Hey everyone!If you haven't noticed, the blog hasn't been updating as much. I came to a conclusion that I have so much burn out that I haven't addressed from YEARS ago and it came to a head. I have been tapped out mentally for a little while and felt my passion for this blog to... Continue Reading →
Horror that does ‘RED’ well #1
How is it August already? I… this year is a blur and I find myself disassociating at times so I look up and boom, we’re in August. Cos this month is going to be a little bit busy for me on a personal level, I wanted to do something a little easier and colorful. We’re... Continue Reading →
Halfway Horror Reads of 2025
How is it July? Well almost August at this point. I don’t, I can’t with how time is going right now. It’s too fast and too slow. And as a reader, it has been very interesting so far this year. I feel like I’ve read more non horror books lately and purchased and picked them... Continue Reading →
Horror Scenes (or moments) that Scared Me
Well. This was NOT going to be the post I was going to be doing today. I just, you guys, I had so many other distractions last week that working ahead of time on another blog post idea that would be ambitious. Between working on a 1000 piece puzzle and reading and just enjoying my... Continue Reading →
Book Review: Cedar Mills (2025)
Well, well, well… Look who's back with another one! Another book review that is. Since I don’t do these much anymore for the shift in focus, these may just occasionally pop up when the opportunity arises! I am still on my book journey (I’ve read The Only Good Indians, Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird,... Continue Reading →
When Graphic Novels & Comics are Adapted: Does the art get lost?
I didn’t know where to start with this topic but I think I got it nailed now. But here is the first big question: are you a fan of comics or graphic novels? If so, which ones and why are they your favorite? I ask this because today’s topic is about graphic novels and comics,... Continue Reading →
The X Trilogy
Oh Ti West… I love your work and yet, I get disappointed at one of them and it’s devastating! At least according to my ratings on Letterboxd. From the title, you can kind of guess what kind of post this will be about but not. I enjoyed the X Trilogy overall but I definitely felt... Continue Reading →
Art Direction vs Cinematography
I don’t know how or why or where this topic came from to be honest. With all the movies I’ve watched so far this year and just taking notes of how fun and innovative and exciting horror has been lately (it always has been, even in lull periods) and I just wanted to acknowledge some... Continue Reading →
Boogeymen Vol 3… the threequel
I decided to bring this series back because I love how horror continues to evolve and we are introduced to new antagonists whether from classic horror to more modern horror, there are some who just stick around. I’ve previously done a vol 2 which included Art the Clown (Terrifier), the Masked Intruders (The Strangers), Harry... Continue Reading →
The Roy G Biv of Horror
Oh y’all know how much I love color, especially in horror. And this blog post was definitely a challenge but I wondered which characters or films focused on a specific color for said character to wear and we immediately associated that with them. It’s one thing to look at films that use color in a... Continue Reading →
The Late Bloomer Known as NBC’s Hannibal
I was having the craziest sense of deja vu when it came to this blog and this show we’re about to discuss. And it turns out, I was correct! Back in 2020, I did talk about this show and re-reading it on docs, this post is going to be way different with the new mindset... Continue Reading →
Franchise Title Card Evolution
Who loves title cards?? This girl does! I just think title cards in of itself are art because they can tell you anything and everything you’re about to see without giving much away. It can be paired with music or special effects or a certain mood and they have true staying power. You might not... Continue Reading →
AMC’s Interview with the Vampire: How to Attract your Audience Visually
So one of my favorite (favorite) shows in the past few years is AMC’s Interview with the Vampire and I need to just give it some extra love here on the blog. Now on Instagram, if you follow me there, you’d know that I am a fan of the series and I do share posts... Continue Reading →
When Color is Absent: Psycho (1960)
Well, well, well, we are back again for a new month! And this first post of March was inspired by the first back on the blog which you can read here in case you missed it. Since color is so important in storytelling, what happens when it doesn’t apply? How does it change our perception?... Continue Reading →
David Lynch Title Card Perspective
Ahh, we all miss this man so much and his passing was just last month. That kind of creativity and rebellious energy will be missed from Hollywood and the overall climate of the scene. I am talking about the legendary man known as David Lynch and his passing is still fresh but I put him... Continue Reading →
Does Color Theory Matter in Horror?
OHHHHHHH BOY!GUESS WHO’S BACK? BACK AGAIN? THE BLOG IS BACK, TELL SOME FRIENDS! It has been six months give or take since I decided to end the blog and/or take a long needed break. And in that time period, I’ve had time to reflect, work on self, focus on health, all the things that I... Continue Reading →
It’s Time to say Goodbye
Long story short, this has been a long time coming. I love horror, I’m going to continue to love all things horror so this is not a goodbye to horror, just a goodbye to this blog. I’ve been struggling a lot lately, maybe since 2022-2023 when it comes to creative aspects, mentally, emotionally, there’s been... Continue Reading →
Book Review: Stephen King’s IT
I won't keep this long. I'll keep it as brief as possible. This is more of an honest review dump immediately after finishing Stephen King's IT. This is his 22nd book, published in 1986 and has 1,153 pages. And from the beginning to the end, I felt so many things. I gave his book a... Continue Reading →
The Fashionable World of Vampires: An Essay
It is a way to identify a character, a feeling, a story. What did you feel when you saw Darth Vader for the first time on screen? He’s shrouded in white, blinding fog, emerging out from the background into the foreground wearing all black and it’s reflective and he’s imposing and he’s terrifying and he’s... Continue Reading →
The Form is a Book, the Art is Horror
If I showed you this cover, what would you think? As someone who has been reading books since the end of 2022, mostly horror, the cover of any book is important. You may not read the back first but the cover will tell YOU whether or not it’s worth investing. And like with eating, we... Continue Reading →
Double Feature Review: The Boogens (1981) & Night of the Comet (1984)
This was not planned! I had another idea I was planning on doing but I basically missed the entire first day to get started on it (aka Monday, went out for 3 hours to do errands and got exhausted) and with Tuesday, I know I don’t have enough time to research and go looking through... Continue Reading →
Book Review: Spectre (1988)
This is the book that started it all.In 2022, I went down a little rabbit hole of bookstagram or booktube and I had accumulated quite a few horror books in my collection but never read. Well, that all changed. And this is the first book that I started and finished in September and I wish... Continue Reading →
High School Horror (2003-2006)
It’s 2003 and I’m entering high school. What was happening in 2003? I was watching The WB and America’s Next Top Model (what an awful show looking back) and enjoying Power Rangers Ninja Storm (I still think that’s a great PR season). It’s also a time when for me, horror was a bit more “mainstream”... Continue Reading →
Book Review: Five Nights at Freddy’s “The Silver Eyes” Trilogy
I am a fan of FNAF aka Five Nights at Freddy’s. I’ve been a fan for quite some time. If I had to throw in a year, maybe around 2018? 2019? 2017? It’s clearly before the pandemic and so I’ve seen a lot of the fandom change and grow or shrink depending on what’s happening.... Continue Reading →
Technology & Horror
I’m shocked I haven’t touched on this topic. It’s something that has been on the list of topics to do for so long that I kinda forgot about it. Oops. In a time where we depend so much on technology and it changes so fast overnight, we’ve seen more horror films use technology as the... Continue Reading →
Stephen King’s The Stand: Book (1978) vs Miniseries (1994)
Ohhhh I’ve been dreading this one. And not for bad reasons but overwhelmed reasons? Look, we’re talking about Stephen King and his works and those can be a manifesto type of situation but we don’t have time for that! I’ll say up front, last read, picked up a few new thrifted books and one was... Continue Reading →
Retro Rundown: Goosebumps “It Came from Beneath the Sink” Episode
I’m doing another post! It’s a miracle! And it’s a theme on the blog I haven’t done in quite some time! Here we do underrated, color theory, cinematography focused posts, book reviews, movie reviews, watchlist and one of my personal favorites, retro rundown. And that’s what we’re doing today. Retro Rundown is basically me as... Continue Reading →
Book Review: Fright Time (1995)
Well, well, well.We’re back again!Thanks to all you guys who checked out past posts and followed this blog or on Instagram, just want to say thank you after being awol for MONTHS and I love doing this so just seeing activity and views, makes me feel good.If you missed previous blog posts such as Rosemary’s... Continue Reading →
Book Review: The Beast of Loughby Island (2023)
Oh this was an unexpected addition to my TBR but I’m glad I included it. If you’ve been around for a while, you know that werewolf content is not a big favorite of mine compared to witches or vampires, demons, etc. Werewolf is low on the pole but I still respect it and what the... Continue Reading →
Book Review: The Essential Tales of HP Lovecraft (2016)
Oh we’re back! We’re really doing this! I would like to say thank you to all the views and likes and comments I’ve seen on previous blog posts since I’ve come back (kind of) and I appreciate seeing that. Makes me feel like… I’m not just doing this to be doing it. I really do... Continue Reading →
Book Review: Rosemary’s Baby (1967)
I think this will be an interesting new series on the blog. I’m going to do a test run and see how it goes. Since late 2022 and onward, I’ve been on a very interesting reading journey. And I’ve read some great classics, young adult horror, sci-if and so on. And I may do thorough... Continue Reading →
Horror Watchlist & Booklist of 2023
Ohhhh this year has been something else. Little ole me looks back at the previous years and what I watched and how much I watched and honestly, I'm surprised I watched ANYTHING this year. It has been a rough year mentally and still going in that direction due to some personal family changes and situations... Continue Reading →
Common Themes: In the Dark
Hello everyone! This is the last post of October since the 31st is on Tuesday so no post next week or the entire month of November (personal things happening, nanowrimo participation) but come December, I will be doing an overall post over things I’ve watched, what I’ve read this year, etc so be ready for... Continue Reading →
October Fun Questions
Happy October aka the spookiest month of them all! I wanted to do something a bit more different, fun, not stress myself out which I already do on a normal basis but this is something you can do yourself! I wanted to do some fun questions about horror or Halloween in general so some questions... Continue Reading →
Top 13 Fashion/Costume Moments in Horror
The other day, I was randomly watching the 1971 film “Blood from the Mummy’s Tomb”, a Hammer film production (and I mean I randomly chose this) and while watching it, my eye kept getting caught by the lead character Margaret (played by Valerie Leon) and her purple coat. Every time she wore this coat, I... Continue Reading →
Top 10 Favorite Monsters of AYAOTD
Well, well, well. Look at who and what is back!Happy Spooky season everyone! I took 2 months off (this was mentioned on instagram stories) and I needed to not overwork and stress myself out. I originally wanted to be done with this blog but considering I paid for the year (into next June), I might... Continue Reading →
Retro Rundown: Goosebumps “The Werewolf of Fever Swamp” Review
WELL. I was not expecting to do a Retro Rundown! I was originally going to watch Poltergeist 2 and then do a review on it but the weather here in the midwest had other ideas in mind and for about 4 hours, I was without power. So I had to use my phone to entertain... Continue Reading →
A Color Story: Crimson Peak (2015)
Title: Crimson Peak Year: 2015 Dir.: Guillermo del Toro Producer(s): Guillermo del Toro, Callum Greene, Jon Jashni, Thomas Tull Writer(s): Guillermo del Toro, Matthew Robbins Costume(s): Kate Hawley Cinematography: Dan Laustsen Starring: Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain, Tom Hiddleston, Charlie Hunnam and Jim Beaver Fun fact: I’ve seen this movie but I don’t remember much about... Continue Reading →
Small Town Horror
Fun fact, I live in a township. I don’t know if that qualifies as “fun” but it is a fact and it is true. I also had to look up what the hell a township even is and it is “numbered” and “sectionalized land system” which makes sense in the state where I live, there... Continue Reading →
SoH Reviews: The Vault of Horror (1973)
THIS was probably one of the most randomly picked movies to watch and that says something. Hello, everyone and welcome back to another review post on Shots of Horror. Um, like I said at the top, this was probably the most randomly picked movie to check out on Wednesday cos I was in the mood... Continue Reading →
Invasion Horror
I didn’t know what to write about this week… I will say the benefit of being a constant writer and note taker is that I will write down ANY idea that comes into my head about topics on this blog. I haven’t had time to watch anything new (especially Poltergeist II) but I’m hoping for... Continue Reading →
SoH Reviews: The Fly II (1989)
The day (6/12) started out weird with the wifi going in and out. And since it was being unreliable, I had 2 options: watch dvds or watch my vhs tapes and there were only 2 left in my collection that I had to watch. I chose the latter. The other option was Poltergeist II which... Continue Reading →
A Color Story: The Shining (1980)
Title: The Shining Year: 1980 Dir.: Stanley Kubrick Producer(s): Stanley Kubrick Writer(s): Stephen King (novel), Stanley Kubrick, Diane Johnson Costume(s): Milena Canonero Cinematography: John Alcott Starring: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Scatman Crothers, Danny Lloyd Imagine my surprise when I saw that I never did A Color Story post for The Shining. I swore I did…... Continue Reading →
Favorites: Special Effects & More
WE ARE BACK BABY! I took last week off and I don’t feel guilty about it. I’m learning when to just take time for myself and not push myself into doing something I don’t feel like doing. Plus, I didn’t really have much to say or post about here and get my head back on... Continue Reading →
SoH Reviews: The Black Cat (1934)
Oh it’s time for another review! I also sang that but you can’t hear that cos this is a Google docs and I am not inserting an audio file but believe me! I’ve been in a watching movie phase this year that was NOT present last year and it seems like each month is about... Continue Reading →
Triple SoH Reviews: Tales from the Crypt (1972), Altered States (1980) and All Hallows’ Eve (2013)
I’ve done these posts in the past before and if you’re interested in reading more than two reviews under one post, I’ll link it here! But I’ve been on a watching kick lately, I’m not sure why or this extra energy came from but I did watch 3 very different films basically one week after... Continue Reading →
Scooby-Doo Where Are You? (1969) – Season 1 Best Villains/Episodes
Oh Scooby Doo… you’ve been around forever and yet I’ve never done a post about you! This is going to be for fun so don’t take it too seriously but we do have to recognize that it has its own legacy in the genre. Whether we think it’s overrated or corny at times, Scooby Doo... Continue Reading →
The Grit of Horror (in movies)
It’s been a week, I've been waiting to do part two since last week! If you missed it, I did a post about some of the more aesthetically appealing horror movies and we got some pretty decent movies out of that. And I did promise that I wanted to do a “second part” which is... Continue Reading →
The Horror Aesthetics of It All
Another day, another idea that has been sitting on the white board of ideas for weeks. This week, I wanted it to be a little bit easier and simpler. And focus on something that I think we all take note of and that is… aesthetics. We live and operate in a world where we encounter... Continue Reading →
Horror Movies that Shifted the Landscape
This was mildly inspired by a recent Kill Count from Dead Meat on the movie 28 Days Later. It was something that was mentioned about how this movie changed the “undead” or zombie genre, even though it isn’t a zombie film but the antagonists were able to RUN. Zombies, walkers, the undead, they don’t run.... Continue Reading →
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