HORROR MONTH #31: Mulholland Drive, by David Lynch (2001)

HORROR MONTH #31: Mulholland Drive, by David Lynch (2001)

If you like stories that are unsettling and disorienting, watch Mulholland Drive. If you enjoy movies that you have to think about, or even watch multiple times to understand, watch Mulholland Drive. If you like Darren Aronofsky movies, True Detective, Tim and Eric, or any of the other countless movies and TV shows that Mulholland Drive has influenced, watch Mulholland Drive.

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HORROR MONTH #30: The Kingdom, by Lars von Trier (1994)

HORROR MONTH #30: The Kingdom, by Lars von Trier (1994)

Lars von Trier's miniseries The Kingdom (also known by its Danish title, Riget) at first feels like just a medical drama with a bit of a supernatural edge to it. However, it doesn't take long for a deeper corruption to creep in.

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HORROR MONTH #29: Out of Skin, by Emily Carroll (2013)

HORROR MONTH #29: Out of Skin, by Emily Carroll (2013)

Out of Skin is a short webcomic by writer and illustrator Emily Carroll. Taking place in some old European woodland (think the kind of forest from a Grimms' fairy tale), a woman who lives alone finds a pit full of women's corpses.

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HORROR MONTH #28: Pathologic, by Ice-Pick Lodge (2005)

HORROR MONTH #28: Pathologic, by Ice-Pick Lodge (2005)

In most games you play as a hero. You're there to do good, save the day, and bask in the glory of an adoring populace and a happy ending. Realistically, though, heroes are rarely given the respect and thanks they deserve.

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HORROR MONTH #26: Ginger Snaps, by John Fawcett (2000)

HORROR MONTH #26: Ginger Snaps, by John Fawcett (2000)

People change a lot as teenagers. It's just a matter of course that, as bodies develop and hormones start coursing, personalities shift as well. You may not have the same interests or hang out with the same people after you go through puberty, and to others you'll seem like an entirely new person. Or maybe, if you change enough, an entirely new creature.

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HORROR MONTH #24: Mysterium, by Oleksandr Nevskiy and Oleg Sidorenko (2015)

HORROR MONTH #24: Mysterium, by Oleksandr Nevskiy and Oleg Sidorenko (2015)

Welcome to Mysterium, a cooperative board game where everyone plays as a psychic trying to solve a murder, except for one player who plays a ghost trying to guide those psychics by sending them dreams in the form of "vision cards" decorated with surreal art.

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HORROR MONTH #23: Courage the Cowardly Dog, by John R. Dilworth (1999)

HORROR MONTH #23: Courage the Cowardly Dog, by John R. Dilworth (1999)

The saying "a dog is a man's best friend" has been taken to heart by a lot of screenwriters. You have Toto, Sam from I Am Legend, Lassie performing ridiculous feats of heroism and saving kids from wells. If I had to put money on the most loyal dog ever created, though, I'd pick Courage.

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HORROR MONTH #22: In the Penal Colony, by Franz Kafka (1919)

HORROR MONTH #22: In the Penal Colony, by Franz Kafka (1919)

If you've done much traveling in your life, you've probably been somewhere with customs you don't agree with. But what if you went somewhere and saw a custom that was truly abhorrent? Would you say anything? Would you do anything?

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HORROR MONTH #21: Study after Velázquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X, by Francis Bacon (1953)

HORROR MONTH #21: Study after Velázquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X, by Francis Bacon (1953)

Inspiration comes from a lot of different places. For some it could be where they grew up, for others it could be a close relationship. For figurative painter Francis Bacon, inspiration came from a scream.

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HORROR MONTH #20: Perfect Blue, by Satoshi Kon (1997)

HORROR MONTH #20: Perfect Blue, by Satoshi Kon (1997)

In the world of celebrity, stars are often packaged in certain ways for the public. But those fans don't actually know the celebrity, they just see one aspect of them displayed through their work and publicity. And when other aspects of the celebrity come to light, marring that idealized persona, those fans can turn.

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HORROR MONTH #18: NO LOVE DEEP WEB, by Death Grips (2012)

HORROR MONTH #18: NO LOVE DEEP WEB, by Death Grips (2012)

Sometimes the world is just awful. There are enough cruel people that you don't need ghosts or witches to make existence horrifying, you just need to run into the wrong person. And in the world of hip hop, that person is MC Ride of Death Grips.

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HORROR MONTH #17: Dread, by Epidiah Ravachol (2006)

HORROR MONTH #17: Dread, by Epidiah Ravachol (2006)

Tabletop RPGs like Dungeons and Dragons have been on the rise recently, as they're a great way to exercise your creativity while being social and disconnecting from technology for a few hours. For a single night of horror RPG fun that you and all your friends can enjoy, I recommend Dread.

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HORROR MONTH #16: Don't Hug Me I'm Scared, by Becky Sloan and Joseph Pelling (2011)

HORROR MONTH #16: Don't Hug Me I'm Scared, by Becky Sloan and Joseph Pelling (2011)

It seems like more and more these days people are letting media raise their kids. But in a world where almost all media is made with profit in mind, what kinds of ideas are really being planted in those children's heads?

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HORROR MONTH #13: The Black Tapes, by Paul Bae and Terry Miles (2015)

HORROR MONTH #13: The Black Tapes, by Paul Bae and Terry Miles (2015)

Remember when everyone was obsessed with ghost hunting about half a decade back? That was weird, wasn't it? Reality TV producers just decided to follow a bunch of teams with EMF meters and tricked-out vans, traveling from one old dilapidated building to another and yelling "DID YOU JUST HEAR THAT?" at each other.

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HORROR MONTH #12: The Colour Out of Space, by H.P. Lovecraft (1927)

HORROR MONTH #12: The Colour Out of Space, by H.P. Lovecraft (1927)

H.P. Lovecraft is one of the most influential horror writers of the 20th century. His Cthulhu mythos is read and recognized all over the world. If you're a Lovecraft fan but you haven't read any of his original stories yet, The Colour Out of Space is a great place to start.

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