Welcome to another trip through the annals of horror history. One thing I wanted to touch on in this bunch is that some of the books in this list may not be what it classically thought of as horror necessarily. In this bunch specifically, Tim Powers’ fantasy/sci-fi/horror/wtf amalgamation is an example, but there are many…
Ben Reads the Horror Classics: Our Lady of the Lesser Dead Nation
I’m back, y’all! After a short break to give the gift guide some breathing room, it’s time for another round of write-ups for books that seem to be well-regarded in the realm of horror. In this intro, one thing I did want to mention that may have crossed some minds in all this. The title…
EuroCultAV Holiday Gift Guide 2021 – Part 1 Blu-ray and UHD Releases
So we’re at the end of another year, or did 2020 never end and this is all one extended time/space period? Let’s forget I said that. Anyway, I never did like the idea of counting down favorite things so I never do a Best of, but I do like to call attention to great things,…
EuroCultAV Holiday Gift Guide 2021 – Part III – Music
Look, I know a lot of you Spotify or YouTube your music, and hey I’m guilty of that as well, but I still buy a ton of physical releases every year, and almost every one of these artists on this list I’ve bought something from (well the ones without a signature are my recommendations), because…
Ben Reads the Horror Classics: I Am the Experimental and Beloved Gifts
As I near completing a third of the big list of horror books I’ve committed to reading, I thought I’d reflect a little on why I’m doing this. There are a few reasons actually. First and foremost, I genuinely LOVE horror fiction, whether it be books, films or TV series. The thing is, horror rarely…
Ben Reads the Horror Classics: Bloody Guns on the Borderland
In the last entry, I know I started with a fancy intro talking about weird fiction that might have led you to believe I was going to get all high falootin’ trying to educate you on history and stuff. Well, fret not, dear folks! I am far too lazy to do that kind of intro…
Ben Reads the Horror Classics: Gothic Psycho Beauties
Things are gettin’ weeeeiiiirrrd, folks. I thought in this intro, I’d talk a little about the history of weird fiction as I see it (which may indeed be a narrow lens to look through). First, what exactly is weird fiction? Well, it’s fairly self-explanatory actually. Generally pretty strange in tone, often with horror elements and…
Ben Reads the Horror Classics: Exorcising the Silver Fisherman
Welcome back, boils and ghouls! I hope you’ve had a fruitful Halloween, catching up on some cool spooky classics, because that’s what I’ve been doing. This time, I’ll cover a towering classic of Jesuit terror, a tragic tale of cosmic horror, a spunky ensemble people in an asylum, a weird ass slice of crime fiction…
Ben Reads the Horror Classics: Folklore in Blood
Welcome to another chapter in my on-going quest to read a ton of horror novels that are supposed to be good. In this entry, I’ve got a gory slice of teen lit terror, an imaginative collection of tales inspired by Caribbean folklore, a genre-defining vampire classic, an intense modern take on demon possession and a…
Ben Reads the Horror Classics: Terror in 3D
This time on Ben Reads the Horror Classics, I tackle a classic of absurdist existentialism, an epic 19th century tale amidst the Spanish Inquisition, an imaginative graphic novel on xenophobia, a hybrid of historical fiction and Arctic horror that will leave you chilled to the bone and a seminal anthology by some of the most…