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

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

Detail of Financial Sacrifice American Depress by Ron English Over half a year has passed since last I wrote about an exhibit at the C...

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...

Chocolate skeleton on a chocolate electric chair at Jean-Philippe Patisserie at the Bellagio  The previous two posts were based on a...

Crocodile head from an Iatmul spirit canoe (Papua New Guinea, 20th c.) It's been a while since I've visited the Bowers Museum ,...

Detail of Island of the Dead III (1883) by Arnold Bocklin  Sergei Rachmaninoff was born on April 1, 1873. I'm not the biggest ...

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...

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

Dance of Death (1493) by Michael Wolgemut  October 9, 1835 is the birth date of Camille Saint-Saens . This isn't a "Classi...

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...

The Raven by Edouard Manet (1875) Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious v...

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...

The Empty House This week we'll look at that old standard of horror, the haunted house. Algernon Blackwood wrote " The Empty...

Illustration by James Bryde (1904) This is our first Spooky Sunday post. Tonight we'll be featuring one of my favorite ghost storie...