Author: Lauren Spear

Lauren Spear (née Tharp) is the owner of LittleZotz Writing, a super-respectable multiple award-winning website for freelance writers. She's also the HorrorFam.com founder! Lauren grew up in the horror industry (her parents did practical special FX work for many of the horror movies you love from the '80s and '90s) and basically created this site so she could freely gas on about creepy stuff and stop having to pretend to be normal.
13
Oct
2021

HorrorFam.com Podcast Returns 2022 (But Written Articles Are Up NOW!)

HorrorFam.com founder/owner Lauren Spear answers some questions about what’s happening here now and in 2022! Bonus: A one-minute video!!

08
Oct
2021

What’s Streaming Where?! October 2021 Horror Movies Streaming for Halloween

Here’s a MASSIVE list of which horror movies are streaming on Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max, Disney+, Netflix, Peacock, Hulu, Tubi, and Shudder for October 2021! Have fun, Fam! ♥

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02
Mar
2021

Horror Isn’t Scary – Why Our Favorite Genre Is the Least Frightening

Why are so many “scaredy-cats” drawn to the horror genre? Why do we find scary movies comforting? Because horror ISN’T scary! … but everything else is.

30
Oct
2020

Clea Switch Game Review (And Giveaway!)

Lauren Spear played through Clea, a new survival-horror game for the Nintendo Switch! Read her review, then enter to win a copy for yourself! (Contest ends 10/31/2020)

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22
Oct
2020

Halloween III: Season of the Witch 30+ Years Later

October is the perfect time to watch 1982’s Halloween III: Season of the Witch! Take a look back on this fun horror oddity for its annivesary (10/22/1982).

25
Jul
2020

Podcast Episode 15: Sean Haitz Takes Time to “Ketchup” on the Making of His New Horror-Comedy Cannibal Comedian

Writer/Director Sean Haitz joins Lauren Spear on the HorrorFam.com Podcast to give horror fans a taste of his upcoming horror-comedy Cannibal Comedian!

18
Jul
2020

Podcast Episode 14: Kyle Hester on Indie Filmmaking and His Upcoming Horror-Action Movie Preacher Six!

Zombie with a Shotgun’s Kyle Hester joins Lauren Spear on the HorrorFam.com Podcast to chat about his upcoming horror-action film Preacher Six!

14
Jul
2020

The “Core” Universal Monsters: Ranked!

Lauren Spear ranks the six “core” Universal Monsters in order of their awesomeness. Do you agree or disagree with her assessments?

11
Jul
2020

Podcast Episode 13: Interview with Craig Layton, the Man Behind Twitter’s Self-Isolating Michael Myers

Craig Layton joins Lauren Spear on the HorrorFam.com Podcast to chat about his hilarious self-isolating Michael Myers parody videos, his history as a horror fan, and more!

07
Jul
2020

Michael Myers on the HorrorFam.com Podcast (Special VIDEO Episode!)

Lauren Spear interviews Halloween’s Michael Myers on a special VIDEO episode of the HorrorFam.com Podcast! It went about as well as you’d expect…

04
Jul
2020

Podcast Episode 12: The HorrorFam.com Podcast Still Exists!

The HorrorFam.com Podcast went on an unintended hiatus due to medical issues, but it’s still a thing and we’re working on new episodes.

30
Jun
2020

The REAL Reasons Why I Love Horror

HorrorFam.com founder, Lauren Spear, shares the REAL reason she loves the horror genre An exclusive, highly personal, tell-all 35 years in the making!