Watch an Exclusive Clip from Horror Film ‘Hell Fest’
GeekDad is excited to share an exclusive clip of ‘Hell Fest,’ which makes its way to 4K Ultra, Blu-ray, and DVD on January 8th, 2019.
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Tag: Horror
Legacy Horror: GeekDad Reviews ‘Day of the Dead: Bloodline’ and ‘Hellraiser: Judgment’
This month ‘Day of the Dead: Bloodline’ and ‘Hellraiser: Judgment,’ two contemporary takes on big-name horror properties, made their way to home video. Read on to see how they stack up.
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Rock and Shock Festival Coming October 13th-15th
The Rock and Shock Horror Film and Music Festival comes this month!
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Battle Borne: J.L. Murray on Writing ‘Monstrous’
J.L. Murray is known for dark speculative fiction that is poignant and insightful, and has been known to make grown men weep. Here she is on this week’s Geek Speaks…Fiction!, talking about how setting and character can work together to pack an emotional punch.
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Horror Cult Classic ‘Parents’ Comes to Blu-ray 1/31 (Exclusive Clip)
The nostalgia train continues to chug down the tracks with the release of two new Vestron Video Blu-rays from Lionsgate: ‘Parents’ and ‘The Lair of the White Worm’
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Re-Animated Family Fun at Monsterama in Atlanta
Don’t be fooled by the blood and gore you may see at Monsterama in Atlanta, this is a family-friendly event for horror and fantasy fans.
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The Big Monster of This Year Is the Scary Fairy
Fairies often come to mind around Halloween. After all, it seems like half the costumes in the stores come with wands and wings. But there’s another reason fairies might be on your mind this time of year. Fairies are terrifying. Or at least, they’ve been terrifying lately. And let’s face it: fairies, at their mythological […]
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My Totally ’80s Halloween Watch List
Gather your cannibal kinfolk, your malicious robots, your xenomorph regents, and a few cursed artifacts; it’s time to explore my totally ’80s Halloween watch list.
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Halloween Horror Nights: Scare Zones and Shows
Halloween Horror Nights isn’t just about creepy houses; there’s also some fantastic scare zones and shows!
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Halloween Horror Nights 2016: One Night. Nine Houses
Take a “Chance” on Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida.
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Stack Overflow: Writing Under the Influence
More and more books seem to be written that are influenced or directly inspired by classic works and authors. My stack overfloweth with them. Here’s a few of the best.
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Vertigo Spotlight on Red Thorn
Thorn is a freed demigod of…well, that’s not clear. Sex, certainly, and charm, and cleverness. Perhaps he’s a friend of humanity. Perhaps not. Issue number three is entilted “My Beloved Monster,” and that about covers it.
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Alpha Workshop: Summer Solved for Teen Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Horror Writers
Alpha Workshop for Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror serves teen writers ages 14-19. Applications are being accepted now through March 5, 2016.
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‘The Park’ Will Take You on a Thrilling Ride but Comes With a Trigger Warning
Welcome to ‘The Park’: A psychological horror that will both entertain and disturb.
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Supplement Your Halloween Watchlist
Now that we’re a good 1/3 of the way through the month of Halloween, surely even you casual Halloweeners are getting in the spooky spirit. But what if your Netflix queue is running a tad low on seasonal content?
Continue Reading4 New Books and Activities For Indoor Fun
For those weekend afternoons when your kids come to you, yet again, saying, “Mom, I’m bored,” here are a few new suggestions to give their play some direction.
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Geek Speaks…Fiction! With Guest Brian Kirk
This week on Geek Speaks…Fiction! we welcome author Brian Kirk. Brian’s highly anticipated psychological horror book, ‘We Are Monsters,’ is coming out on July 7th from Samhain Publishing.
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‘The Babadook’: A Parent’s Worst Nightmare
Australian director Jennifer Kent’s 2014 horror masterpiece ‘The Babadook’ made waves at last year’s Sundance Film Festival, and continues to spark fevered interest with its recent streaming and home media release.
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Return to The Room
The Room 2 follows on from the story that was set up by its predecessor as you continue to solve your way through different puzzle boxes.
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You Let Our Kids Watch WHAT? Tucker & Dale vs. Evil
It’s an age-old story. A group of college kids head to a rural lake for a weekend of partying 20 years to the day after an infamous massacre. They stumble upon some hillbillies, a cabin in the woods, and mayhem ensues.
Hilarious mayhem, that is.
Continue ReadingGothic: The Dark Heart of Film
Gothic: The Dark Heart of Film is a thought-provoking look at the cinematic history of magic, vampires, mad scientists and all things that go bump in the night.
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Why You Should Be Watching Hannibal
This week season one of Hannibal was released on DVD & Blu-ray and you should be watching it.
Continue ReadingA Steampunk Forefather Named Edgar Allan Poe
For most folks, the names of H.G. Wells and Jules Verne are frequently referenced when it comes to the steampunk genre. And while I certainly appreciate their contributions to science fiction, I must admit to a complete and utter fascination …
Continue ReadingThe Cthulhu-Sized Cthulhu Books Review
I was given a simple assignment — investigate the most recent Lovecraftian publications (some of them sequels) and report back to my editors on the entertainment value of each. But rather than provide recommendations, now I find that I must …
Continue ReadingSolving Murders at the End of the World: An Interview with Ben H. Winters
What’s the point in solving murders if we’re all going to die? That’s the question posed by Ben H. Winters’ new book The Last Policeman (Quirk Books, $14.95). Released this week, the novel drops the crime thriller into a post-apocalyptic …
Continue ReadingGeekDad Interview: Ti West, Writer/ Director of The Innkeepers
I recently had a chance to check out Ti West’s newest release, The Innkeepers. Now, readers of this blog know that I am a huge movie geek and nothing is more enjoyable to me than a good scary movie. …
Continue ReadingDrew Goddard Goes With His Gut to Nail Cabin in the Woods’ Tone
When is a Joss Whedon movie not a Joss Whedon movie? In the case of The Cabin in the Woods, the new horror movie send-up, you might say it’s a Whedon half-breed. The man behind Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly, …
Continue ReadingGeekDad Review: The Lovecraft Anthology, Volume 1
The Lovecraft Anthology, Volume 1 recently landed on my doorstep, and, as a fan of the storyteller from Providence, I felt compelled to read it. I was well rewarded for my effort. The graphic novel retelling of some of Lovecraft’s greatest …
Continue ReadingGeekDad Review: The Fades Season One
I don’t know about you, but I could use a break from vampires, werewolves and zombies. Not a long break, but a break – especially from the vampires. I recently came across The Fades on BBC America and I have …
Continue ReadingReview: The Wolf Gift by Anne Rice
Anne Rice is probably best know for The Vampire Chronicles series which drew legions of fans into the realm of vampires and demons and things that go bump in the night. Her vampires do not sparkle, nor pretend to be teenagers. They roam the earth killing where they see fit, sometimes the vilest of humans, […]
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