Contributions from the staff of EuroCultAV including Ben Tucker, Scott MacDonald, David Steigman, and Richard Glenn Schmidt. That oh-so-frosty time of year has arrived once again when we reflect back on what a bountiful crop of splendid releases that have been put out by all the stellar boutique media labels out there and recommend some…
Ben Reads the Horror Classics: Werewolves, Ghosts and Vampires… Oh My!
As the year winds its way down and night encroaches upon our empty lives earlier and earlier, horror encases the soul like a salve to soothe the jagged edges of the frizzled psyche during these dark months. Naturally I have arrived to bring you more write-ups from this big ass horror list project I’ve been…
Ben Reads the Horror Classics: Super-Sized Edition
Greetings, folks! Been quite a while since I’ve posted one of these, although rest assured I have not abandoned the project by any means. I’ve just been super busy with other stuff and haven’t had a chance to post until now. In this Super-Sized Edition, I’ll be delivering up ten write-ups instead of the usual…
Ben Reads the Horror Classics: Conjuring Blood at the End
Been a hot minute since I’ve posted one of these, so I figured it’s past time to let folks know what I’ve been consuming. This time I’ve got a witchy classic, a literary zombie tale, a pop culture frenzy of craziness, a dark and twisted haunted house story and a Victorian gothic tale of murder….
Ben Reads the Horror Classics: All Heads Look Inward and Weep
It’s May! Spring has sprung and those hits just keep on coming. In this installment, we have a classic paranormal detective, a family dynasty steeped in voodoo, a heavily meta demon-possessed typewriter, a tale of revenge and spelunking and a massive omnibus of weird fiction from a particularly unique writer. We got ourselves a whole…
Ben Reads the Horror Classics: The Nights Are As Cold As Human Nature
It’s March, folks! My allergies suck but at least the weather is getting better. What better time is there for another installment in this on-going horror novel mega-list project of mine? This time we have a controversial French thriller, a slow-burn Victorian throwback, a chilling (both literally and metaphorically) struggle for survival, an outstanding collection…
Ben Reads the Horror Classics: Goodbye, Goosebumps… Hello, Ghost Book…
This entry marks a momentous occasion. I have officially finished going through all of the original 62 Goosebumps books! (And NO, I am not reading the spin-off series). Oh, I read some other stuff too like a collection of feminist sci-fi, an influential crime novel from the 18th century, a quirky modern day ghost story…
Ben Reads the Horror Classics: Of Totems and Hexes
It’s 2023, and I’m still reading books, folks! I feel like I made some really good progress on this big ol’ horror list project I’ve been truckin’ away at, and it’s been truly great to catch up on some missed classics and new favorites I may never have come across otherwise. Yes, there have been…
Ben Reads the Horror Classics: The Wine-Dark Damned Baby
I’m back again after a break for Thanksgiving and to give our annual gift guide some time to breathe! In this group of macabre offerings, I tackle a couple of great collections from a master of the horror short story, a pile of Goosebumps sequels, one of the all-time classic horror novels, a gothic novel…
Ben Reads the Horror Classics: Bring Forth the Carrion Harvest
Since it’s creepy season in October, I thought I’d slide one more of these in before the end of the month. This time I’ve got a classic of the folk horror genre, yet even more doofy Goosebumps, a collection of Weird Tales, a collection of REALLY weird friggin’ tales and an epic of ’80s action…