by Maledicta | Feb 21, 2019 | Macabre Amusements, Maledicta's Movie Corner, Video
Our Pennsylvania homeboy – Punxsutawney Phil, the famous weather prognosticating rodent – made his annual appearance earlier this month. Apparently he didn’t see his shadow, and folklore tells us that means there will be an early spring this year. You wouldn’t...
by Maledicta | Feb 21, 2019 | Halloween 365
Whether they’re in London or Paris, New York or New Zealand, other than mausoleums and drafty old castles, theaters seem to be more prone to paranormal activity than other types of buildings. Considering the level of drama, superstition, and ego...
by Maledicta | Feb 21, 2019 | Halloween 365
Once upon a time, when you died, your simple pine coffin was carried to the graveyard on a basic no-frills horse-drawn cart. But as the American funeral industry evolved, so did the art of corpse transportation. Changing attitudes toward death in the Victorian...
by Maledicta | Feb 7, 2019 | Books, Macabre Amusements
If you think working retail is torture… you ain’t seen nothin’ yet. One of the great tropes of horror literature is the Haunted House, or as Stephen King describes it in Danse Macabre, The Bad Place. The Bad Place can be anywhere that a familiar or benign space...
by Maledicta | Feb 7, 2019 | Interesting People, Maledicta's Movie Corner
Last week marked the 50th anniversary (February 2, 1969) of the passing of Boris Karloff, one of the most significant figures in horror film history. But despite his menacing demeanor, vaguely Eastern-European-sounding name, and penchant for playing monsters,...
