut And Occupy Midian