Tag Archives: Horror

Lovecraftian Short Films of 2018 (September 2019 Cinematic Meeting)

Posted on September 6, 2019 at 10:15 am by Joshua Tuttle

Welcome to the September 2019 Cinematic Meeting! This month we had a screening of the H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival Best of 2018 Collection. The 2018 festival had some outstanding films, and the 2018 Collection is excellent.       … Continue reading →




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Late 20th-Century Small Press Horror (October 2018 Literary Meeting)

Posted on January 5, 2019 at 12:23 pm by Joshua Tuttle

Welcome to the October 2018 Literary Meeting! The theme for this meeting was Late 20th-Century Small Press Horror Magazines. As always, I’ve made informal references in text, with full references listed at the end. Aromatic Accompaniment: Midsummer’s Night by Yankee … Continue reading →




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Movie Review: The Darkness (2016)—Toby Oliver’s abysmal cinematography renders this an unwatchable mess

Posted on May 13, 2016 at 9:12 pm by Joshua Tuttle

Here’s the official marketing blurb: A family returns from a Grand Canyon vacation, haunted by an ancient supernatural entity they unknowingly awakened and engages them in a fight for their survival. Straight up, skip this movie.  I will address content, but … Continue reading →




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Spooky Spotlight: Lost in the Pines, A Haunting New Play Produced by Magnetic North Theater Co.

Posted on January 23, 2016 at 9:23 pm by Joshua Tuttle

Martin and Jaime Gutfeldt recently formed a theater company, Magnetic North Theater Co., and their first production, Lost in the Pines, will have its debut performance, in San Diego, the final weekend in February 2016 (roughly one month from now).  The Gutfeldts graciously provided … Continue reading →




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Movie Review: The Forest (2016)—The use of setting is great, but for a film plot centered on supernatural illusions, this is no Oculus

Posted on January 16, 2016 at 11:05 am by Joshua Tuttle

Here’s the official marketing blurb: A woman goes into Japan’s Suicide Forest to find her twin sister, and confronts supernatural terror. The Japanese Suicide Forest is something I heard about several years ago, and yet when I heard that someone … Continue reading →




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