So I posted a teaser then forgot to post the video. That is so me.
Moving Pictures
The second part of me ranking all the television horror in 1973 is up.
I’m excited for the next video, where I’ll be covering a very obscure 90s show, and making some very rare media available to the masses.
Ghost movies have always been my favorite. I’ve always preferred the supernatural to the slasher. Here, Possessed By Horror lists a bunch of ghost movies perfect for the season. Many of them are personal favorites. Get haunted!
About nine years ago, I posted the story of Madame Violet of the Edinburgh Vampire Hive. It had legs. I had to write a newspaper or two explaining that it wasn’t real. It got a Reddit thread, and made it to Snopes, though more as an adjunct to stories about the original image.
I made a video narrating the story. I took it down for a while, because I’m always re-purposing my YouTube channels, but I’ve put it back up again.
Boy, after listening, I really need to redo the audio on this.
Elric of MelnibonĂ© is where fantasy meets horror. It was the prototype for so much dark fantasy, and heavily inspired works like The Witcher and Game of Thrones. But Michael Moorcock’s Elric was first.
He was an emperor of an evil land, but he had something of a conscience. Problem was, his sword, Stormbringer, had none. Elric was a wonderful brooding anti-hero, who thought deeply, cared passionately, and lost everything.
I read a ton of these books in the 70s, when I was definitely too young to be doing so. Eh, I turned out fine. Right? I also stopped reading in the 70s. I shouldn’t have. I just didn’t realize that Moorcock never stopped. Hasn’t stopped yet. There are a lot of Elric stories.
I only found out today, in fact, because of the video that inspired this post. Exits Examined, a favorite channel of mine, did a great essay on the history of Elric. If you are curious, I encourage you to check it out.
There are few tellers of true ghost stories that I enjoy. I want to like The In Between, but she just tells the most outlandish, unbelievable stories I can’t do it. But Peter Laws, ah, that guy can tell a damn story. The only reason I’m not subscribed anymore is because he started using AI images in his videos. If that doesn’t bother you, check out Into the Fog with Peter Laws.
Here’s an older story that I don’t think he used AI on. My memory is a sieve, and I might have forgiven him once or twice before it became a regular thing. But man oh man, this is great stuff.
It used to be, when I posted a video, I would find a still I could put below it, so when I shared my post on social media, it would look good. I find I no longer care if my blog looks good on social media. Maybe I’m grumpy, maybe I see the forest that used to be the independent web, burned down by the social media wildfire.
I’m definitely grumpy. Here’s a horror short for ya.
Thought I’d mix things up with some horror shorts. This one is spooky, creepy, and hilarious. I Live in Your House is a short film by Patrick McDonald. He plays Reed Vilhelm. He lives in your house. Hi.
