Gregory Burkart
The Nightmarish History of “Lost” Underground Film WHERE EVIL DWELLS
[WARNING: Disturbing content ahead] In one of our true-crime features, we detailed the gruesome case of teenage murderer Ricky Kasso — a violent sociopathic drug dealer whose brutal, sadistic crime was swept up in the tide of ‘80s “Satanic Panic,” including mostly baseless rumors that Kasso was part of a secret occult society that conducted […]
Gregory Burkart
Teenagers Rescued After Three Terrifying Days in the Paris Catacombs
In a real-life horror story reminiscent of the film AS ABOVE SO BELOW, two teenagers had a nightmarish brush with death when they became lost and disoriented in the cold, black tunnels beneath the streets of Paris this week… surrounded for miles by the bones of the dead. According to The Guardian, the teens — […]
Gregory Burkart
Love Will Tear Us Apart in Douglas Buck’s CUTTING MOMENTS [NSFW]
Apart from his well-made but seldom seen 2006 remake of Brian De Palma’s SISTERS (which never received a theatrical release), the name of Douglas Buck is not widely known among mainstream horror audiences. Nevertheless, Buck’s reputation has persisted for nearly two decades among extreme-cinema fans as a transgressive and challenging artist with a knack for […]
Gregory Burkart
The VHS Atrocities of Psychic TV’s FIRST TRANSMISSION [NSFW]
Not long ago, I explored the dark and mystifying lore of “snuff cinema” in its many forms — including works of alleged onscreen murder and mutilation which, though stomach-churning in their realism, were either hoaxes, misrepresented footage or works of transgressive underground “murder art.” In another feature, I examined a notorious example of the latter […]
David Ian McKendry
Disturbing Tales of the Mysterious Catacombs Beneath Odessa
In Eastern Europe, underneath the Ukrainian city of Odessa there is a vast labyrinth of tunnels spreading out across the city like an intricate highway carved into limestone. It’s no secret to the people of Odessa. They are all aware of the subterranean system of tunnels beneath their feet, stretching over 1,550 miles long and connecting random […]
Gregory Burkart
This 117-Year-Old Diary Documents a Miner’s Final Days… and Maybe the Thing That Killed Him
While a large number of infamous creepypasta tales are born in social media, online journals and discussion groups, they still maintain their roots in urban legends, unexplained mysteries and regional folklore, often dating back several decades — or in some cases, even prior centuries. One such tale dates back to May 6, 1899, when a […]
Alan Kelly
Horror Masterminds S.L. Grey and Blumhouse Books Debut THE APARTMENT
Blumhouse Productions have made their first foray into publishing with Blumhouse Books — a joint venture with publishers Vintage and Anchor Books. With a mandate to “to publish original horror across all formats,” prioritizing scares over “stock shocks,” Blumhouse Books will take the studio’s signature cinematic style and “transfer it to the written word.” They hope […]
Gregory Burkart
The Horrifying, Controversial and Secret History of the Snuff Film
[Warning: graphic images ahead] Hang on, folks — this is gonna to be a rough ride. You see, from a journalistic standpoint, it’s tricky to approach any story about so-called “snuff” films, for a couple of very important reasons. First, it’s never been conclusively proven that these films even exist at all — in the […]
