Does sheltering-in-place have you climbing up the walls? A lot of folks wish they could “escape” their rooms these days. But, no matter how bored you feel, please obey the pandemic lockdown rules (for your own safety and the good of us all). You CAN, however, help virtual characters escape various rooms in Rusty Lake’s…
HorrorFam.com Podcast: Heather Landry Debuts Her First Horror Novel — FREE!
Horror illustrator Heather Landry AKA Sandpaperdaisy is officially a horror-fantasy novelist! Heather debuted her first novel, The Cradle of the Worm, as a HorrorFam.com FREEBIE on April 13th, 2020. Now, four days later, she joins Lauren Spear to discuss the book’s themes, her 25-year(!) writing process, and how — by pure coincidence — The Cradle…
Bored? We Got You, Fam!
Hey there! We’ll go back to our usual content on Friday, but… If you don’t follow us on social media (or make a habit of closely inspecting HorrorFam.com’s website menu bar), you may have missed this: We have a FREE STUFF page now!! Our illustrator — and my friend for just shy of 15 years…
HorrorFam.com Podcast: Interview with Welcome to the Horror Show’s Ryan and Grace
Ryan Murphy and Grace Murphy (no relation!) join Lauren Spear on the HorrorFam.com Podcast to discuss their IGTV horror anthology series Welcome to the Horror Show!
HorrorFam.com Podcast: “Darcy” TALKS! Diana Prince Interview!
Diana Prince AKA “Darcy the Mail Girl” joined HorrorFam.com’s Lauren Spear to talk about all the crazy-cool things she’s been doing lately! No Joe Bob! Absolutely adore him; but, this time, we wanted to shine the spotlight on our beloved “Darcy” and share all the amazing things she does on her OWN for the horror…
Corn Syrup and Latex: A Love Letter to Practical Effects
There are many things I say that I realize make me sound old. Once you start any sentence with, “When I was a kid,” that’s when you officially know you’re old. When the songs you grew up listening to start appearing on the oldies station, you’re old. And when you say things like, “I think…
HorrorFam.com Podcast: Beetlejuice Special FX — Featuring Painter Rob Tharp!
In honor of its 31st anniversary this month, special FX artist Rob Tharp joins Lauren Spear on the HorrorFam.com Podcast to share behind-the-scenes stories from when he and Cathy Tharp worked on Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice! Follow along with the written transcript for a peek at amazing never-shown-before photos going behind-the-scenes of the 1988 classic film!…
Ghost Movies to Watch While Haunting Your Home
Now that we’re all stuck at home — you are staying at home, right? — many of us are starting to feel like ghosts haunting our respective houses! In that spirit (heh), I’ve compiled a list of fabulous ghost movies to keep you entertained while social distancing.
HorrorFam.com Podcast: Update from Our MutantFam.com “Cousin”
MutantFam.com’s founder, Frank, joined HorrorFam.com’s Lauren Spear to share the FUTURE of (horror) event coordination! Frank gave us a behind-the-scenes look into how the Friday the 13th event with Joe Bob Briggs and Diana Price came to be, how to get involved with MutantFam.com’s weekly mini-events, and — scoop alert! — the next BIG project/event…
Horror House Party: 5 Fright Flick Music Videos That Time Forgot
Few genres utilize music with as much effectiveness as horror. Jaws used two notes to keep an entire generation out of the water. The “Thriller” mini-movie took a novelty song about going to the cinema and made it into a sales record-breaking legend. Not every music video tie-in works quite that well. Let’s do the…
