We’re halfway through season 1 with one of my favorite directors and the most savagely political episode of the series.
Season 1, Episode 6: “Homecoming”
Director: Joe Dante
Original Air Date: December 2nd, 2005
We horror fans adore Joe Dante, and we’re right to do so. His films are special: funny, subversive, self-referential, smart, and silly. He loves genre movies and his work reflects that, whether it’s the monster movie adoration of The Howling or the celebration of science fiction that is Innerspace and Explorers, or just the wonderful absurdity of The ’Burbs or Gremlins 2. But because he’s such a sweet and lovable guy, what we rarely talk about when it comes to Dante is his edge. There is a darkness to Dante’s work that can be cutting. I mean, this is the filmmaker who insisted Phoebe Cates’ Santa Clause monologue be included in Gremlins, and who bit...
Season 1, Episode 6: “Homecoming”
Director: Joe Dante
Original Air Date: December 2nd, 2005
We horror fans adore Joe Dante, and we’re right to do so. His films are special: funny, subversive, self-referential, smart, and silly. He loves genre movies and his work reflects that, whether it’s the monster movie adoration of The Howling or the celebration of science fiction that is Innerspace and Explorers, or just the wonderful absurdity of The ’Burbs or Gremlins 2. But because he’s such a sweet and lovable guy, what we rarely talk about when it comes to Dante is his edge. There is a darkness to Dante’s work that can be cutting. I mean, this is the filmmaker who insisted Phoebe Cates’ Santa Clause monologue be included in Gremlins, and who bit...
- 5/15/2018
- by Patrick Bromley
- DailyDead
Happy December! It’s time for some brand new fiction from Nightmare Magazine. This month’s selection is “I Was a Teenage Werewolf” by Dale Bailey, and if you prefer listening to reading, there’s also a podcast version of the story you… Continue Reading →
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- 12/7/2016
- by Debi Moore
- DreadCentral.com
Fearnet is proud to present brand new fiction from Nightmare Magazine. Once a month, we'll be featuring a story from Nightmare’s current issue. This month's selection is “Sleep Paralysis” by Dale Bailey. Please tell us what you think and enjoy!
Sleep Paralysis
Dale Bailey
I am subject to dreams, especially one of a curious type in which I wake on my back, unable to move, my arms pinned to my side, my legs straight. My paralysis is complete, and a thick darkness pervades my bedchamber, a darkness of an almost viscous weight, so that I can feel it pressing upon my face and bearing down against the bedclothes. And there is something else, as well: a sense of obscure doom falls upon me. Something worse than death—I am an undertaker, accustomed to death; we are old friends, death and I—though what it is, I cannot say or guess.
Sleep Paralysis
Dale Bailey
I am subject to dreams, especially one of a curious type in which I wake on my back, unable to move, my arms pinned to my side, my legs straight. My paralysis is complete, and a thick darkness pervades my bedchamber, a darkness of an almost viscous weight, so that I can feel it pressing upon my face and bearing down against the bedclothes. And there is something else, as well: a sense of obscure doom falls upon me. Something worse than death—I am an undertaker, accustomed to death; we are old friends, death and I—though what it is, I cannot say or guess.
- 4/9/2014
- by FEARNET Staff
- FEARnet
FEARnet is proud to present brand new fiction from Nightmare Magazine. Once a month, we'll be featuring a story from Nightmare’s current issue. This month's selection is “Waiting for the Light” by Alison Littlewood. Please tell us what you think and enjoy!
Waiting for the Light
Alison Littlewood
It had taken three days before the supervisor—“call me Marty”—asked Finn for the favour. He knew by the looks on the faces of the other staff—the little upturning of their heads that meant they were listening, but weren’t going to show it—that it wasn’t going to be a good favour.
“It’s nothing, really,” Marty said. “You just need to check the bridge before they close up. Alf’s supposed to do it, but he’s hurt his leg—we can’t expect him to do those stairs every night.” His tone said, they can...
Waiting for the Light
Alison Littlewood
It had taken three days before the supervisor—“call me Marty”—asked Finn for the favour. He knew by the looks on the faces of the other staff—the little upturning of their heads that meant they were listening, but weren’t going to show it—that it wasn’t going to be a good favour.
“It’s nothing, really,” Marty said. “You just need to check the bridge before they close up. Alf’s supposed to do it, but he’s hurt his leg—we can’t expect him to do those stairs every night.” His tone said, they can...
- 11/8/2013
- by FEARnet Staff
- FEARnet
Year: 2008
Publisher: Nightshade Books
Authors: Various
Amazon link: link
Rating: 8 out of 10
[Editor's note: Night Shade Books mailed me both of John Joseph Adams' Living Dead anthologies and since it would take me way too long to get thoughts up if I waited to read every story I wanted to plug their awesomeness early and maybe ad to the post later. Therefore, what follows is more of a mini-review]
Each coming in at almost double the size of his last anthology, the post-apocalypticly inclined Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse, writer/editor John Joseph Adams has released two truly massive tomes of zombie fiction onto the unsuspecting public. I say "unsuspecting" because, like me, I'm sure a lot of people out there have no real inkling as to what a popular subject the undead are to so many lauded writers. Just a quick glance at the list of authors included in these veritable holy grails of Zombie short fiction is enough to make your head decay. Neil Gaiman, Stephen King, Clive Barker, George R.R. Martin, Max Brooks, John Skipp, Kelly Link, Harlan Ellison, are only the tip of the iceberg and some of the best stories even come from people I've never heard of.
That's not to say...
Publisher: Nightshade Books
Authors: Various
Amazon link: link
Rating: 8 out of 10
[Editor's note: Night Shade Books mailed me both of John Joseph Adams' Living Dead anthologies and since it would take me way too long to get thoughts up if I waited to read every story I wanted to plug their awesomeness early and maybe ad to the post later. Therefore, what follows is more of a mini-review]
Each coming in at almost double the size of his last anthology, the post-apocalypticly inclined Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse, writer/editor John Joseph Adams has released two truly massive tomes of zombie fiction onto the unsuspecting public. I say "unsuspecting" because, like me, I'm sure a lot of people out there have no real inkling as to what a popular subject the undead are to so many lauded writers. Just a quick glance at the list of authors included in these veritable holy grails of Zombie short fiction is enough to make your head decay. Neil Gaiman, Stephen King, Clive Barker, George R.R. Martin, Max Brooks, John Skipp, Kelly Link, Harlan Ellison, are only the tip of the iceberg and some of the best stories even come from people I've never heard of.
That's not to say...
- 9/26/2010
- QuietEarth.us
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