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 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 | Jan 20, 2019 | Books, Macabre Amusements, Video
As seen in the new Sundance Now/Shudder series, A Discovery of Witches. The expected snowstorm this weekend pretty much fizzled out, but I was prepared nonetheless… I had planned ahead and was ready to ride it out with the help of comfort food, adult...
by Maledicta | Jan 8, 2019 | Macabre Amusements
Who doesn’t love the story of Snow White, that classic (though perhaps a little retro) fairy tale where good triumphs over evil? The story we’re all familiar with is that of an innocent young beauty who is banished by a vain, cruel, and jealous...
by Maledicta | Nov 25, 2018 | Macabre Amusements, Maledicta's Movie Corner, Video
Pick a side! Arguing about the minutiae of pop culture is a proud tradition among nerds the world over, but there are a few subjects that seemingly shouldn’t be up for debate. Yet one of these subjects manages to rear its head every year, tearing the Internet...
by Maledicta | Nov 19, 2018 | Books, Macabre Amusements
“A girl always remembers the first corpse she shaves.” – author Caitlin Doughty What if I told you that you don’t think enough about your own death? Or the deaths of the people you care about? You’d probably be shocked, or maybe even offended. The...
