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The title screen for La Llorona, with the name of the movie opaquely set over a glowering sculpture of a skull

Strange Things Happen There: Two Early Mexican Horrors

By Orrin Grey • May 17th, 2022

A piece of history – not merely Mexican cinematic history, not merely horror history, but a broader snapshot of a period in time, and the changes that were happening around it.

Borderlands

By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • May 16th, 2022

In which our heroes find a good job, with good benefits and decent lodging.

Friction Burns
A screenshot from the game NORCO showing a tree of connected, or disconnected, relationships

NORCO Is A Connected Web Of Estrangement

By Ruth Cassidy • May 12th, 2022

The desire for connection and rejection of it shapes the core family in a web, but it plays out across the story’s politics too.

Detail of Thomas Moran's "Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone," featuring a waterfall pouring into a majestic mountain canyon. The cliffs are illuminated with golden, late-afternoon light.

Troika Backgrounds

By Brian Taylor • May 12th, 2022

Inspired by 1872.

Two panels of a larger comic strip in which a rich man is served a plate of ice cream while a fool takes notice.

A Fool’s Cap and a Plate of Ice Cream

By Peter Newell and Sara Clemens • May 11th, 2022

Better a witty fool than a foolish wit!

A black and white engraving of a large ship on stormy seas.

The Mary Celeste

By Deirdre Coyle • May 10th, 2022

I watched the 1935 thriller The Mystery of the Mary Celeste (released in the U.S. as Phantom Ship). I took notes while watching, which include helpful annotations like “what is even happening” and “yikes this is racist.”

Dread

By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • May 9th, 2022

Just pull one block out. What’s the worst that could happen?

An engraving of a fierce Roman chariot race. The drivers lash at their horses while throngs of people look on.

The Mysteries of Motorsport

By Ben Sailer • May 6th, 2022

A melon farmer accidentally falls into a time warp and is commissioned to produce words on a popular videogame by the insatiable content overlords of Unwinnable Monthly LLC.

I Played It, Like, Twice...
A cropped selection of the box art for Horrified: American Monsters, featuring the head of a Sasquatch and a spectral figure.

We Did Warn You: Playing Horrified 2 During [checks notes] Still a Pandemic

By Orrin Grey • May 5th, 2022

The good news is, most of the winning formula that made its predecessor tick is reproduced nicely here.

An etching of Boston harbor during the Great Boston Fire of 1872.

Boston is Burning!

By Justin Reeve • May 5th, 2022

Many of the structures were too tall to reach by fire ladder and there wasn’t enough water pressure in the fire hoses to put out the flames on some of the rooftops.

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