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Alebrije (1977) by Miguel Linares, on display at the Museum of Man in San Diego Over the weekend, I took a trip down to San Diego. Sin...

King Kong (1933), promotional image Unexpected demands upon my time came up over the past few days, leaving me with little time to blo...

Barbie (2008, Black Label) as Tippi Hedren from Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds Today, we're celebrating the 50th anniversary of A...

Detail of The Innsmouth Look by Russ Lukich I recently had the opportunity to visit CoproGallery's current show, " Conjoined...

Leprechaun (1993) featuring Warwick Davis This week marked the 20th anniversary of the cult classic horror movie, Leprechaun , starring...

Gustave Dore's illustration of Dante questioning the damned frozen in Lake Cocytus Last year, we celebrated the birth date of Gusta...

Crimson tints in light and shadow Well, I've been promising a period in which my blogging will mainly consist of "Image of the...

A trio of fashion mannequins at the department store  I'm not a fan of mannequins, marionettes, and human-like figures of any typ...

Image for The Legend of Sleeping Hollow (1958) "On mounting a rising ground, which brought the figure of his fellow-traveller in ...

Detail of Trumpets of Jericho by H.R. Giger Although I'm fond of dark, haunting imagery, I've never found the work of H.R. Gig...

Edgar Allan Poe was born on January 19, 1809. We can't let the anniversary of Edgar Allan Poe's birth date go by without mark...

Detail of Monster of Frankenstein #1 cover art (1973) by Mike Ploog Published on January 1, 1818, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein; or...

The Scream (1893) by Edvard Munch Fortunately, this isn't one of them. But it is Edvard Munch's birth date (1863). Because ...

Calamity (2011) by Ray Caesar  At the Corey Helford Gallery , the current exhibit is " A Dangerous Inclination ," featuring...

Mysterious Galaxy , an independent bookstore specializing in Mystery and Speculative Fiction.  Today was the Grand Opening of Mysterio...

Tomb effigies of the Knights Templar, Temple Church , London Have you every looked upon a funerary sculpture and imagined the horror th...

Detail from Peddlers of Death by David Stoupakis I've been meaning to write a glowing review about the current exhibit of David ...

John Landis directed An American Werewolf in London , released on August 21, 1981. Well, we have a nice cinema note to start our Spo...

Overlook Hotel, July 4th Ball, 1921 ( The Shining ) We've discussed haunted houses, but let's turn our attention to hotels. A...

The Phantom Coach (Derived from an illustration by Paul Lowe) Since the theme for the week is bad happenings on the road, we can discuss...