Album Review: “Killection: A Fictional Compilation Album” by Lordi
Finnish shock metal outfit, Lordi decided to do something special for its tenth album, Killection: A Fictional Compilation Album. The album mimics a compilation album that spans several decades. Thus, each track sounds like a song recorded from various er ...
Film Review: Midsommar (R)
There are few things more terrifying than Swedish hippies: well-mannered, meat pie munching, salt-herring slurping, commune dwelling devils that they are. Actually, that’s not true. There are few things less threatening than Swedish hippies. They’re tot ...
Film Review: Hereditary (R)
Hereditary “No nuts.” Hereditary has garnered a lot of hype on its way to movie theaters, drawing comparisons to such scary stalwarts as The Exorcist, Rosemary’s Baby, or Repulsion. And while those comparisons may be somewhat misleading in terms of wha ...
Haven, Kansas by Alethea Kontis now available
When my wife and I bought TAM a couple of years ago, we wanted to use the site to help shine a light on the artists, writers and creators behind the projects we love. So, it's with a great swell of pride that I get to talk about "Haven, Kansas," a new boo ...
Film Review: ‘It Follows’ (R)
“It’s slow, but it’s not dumb.” Finally in wide release, “It Follows” is a rare breed of intellectual and innovative horror in a film genre too often mired in formulaic and uninspired exploitation. The premise is novel, but simple. After having sex wit ...
Days of the Dead, Atlanta: Conventions and the Indie art of networking
Every year horror fans gather for the Days of the Dead convention, a place where they can commune, covered in corn syrup, while enjoying indie horror films, buying genre kitsch and meeting their favorite movie monsters and scream queens. Beginning in Fe ...
“Shrieks and Shivers From The Horror Zine” is out now
Post Mortem Press and The Horror Zine have teamed up to release the new horror anthology "Shrieks and Shivers From The Horror Zine." Filled with original stories from "masters of the macabre," including William F. Nolan (Logan's Run), John Russo (Night o ...
The Buried Alive Film Festival keeps screaming in its Ninth Year
Atlanta’s Fabrefaction Theatre is recessed in a small shopping center on Edgewood Avenue, virtually invisible from the street. This is the home of the 9th Annual Buried Alive Film Festival (or BAFF). The Fabrefaction is not a “movie theater” but a “theatr ...
Book Review: “Heavy Metal Movies”
"Heavy Metal Movies” catalogues a surprising collection of lost gems and campy stinkers, all lovingly curated by McPadden. Review by David Feltman Mike “McBeardo” McPadden likes his music as extreme as his movies. It’s a passion that shows in his writin ...