TV Flashback: A GHOST STORY FOR CHRISTMAS
The Christmas ghost story is a British tradition that found its ideal screen capture in the BBC’s A GHOST STORY FOR CHRISTMAS
THE OLD HOUSE, PASSING
Experimental mood-based horror from underground film legend Larry Jordan
SLEEPY HOLLOW
You won’t find much of Washington Irving’s 1820 tale “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” in this 1999 film, but you will find plenty of Tim Burton
THE RETURNING
A product of the Hong Kong “Ghostly Romance” subgenre, and a decent one
AMITYVILLE II: THE POSSESSION
I say this is the best of the AMITYVILLE movies. No, AMITYVILLE II isn’t particularly good, but it is superior to its overrated predecessor and the innumerable follow-ups
NINE HORRORS AND A DREAM
The spirit of WEIRD TALES illuminates this slim collection of stories by Joseph Payne Brennan
SKINAMARINK
A superbly evocative and unnerving horror-fest that’s also boring as shit
TV Flashback: KINGDOM HOSPITAL
Stephen King adapts THE KINGDOM, and not very well
GHOSTWATCH
Purportedly the most controversial telefilm ever broadcast by the BBC, a mock documentary about ghosts that aired on Halloween night, 1992
Peter Straub: 1943-2022
If you’re a reader of horror fiction the chances are better-than-average that you’re at least partially familiar with the writings of Peter Straub