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[Book Review] ‘Crawling Horror: Creeping Tales of the Insect Weird’
To any external observer, some indifferent alien surveyor, it would be the insects who rule the planet known as Earth. They fill the gamut of ecological niches, from lowly grazer to apex predator. They’ve developed agriculture and architecture as well as less visible, but no less complex, social structures. They outnumber the planet’s dominant mammalian species, an amusingly recent development in its bio-history, by a factor of nearly 1.5 billion to one.
‘Jaws’ 50th Anniversary: There’s Still Blood in the Water
“You’re going to need a bigger boat,” Chief Martin Brody (Roy Scheider) trembles, having seen the great white shark Quint (Robert Shaw) and Matt Hooper (Richard Dreyfuss) have been collectively searching for—hunting for—for the first time since the people of Amity Island started being consumed by the eating machine.
Fact or Fiction: Bears as Super-Predators in Animal Horror Cinema
Movies like Cocaine Bear and Unnatural have captured audiences for their extreme depictions of bears, but how does this dramatization of unpredictable bear attacks effect our relationship to wildlife off screen?
True Nature Contained: A Bear’s Primal Terror In Animal Horror Cinema
A lifetime combination of fictional and nonfictional encounters will weave terrifying images in our minds about encountering a bear in the woods. Grizzly and The Edge exploit the primal fear of being hunted by a brown bear, realistic or not.
Immersed in Grizzly Bear Country: My Trip to Alberta After Reading ‘Mauled’
Welcome to Bear Month at WSB! Grizzly bears have long held anxieties for hikers and campers in the backcountry, and have made their way into the horror genre as a pseudo serial killer - but are these fears unwarranted?
WSB x Moving Picture Review: A Quiet Place Day One (2024)
In this month’s sponsored review, Destiny goes to the drive-in for a classic summer horror movie watching experience.
Magic and Murder - A Review Of Memories of Sorrow Book 1: Obsession
Obsession follows protagonist Shion, a loner-type teenage boy struggling with his relationship with his parents, his friends, and keeping his magic abilities secret.
Movie Review: Nyla Innuksuk's ‘Slash/Back’ (2022)
Slash/Back–an Indigenous, young-adult supernatural slasher thematically evocative of The Thing (1982)--both interweaves young tenacity against monstrous odds with engaging ideas.
Little Blue Dot: 6 Underrated Horror Films Set in Space
Celebrating the success of the James Webb Space Telescope with our favorite space-horror movies.
Our Top 8 Road Trip Horror Movies
Since all of us are choking on inflation and likely aren’t going anywhere anytime soon, let’s take a look at the top road trip horror movies to watch this summer.
Holiday Horror: Santa Jaws
After summoning a holiday shark cartoon and wishing to be alone this Christmas, Cody must fight to protect his family from being killed by his own creation.
Cursed for Centuries: Reviewing the ‘Fear Street’ Trilogy
Netflix’s Fear Street movies, adapted from the novels by R.L. Stine, feature fun cast performances, an interplay of nostalgia and tropes, and demonstrates director Leigh Janiak’s talent for telling a good story.
“Come Outside and Play”: Our Top Horror Picks for Springtime
Reignite your fear of the great outdoors with our list of recommended horror movies that celebrate the dark side of spring.
Movie Review: Relic (2020)
In our latest horror review of Natalie Erika James’ Relic, Destiny Johnson dives into what works and what doesn’t for the narrative, and how the mind is truly a haunted house.
Cabin in the Woods: The Love/Hate Relationship with Horror Cliches
In fact, Cabin is just as much of a comedy or takes on elements of science fiction, as much as it is a “loving hate letter” to horror.
Movie Review: “Plan 9 from Outer Space” (1959)
While protestors fight tooth and nail for a better future where Black lives are protected, cherished and uplifted, we sit squarely at a cultural crossroads where the U.S. has the chance to reckon with the atomic graveyard of its past.
Guilt and Pain Drive ‘The Ritual’ (2017)
From the tragic evening, into the unknown and unwavering forest, the viewer is met with horror-version visuals of what it might be like to live through a devastating experience.