Knives Out, directed by Rian Johnson, is out this Thanksgiving weekend and promises to be a rollicking and hilarious murder mystery. Inspired by the likes of Clue, Gosford Park, and Agatha Christie mysteries, it stars, well, everyone – …
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JENNIFER’S BODY Introduces Us to Northwood Nachos with Extra Badger Sauce
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Annie Wilkes’s MISERY Meatloaf
Annie Wilkes may be one of the most deceptively terrifying characters in fiction, flipping from attentive nurse to unhinged fanatic in a sublime performance by Kathy Bates in the 1990 adaptation of Stephen King’s Misery. She’s a …
Ghostbusters Ectolime Curd and Stay Puft Fluff
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THE CURSE OF LA LLORONA-inspired Pozole Verde
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BBQ Corn Nuts | Heathers
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Amaretto Pineapple Upside-Down Cake | Sharp Objects
Like many I fell into the seductive trap of HBO’s Sharp Objects (2018), the miniseries adaptation of Gillian Flynn’s 2006 novel. Created by Marti Noxon (who I would follow anywhere since Buffy) and directed by …
Celebrate Edgar Allan Poe’s Birthday with a New England Clam Chowder Adapted from Vincent Price
This post originally appeared on Nightmare on Film Street. Edgar Allan Poe, an author synonymous with American gothic horror writing, and Vincent Price, an American horror actor with a velvet voice and looming stage presence, …
A Horror Cocktail Menu for the Creepiest Christmas Party!
It’s the Christmas season, and our days are merry and bright…but our nights are cold and dark, and there’s enough Christmas horror that the holiday can almost be a second Halloween. If you like a little creepy …
SUSPIRIA-inspired Snow White Roasted Vegetables and Sausage with Red Wine Reduction
In the same way folklore transforms over time, 2018’s Suspiria is a thorough retelling of the classic 1977 Dario Argento Giallo horror. Though both films tell the twisted fairy tale of a beautiful, talented and …