How's it hangin', boils and ghouls? The temps seem like they finally want to start dipping cooler at night, and Halloween has taken over the seasonal sections of all the local stores. In a final test of how close the Halloween season is, Spirit Halloween has transformed the dead Jo-Ann's and Big Lots stores to …
Is it scary? Do you like scary movies? Welcome to Our Darkest Fears, the home for my dark fiction and all things that go bump in the night. On a recent trip to Seattle, I had the opportunity to visit the Museum of Pop Culture. MOPC is one of the best museums I've toured. The …
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Image Copyright Netflix 2025 Welcome back to the darkness under your stairs. I admit that I often fall behind in catching new horror films in theaters. I'm still trying to make the drive-in for the Sinners and Final Destination: Bloodlines double feature, but circumstances haven't been helping me. Over the Memorial Day weekend, however, Netflix …
The king is dead. All hail the king. Horror was king in the 80s and even into the early 90s. I grew up in the golden days of the slasher flicks that acted as morality plays. The best part of these movies was the evil antagonists they produced. Can you imagine horror today without the …
Greetings, horror hounds! It is colder than the research station in John Carpenter's The Thing, but winter will hopefully go by quickly. Today, I want to reflect on my 2024 as a writer. There have been some ups and downs, but it wasn't too bad overall. It was a busy year, but much work still …
Hey, ghouls, the weather in parts of the country is frightful, and I hope everyone is safe. The hurricane season has taken a turn for the worse, and the destruction they've left in their wake is terrible. It will take years to recover from Helene and Milton's one-two punch. Do what you can to help …
Copyright HBO MAX Good evening! Glad to have you all back as we examine all things horror here at Our Darkest Fears. Tonight, I will take a quick look at the new HBO MAX version of Stephen King's Salem's Lot. When I was a young lad and started reading horror novels in sixth grade, Salem's …
Hey gang! I hope the summer hasn't left you burning so far. I know some places have been hot as Hell, but I think that will be a part of life from here on out. Try to stay cool and hydrate, my friends! I've reached the end of prepping the new story collection. The book …
Wellpaperback. The cover has been finished, and I think Jack Wallen knocked it out of the park again. It fits the mood of the book perfectly. I'm not going to reveal the cover quite yet, but I'm ready to let you wonderful readers in on the back cover blurb. Jacob Hadley is on the brink. …
Say hello to the new me! Fall's chill was in the air for a few days, but now we're back in the 80s for the afternoon temp. The leaves are still falling, but it isn't very fall-like. All the Christmas displays in the stores and Christmas commercials really take the bite of the Halloween season, …
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