Growing up, I remember my mom always warning my sister and me about Black Widows. She made it out that they were under every dark spot in my backyard. I was made to believe that they were out to get my sister and me and that they wanted to come and attack us. Coupled with their inhuman-like appearance and eight legs, this led to me developing a legit fear of spiders. I would tell people at my elementary school, “Yeah, I'm afraid of spiders,” and I always felt a little proud o

What makes movies like The Thing so horrifying? What is it about something trying to look like us that causes such intense anxiety? John Carpenter’s The Thing (1982), remains an iconic piece of horror history due to how it uses our fear of pretenders and isolation to invade our minds. The Isolation The film is set on an American base in Antarctica, one of the most isolated places for humans to be. The cast is effectively grounded in that location, and they have no real mean

Rob Juarez pulled up to the shinning monument of physical media, Videolopolis. The chrome and glass gargantuan of a super store was a treasure trove of all things Blu ray, DVD, laserdisk, CD, cassette, and of course VHS. Rob was a fanatic for all things physical and heard that Videolopolis' selection was second to none. He spent about an hour wandering the labyrinth of shelves and floors. Still, Rob felt like he had only seen a quarter of what Videolopolis had to offer. All i

Okay, Edna. Just relax, maybe you’re just having a nightmare or something. Let’s just retrace how we got here . Edna Beezler tried to remember how she got to the unnerving sight before her. Winter was her favorite time to take walks, as the soft snowfall put her mind at ease when she needed some time to simply think. The calming atmosphere was disrupted by a buzzing in her ears, and the snow began to fiercely pick up. Once the flash blizzard subsided and her vision was

As the spooky season approaches and people start watching more horror movies, it can be ridiculous to see how avoidable on-screen horrific circumstances can be. Consequently, in this second issue of Delectable Discourse, where I ask college students a scrumptious new question each month, I asked, “ What horror movie do you think you could survive and how?” “I don’t watch horror movies. What’s like a popular horror movie? I could survive Silence of the Lambs . I could definite

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I’m Lewis, I’m 18 years old, and judging by the tally marks, it's been a month since I’ve been here. I don’t know how I got here, and I...

I see everything from this window. I spend most days here. I watch the creatures below roam the streets and enter this building, but I...

The movie, Corpse Bride , is about a man named Victor who is to marry a woman named Victoria because her family comes from old money. The...