By Dillon O’Nail Heeeeeeeeere’s…Jack? Johnny? How does that line go? Avid fans of Stephen King’s The Shining and Stanley Kubrick’s renowned adaptation of the novel are probably familiar with many of the innumerable differences between the two, including the protagonist’s name change from John Torrance to Jack Torrance. Of course, these fans are probably also […]

By Jacob Garrett Anna jerked back into consciousness, gasping for air. The thin beams of orange light sliding in between her blinds gave her sweat-slick skin a sickly glow in her darkened bedroom. Her head darted back and forth as her eyes adjusted, trying to find the source of the noise that she knew had […]

By Marisa Williams Warning: this post contains discussion of sexual assault/violence, which may be triggering to some readers. The director, Roman Polanski, fled the United States in 1978 after pleading guilty to unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor, ten years after the making of this film. A young newlywed couple moves into a grand apartment […]

By Kallie Hunchman It’s Halloween night. The sky is slowly darkening, and children are rushing around, putting last minute touches on their Halloween costumes. As they rush the streets, clutching empty jack o’lantern buckets, it’s not hard to see patterns in their attire. Princesses in sparkling dresses, pirates with little plastic swords, and ghosts under […]

By Ashley Burns “My name is Melinda Gordon. I just got married, just moved into a small town, just opened up an antique shop. I might be just like you, except from the time that I was a little girl I knew that I could talk to the dead… earthbound spirits, my grandmother called them. […]

By Addison Paul Saving people, hunting things: The family business. These words are known to many as a tagline for the dark fantasy television series Supernatural. Created by Eric Kripke, Supernatural has become a long-running pop-cultural phenomenon complete with a loyal and eccentric fanbase. With its 15th and final season airing in 2019 – 2020, […]

By Jo Ladner *contains ending spoilers for “Over the Garden Wall* “Over the Garden Wall” has been a Halloween tradition for me ever since it first released in 2013. A short mini-cartoon series Cartoon Network did specifically for Halloween, it’s plenty spooky and full of Halloween tropes, with living skeletons, ghosts, singing frogs, two brothers—Wirt […]

By Brooke Beaman

By Brooke Lilek *CHESTNUT: SOMETHING REPEATED TO THE POINT OF STALENESS; A TROPE Phoebe heard a knock on the front door and froze. An extreme reaction for someone who cannot sense death at her doorstep, but that’s Phoebe. She tensed before checking the peephole. She found no one out front though. Phoebe threw the deadbolt […]