Lovecraft Country Series Premiere: “Sundown” Review
HBO's new series chills by connecting the power of storytelling with the daily horror of racism in the USA.
H.P. Lovecraft
True Detective Horror Diary: The Constellation of Cthulhu
In the final True Detective Horror Diary of the season, we examine the horror genre tradition of withholding closure in endings.
True Detective Season 3 Horror Diary: The Exorcist of Time and Memory
Wayne Hays needs an exorcism. The old Vietnam war veteran, ex-detective and subject of a forthcoming true crime docuseries is haunted by ghosts as he tries to piece together the narrative pieces of the homicide case that defined is life and marriage.
True Detective Season 3 Horror Diary: The Forest of Leng
For the highly anticipated third season of True Detective, That Shelf and our friends at Everything is Scary are teaming up to examine the scarier elements in what we agree to be a landmark of horror television.
Inside the Guillermo del Toro: At Home with Monsters Exhibition at the AGO
We got a sneak peek at the upcoming Guillermo del Toro: At Home with Monsters exhibition opening at Toronto's Art Gallery of Ontario this week!
EFM 2011: La Sombra Prohibida Review
There is a particular subgenre of kitschy horror film that comes out of countries like Spain and Italy. Usually something to do with some dark legend, a dark devil, and a group of hot young people who get caught up in the madness. Spanish director José Luis Alemán continues with his Valdemar series in La Sombra Prohibida, based on H.P. Lovecraft's work. You have the ingredients for a cult Spanish horror film, but unfortunately the film doesn’t entirely work out.
