Horror has never been a subtle genre; even the best of the best wear their ethos like a bright red overcoat dripping with entrails. But Killbillies—billed as “Slovenia’s First Horror … Read More
Book: Shadowed Souls (ed. Jim Butcher & Kerrie L. Hughes)
Shadowed Souls Edited by Jim Butcher and Kerrie L Hughes Roc November 1st, 2016 This is a great collection of short stories set in worlds that will be familiar … Read More
Lucifer Recap: Monster
Hoo boy. This episode was a doozy. The Devil unravels, going full-on trainwreck. He’s a mess after killing Uriel. He blames himself (because of course, his hand was the one … Read More
Book Review: Unnatural Deeds by Cyn Balog
Unnatural Deeds by Cyn Balog is a bit of an odd duck. The book starts out with someone who has been in a terrible accident, and is narrating the story. It’s … Read More
Book Review: A Whole Latte Murder by Caroline Fardig
A Whole Latte Murder is the third novel in the Java Jive series by best selling author Caroline Fardig. Juliet Langley is the manager at Java Jive, the coffee shop she … Read More
The Raven (1963) – Halloween Horror Picks
In this episode of Pop Culture Beast’s Halloween Horror Picks, filmmaker and screenwriter Kevin DiNovis joins me to talk about a kid-friendly horror/comedy with an incredible cast – The Raven … Read More
Intruder (1989) – Halloween Horror Picks
In this episode of Pop Culture Beast’s Halloween Horror Picks, I talk about an inventive, low budget slasher with a really interesting cast and crew – Intruder (1989)! Directed by Scott … Read More
Falling Water Recap: Monsters, Most Familiar
The underlying theme with this episode seems to be families, or belonging. Tess goes to see her mother, Burton cleans up a mess for the firm, and Taka learns about … Read More
BluesFest 2016: Little Steven and Birthday Boy Bill
Legends of Blues and R&B play the O2 October 28 – 31st I was fairly sure I saw Little Steven on a street near the Barbican a few days ago. … Read More
Blindspot Recap: Resolves Eleven Myths
We start the episode with Weller and Jane companionably making a….cake? Eating with Roman? Then a big knock down drag out fight with Jane vs. Jane? Yeah, it was a … Read More
The Head (1959) – Halloween Horror Picks
In this episode of Pop Culture Beast’s Halloween Horror Picks, I talk about a creepy and atmospheric mad scientist movie from Germany – The Head (1959)! Written and directed by … Read More
Arielle Johnson crosses from comic book reality to comic book fiction
Arielle Johnson (known for being the first black female comic book store owner on the east coast) not only sells comic books in Philadelphia’s Amalgam Comics and Coffeehouse, she’ll be … Read More
Blu-ray Review – Men & Chicken
Men & Chicken After the death of their father, Elias (Mads Mikkelsen, Hannibal, though I can assure you this role is as far from that as possible) and Gabriel (David … Read More
Lucifer Recap: Weaponizer
We start the episode where we left off the last one–with Chloe in a car accident. She walks away, though, a bit bumped but alive. Lucifer thinks it’s his Father … Read More