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Chilling Capitalism: The Creepily Cannibalistic Complex

The Red Scare was just the beginning. Starting out as a modern country with an abject horror towards the idea of abolishing private…

1 min readOct 30, 2020

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Chilling Capitalism: The Creepily Cannibalistic Complex

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Aliens: The Terror of the Trespassing & Illegal Intergalactic

I’ll preface the article by saying that not everyone is spooked-out by the idea of creatures from beyond our world. Some of us have what…

5 min readOct 20, 2020

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Die Laughing: The Correlation of Horror and Comedy

Yep, you read the title of this post right. Now don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying you can pop in Paranormal Activity (2007) and expect to…

5 min readOct 12, 2020

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Die Laughing: The Correlation of Horror and Comedy

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What Happens in the Family Stays in the Family: Incest and It’s Implications

You can already tell from the title of this post that this is another family-friendly (HAH!) article from your’s truly, detailing the grim…

4 min readOct 6, 2020

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What Happens in the Family Stays in the Family: Incest and It’s Implications

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Pyewackin’ It: I’m Just a Kid, and I’ve Turned My Life Into an Even Bigger Nightmare For Myself

For our next horror movie discussion, I would like us to contemplate the niche but still engaging movie of Pyewacket (2017), a movie my…

4 min readOct 6, 2020

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Pyewackin’ It: I’m Just a Kid, and I’ve Turned My Life Into an Even Bigger Nightmare For Myself

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Parasitic Paranoia: Our Fear of the Freeloading

Asking why the majority of us are intrinsically afraid of parasites is like asking why one would feel apprehensive towards the guy with a…

4 min readSep 24, 2020

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Parasitic Paranoia: Our Fear of the Freeloading

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Cannibalism Conceptualized: Why the “Ew”?

The Donner Party, Jeffrey Dahmer, Hannibal, inaccurate and racist fictitious portrayals of isolated Amazonian tribes…Regardless, we all…

4 min readSep 19, 2020

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Sinister and Its Sinisterly Disappointing Supernaturalism

If you are a fellow horror movie fanatic (or a very impressionable 12 year old child back in 2012), you’ll recall the financial and…

5 min readSep 19, 2020

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Sinister and Its Sinisterly Disappointing Supernaturalism

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Session 9: Demonic Posession and Mental Illness — Where’s the Line?

For our first horror movie discussion, I present to you an old but strikingly engaging flick from the far-beyond days of the early 2000’s…

5 min readSep 19, 2020

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Session 9: Demonic Posession and Mental Illness — Where’s the Line?

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Spores: Chapter One-The Tavern

The local tavern was a haven from the downpour hanging over the rolling hills of Edinburgh, a good portion of the isolated village sitting…

12 min readSep 4, 2020

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Hello horror-fanatics! If you’re into the gruesome & creepy, this is the place for you. Join me, Marshall, as I explore this ghoulish genre in all it entails.

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