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October Horror Movie Challenge: Sennentuntschi (2010)
This one has been on my list for a while and I could never find it, and then suddenly it was on all my streaming channels! It's a Samhain miracle!Sennentuntschi (2010)Based on the Alpine legends of...
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Monstrous Monday: Sennentuntschi
This particular creature has been on my list to do for a bit. I had read about this creature in connection to the succubus many years ago but never could find anything else about it. Mostly I think...
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October Horror Movie Challenge: The Noonday Witch (2016)
I love weird mythological creatures. I love ones that are connected to beliefs about witches. If I can find a horror movie about one, then all the better! The Noonday Witch (2016)This one is in Czech,...
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Thoughts on "The Wild Beyond The Witchlight"
The newest D&D 5e book is now out and so far it is a lot of fun. I have not had the chance to read through it enough for a full review, but I do have some thoughts on it. It's An Adventure, Not A...
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October Horror Movie Challenge: Satan's Baby Doll (1983)
Tonight's movie is a fairly notorious one that dates back to my VHS days. I always saw this one in the video store, Prestige Video (long since gone), but it was always checked out. Years later it...
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The NPCs of "The Wild Beyond The Witchlight"
While "The Wild Beyond The Witchlight" has a lot going for it the reason, well one of the reasons, I really wanted it was because we were getting some official D&D 5th Edition stats to some classic...
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October Horror Movie Challenge: 5ive Girls (2006)
I am not going into this one with very high hopes. It deals with demons, witches, and Ron Perlman. 5ive Girls (2006)The movie begins with Ron Perlman as Father Drake. He is the teacher of a Catholic...
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This Old Dragon: Issue #43
It's October and that means horror here at the Other Side. It also used to mean horror in the pages of Dragon Magazine. While the horror-themed issues would not start in earnest until the mid- and...
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October Horror Movie Challenge: The Demoniacs (1974) and Red Scream Vampyres...
Every year I try to work in at least one Jean Rollin film. They are usually not great but usually fairly fun. Tonight's choice is one that has also been on my list for a bit and thanks to fine folks at...
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BlackStar: Whispers in the Outer Darkness
Soon after I posted my discussion on Aliens and Horror for use in sci-fi horror and in BlackStar in particular I found a wealth of information. Here are the fruits of those findings.Whisperer in the...
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October Horror Movie Challenge: Lilith (2019, 2018, & 2017)
Some movies about one of my favorite mythological figures Lilith. Lillith (2019)Ok, this one is spelled with two Ls and is a bit of a silly movie, but even then there is a good-sized body count....
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October Horror Movie Challenge: Lady Bathory Night
I have seen a lot of attempts of telling the Bathory story. This one focuses more on the history than the vampire retellings. Though it gets some of that wrong as well.The Blood Queen (2015)The acting...
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She Kills Monsters or "Is it 1982 again?"
It is not often that I bring my Atheism into my posts over here. I mean in D&D my preferred classes to play are clerics, druids, paladins, and witches; all pretty much the exact opposite of my own...
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October Horror Movie Challenge: Mother of Tears (2007)
The third of Dario Argento's "Three Mothers" series that began with Suspiria (1977) and followed into Inferno (1980). This one deals with the Mother of Tears, Matter Lachymarum, the most beautiful and...
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Monstrous Mondays: Nicnevin, Faerie Queen of Witches
Been spending some time working on my various Lords and Ladies of the land of Faerie. With the new Wild Beyond the Witchlight out, I have been thinking more and more about what I'd like to do with...
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October Horror Movie Challenge: Astaroth (2017)
This one came up as a suggested movie on Tubi so I had to check it out. I have long been fascinated by the Goddess Astarte and her literal demonization to the male demon Astaroth. This movie covers...
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Featured Artist: Rosaleen Norton
I have not done one of these for so long. I am watching "The Witch of Kings Cross" the documentary of artist Rosaleen Norton. The movie is great and it reminded me how much I love her work. Before I...
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October Horror Movie Challenge: The Queen of Black Magic (1981, 2019)
Believe it or not, I did not get the streaming channel Shudder, until really recently. I was building my list and I saw one I knew of but had not seen yet, 1981's The Queen of Black Magic, also known...
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Review: She is the Ancient: A Genderbent Curse of Strahd
A couple of months ago, beginning of September I think, I was made aware of a new title on DMsGuild called She is the Ancient: A Genderbent Curse of Strahd by Beth the Bard. I checked it out and liked...
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October Horror Movie Challenge: Carmilla (2019)
"I'll never let the devil into this house Lara."- Miss FontaineNot too long after saying this, she does exactly that.One would think I had seen every version of Carmilla out there. And in truth I had,...
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