His Youth and Education Robert Albert Bloch was born in Chicago, Illinois on April 5 in 1917, to two German Jews, Raphael Bloch and Stella Loeb who, despite their Jewish heritage, had the family attend a Methodist Church. When Bloch was only eight years of age, he attended a screening of Lon Chaney Sr.’s The Phantom of the Opera (1925) on his own, where he was traumatized by … [Read more...] about From Traumatized to Terror Creator, the Life of Robert Bloch
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Inspiration for Van Helsing and Vampire Hunters
This week, for the third installment of our Dead Author Dedication in honor of Bram Stoker. We're going to be discussing one of his characters who doesn't get quite as much attention as the vampire king Dracula, but is still a character that blossomed beyond the original story by Stoker. The mysteriously knowledgeable and most famous vampire hunter, Dracula's nemesis, Abraham … [Read more...] about Inspiration for Van Helsing and Vampire Hunters
Interview with Female Horror Author Kat Howard
How would you feel if you suddenly started receiving letters from someone you didn't know? Personal letters, from someone who seemed to know more about you than you ever wanted to admit to yourself? The End of the Sentence (2014) delivers--it's not only difficult to put down, (or stop listening to, if you opt to experience it as an audiobook) but it is also easily digestible … [Read more...] about Interview with Female Horror Author Kat Howard
Interview with Horror Author Marie Batiste
Tell me a bit about yourself and what got you into writing supernatural detective horror? Well, I have loved all things supernatural since I was in elementary school. I remember checking out R.L. Stine books from the library every week, first Goosebumps and then Fear Street. Reading has always been an escape for me and the creepier the story the better. … [Read more...] about Interview with Horror Author Marie Batiste
Lovecraft and His Creations
H.P. Lovecraft was a creator of torturous terrors that realized his talents of dark, serious mythos that he provided to a world that would never truly appreciate his visions until far too long after his passing. Lovecraft's Otherworldly Monsters As we discovered last week H.P. Lovecraft was a creator of some of the most influential horror fiction that is still causing … [Read more...] about Lovecraft and His Creations