Once every century, a hoary old castle seems to arise from nowhere. In its shadow come devastation and wickedness. It is the eternal home of the most terrifying fiend ever to wear a cape, the Prince of Darkness himself… Dracula.It'll take one pissed-off
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="1200.0"] You'd see this and swear you were looking at the poster for one of those classic Italian horror films. I love it.[/caption] Confrontational has done it again with a monolithic, spooky album that’s perfect for October. A Dance Of
In the early 1990s, the gaming industry was truly on a roll. Graphics were becoming better and better. New ideas were blossoming like flowers on a sunny hillside. Every month, magazines like GamePro showed us new titles and systems on the horizon. The
To kick off this month’s series of game reviews, we’re headed back the NES to look at one of my personal favorites. It’s a game I consider to be underrated, and it stars one of horror’s contemporary icons… Freddy Krueger.Released in October 1990,
A whole month worth of shrieks and creaks is right around the corner, so I thought I’d kick September’s sorry ass out the door by reviewing two horrid (horridly awesome, that is) Genesis games at once. Way back when I started doing this
Hey, RetroFiends! I can’t be the only one who’s pumped that Halloween is coming next month. I get excited about the impending fright-fest around mid-September every year, and since we’re also talking about Genesis games this month, today’s selection seemed all too appropriate.Decap
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="1200.0"] 20SIX Hundred's new album kills! the people it kills get up and kill![/caption] The Cold Rise From Sleep by 20SIX Hundred 20SIX Hundred has gone on a bloody rampage. His brand new album, The Cold
In 1992, I was 9. I was really into video games, I was really into sci-fi movies, and I knew who Nirvana was. Hell, I even had access to a copy of Nevermind (my sister’s). I thought I was a pretty cool little
When I was a little kid, I watched a lot of TV that was old. A lot of syndicated shows from the 1950s, 60s, onward. Nick at Nite, local stations, and The Family Channel all showed great TV from back then. Since I
Syntax, also known as James Mann, has released something increasingly rare: a synth album that artfully blends new and old, a breath of new life into the lungs of the synthwave genre. Island Universe can’t be labeled 100% retrowave, but that’s all right;
In 1989, Warner Brothers released the blockbuster film, Batman. A merchandising storm ensued, with both movie-related and general Batman-themed items flying off shelves. Around this time, the NES was at the dizzying height of its popularity as a home console, and it only
In my last article, I discussed Doom, a landmark game that takes place in a dark future. Doomguy isn’t the first poor soul the video game world has sent into space to deal with a voracious alien threat… in fact, someone else undertook