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art from Discover the Horror, a book by Jon Kitley of Kitley's Krypt.com
Posted inBest of Chicago

Best suburban source for horror writing and talk

by Dan Kelly March 2, 2022March 15, 2022

Jon Kitley of Aurora has made a friend of horror. For 22 years he’s run Kitley’s Krypt, a site devoted to horror films, ranging from the earliest silent nightmares to the latest terrors from overseas. The site started in October of 1998 using the now-defunct Microsoft FrontPage tool. Kitley’s Krypt continues to provide regular updates […]

Posted inBlogs

Weekly Top Five: The Best of Lucio Fulci

by Drew Hunt July 6, 2014August 18, 2021

The best of exploitation maestro Lucio Fulci

Posted inFilm

In Oculus, home is where the haunting is

by Ben Sachs April 16, 2014August 18, 2021

In Mike Flanagan’s Oculus, a brother and sister reunite at the site of their parents’ gruesome deaths.

Tristan Tanner and Brett Mannes in The Rocky Horror Show
Posted inArts & Culture

Weekend evenings of the living dead (and one midnight show)

by Tony Adler, Jena Cutie, Keith Griffith, Justin Hayford, Jack Helbig, Aimee Levitt and Marissa Oberlander October 16, 2013August 19, 2021

Our critics take on seven spooky shows, from creepy Jane Austen to nuclear zombies.

Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
Posted inFilm

The Massacre: Shocks around the clock

by J.R. Jones October 10, 2013August 19, 2021

The long-running horror marathon the Massacre relocates to the Patio Theater.

The World's End
Posted inFilm

The World’s End tops off the Cornetto trilogy with a snicker

by Drew Hunt August 28, 2013August 19, 2021

Sci-fi comedy The World’s End tops off the Cornetto trilogy with a snicker.

American Mary
Posted inFilm

American Mary, sculptor with a scalpel

by J.R. Jones May 30, 2013August 19, 2021

The Canadian horror import American Mary spoofs the body-modification cult.

Posted inBlogs

The last word (in movies, anyway) on consumerism

by Ben Sachs November 29, 2012August 19, 2021

George Romero’s Dawn of the Dead remains the best movie on the subject

Posted inBlogs

Serious about pleasure

by Ben Sachs August 1, 2012August 19, 2021

On two recent films that mix politics and pop, Step Up Revolution and the Taiwanese feature Girlfriend Boyfriend

Posted inBlogs

This Week’s Movie Action

by J.R. Jones March 5, 2010August 19, 2021

New releases and fresh reviews in this week’s issue.

Posted inBlogs

Blaze of gory

by Pat Graham April 25, 2007August 19, 2021

The better half of Grindhouse might not be the one you’d expect.

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