Showing posts with the label Horror

Top 10 Reasons Why I Love Sleepy Hollow

The sleeper hit (yes, pun intended) Sleepy Hollow premiered on FOX this past September and has been the most exciting supernatural show to air this season. Sleepy Hollow's plot is a contempor…

In Case You Missed It...BGN Podcast 11/3/13 Tananarive Due and Kristina Leath-Malin

Believe it or not there are Black female filmmakers who are creating horror films and have an eminent voice in the horror film community. Tananarive Due and Kristina Leath-Malin spoke with us as we …

Black Women In Horror: Tananarive Due and Kristina Leath-Malin

Tananarive Due is the Cosby Chair in the Humanities at Spelman College. She also teaches in the creative writing MFA program at Antioch University Los Angeles. The American Book Award winner and NAAC…

Philly Loves Women In Horror: A Film Screening & Networking Event

Philadelphia, February 22, 2014: Philly Loves Women In Horror We are happy to announce the one of a kind, second annual Philadelphia Women in Horror Month event, Philly Loves Women In Horror schedul…

Dick Hallorann from "The Shining", As Told by Stephen King

As a fan of both the book and film version of The Shining , there are a few differences between the two.  Besides Kubrick's more subdued characterization and focus on the psychological horror of …

Black Girl (Horror) Nerds: Graveyard Shift Sisters

I am not the only one. But a community is needed. Another great moment brought to you by me and Elm Street's First Lady, Heather Langenkamp! Giving myself the task of concluding this series was a…

In Case You Missed It...BGN Podcast 10/27/13 - Ashlee Blackwell of QuirksAndSplatters.com

Horror academic nerd and Freddy Krueger enthusiast, Ashlee Blackwell will discuss on this episode all things horror! She is the author of the website http://quirksandsplatters.com/  and Graveyard Sh…

Black Girl (Horror) Nerds: Filmmaker Bree Newsome Weaves A Haunting Tale for your Halloween Movie-Thon Needs

If you're looking for a film that's haunting, breathes life into familiar themes, and has a significant amount of Black folks in it, the spirit of Halloween is ready to grace you with the ind…

Top 8 Stereotypical Black Characters In Horror Movies

Ever wonder why Black characters in horror movies are never really diverse? At a very early age, I came to terms with the stereotypical characters in horror films. That definitely includes an under…

Black Girl (Horror) Nerds: Scholar Robin Means Coleman Takes On The History of Race & The Horror Film

One of the most exciting things about being an undergraduate in college was discovering that I could turn my passion, interests, and hobbies into serious, introspective research projects. With guidan…

Black Girl (Horror) Nerds: Filmmaker Kristina Leath-Malin Claims her Final Girl

As a first wave-Millenial, I'm not entirely well versed on just how much 1970s Blaxsploitation, in particular the genre's horror re-interpretations have struck a chord with the mass film goin…

The Exorcist: A Sleepover Celebration

I’m not much of a scaredy cat. Seriously. I remember watching Freddy Krueger and Friday the 13th movies as a child and instead of feeling frightened I was laughing at the stilted performances and c…

Black Girl (Horror) Nerds Introduction: The Origin Of My Horror Nerdom

Childhood reflection is merely a collection of moments. It's the brain's way of scrap booking. As you get older, you're more likely to sustain a long-term memory of both joyful experience…

Graveyard Shift Sisters: In Search of Black Women Horror Directors

Tiffany D. Jackson For those of us who stayed a ‘professional student’ for longer than we probably should have, that final project in the last stretch before graduation is all nerves wracked, harsh c…
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