Halloween

If you have never read the Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark books, you should. They were a childhood reading staple like Goosebumps, which I considered writing about. But those books didn’t creep me out quite as much as Alvin Schwartz’s. I still have Read More

So this year I thought I wasn’t even going to get up to thirteen tracks at first, but somehow over the last couple of weeks I’ve managed to accumulate even more than my usual thirteen. For that reason, I’ve decided to split the list into two parts, with Read More

This week we answer a bunch of Halloween e-mails, we talk about our hands-on experiences with the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, we discuss NBC's Dracula, and more! Read More

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Which means it’s Halloween! It is also perfect that this year is both the 20th anniversary of The X-Files and the 35th anniversary of Halloween. In honor of this, BuySoundtrax Records has released compilations Read More

Time to take another look back in this second installment of Scary Nostalgia. This time we are looking back at an iconic scary movie for kids: Hocus Pocus. This movie scared me really bad as a kid. It was years before I could watch it again — I must Read More

Halloween is upon us. It’s time to break out the costumes and watch some scary movies. Have you noticed a difference of what scares you now and what scared you as a kid? There were certain things that scared the pants off me when I was small. In honor Read More

Our big topic of the week is the Disney / Lucasfilm buyout, but we also talk about Assassin's Creed 3, The Hobbit, and more! Read More

This year’s list features more Cthulhu than in the past. I was inspired by the fact that my students are actually reading an H.P. Lovecraft story, “The Outsider,” right now. Yes, I’m totally trying to drive my students crazy. Read More

This week we talk about Halloween, Borderlands 2, Skylanders Giants, and the latest TV shows. Read More

It's a fairy tale throwdown this week as we go head to head with Once Upon a Time and Grimm. We also talk about Dexter, Boardwalk Empire, Joss Whedon's Shakespeare movie, and more! Read More

It's Halloween weekend, and we're celebrating by showing off some great fan art featuring the ghastly ghouls and demented denizens of Universal Studios' classic monster movies! Read More

Last year, I featured thirteen geeky tracks for Halloween. This year I continue the tradition with thirteen more tracks to add to your playlist. Happy Halloween! Read More