Tag Archives: Spooky

Folk Horror Friday: Black Sunday (1960)

Posted on May 15, 2020 at 10:46 pm by Joshua Tuttle

Welcome to Folk Horror Friday! Over the summer I’ll be reviewing Folk Horror cinema every Friday! I’ll investigate both canonical Folk Horror classics like the Unholy Trinity as well as obscure gems from the era of silent movies. As always, … Continue reading →




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Theorizing the Spooky: Strange Allusions to Referents Unknown

Posted on July 26, 2018 at 10:01 am by Joshua Tuttle

One of my projects is to theorize the Spooky. This series explores small pieces of that work, organized around some ephemeral observation from literature, film, (other media), and life. This time we’re looking at the Spooky power present in Strange … 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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Spooky Spotlight: Interlands, by Vincent O’Neil

Posted on October 19, 2015 at 10:49 am by Joshua Tuttle

A few weeks ago Vincent O’Neil approached me with his book, Interlands.  I was intrigued, and promised to write a review.  I’m still working on the review, but in the interest of the rapidly approaching end to this, the Spookiest of … Continue reading →




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