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Well, here it is folks, the final round of our Treehouse of Horror tournament. In a shocking twist, our final contestants are “Time Without Punishment” and “The Shinning.” Wait, did I say shocking twist? I meant the opposite of that. … Continue reading Best Treehouse of Horror Segment – Tournament: Final Round
One series that has definitely been interesting to watch in how it’s worked the magic of TV be reinventing itself each year in a way that’s really appealing, reusing much of the same cast but in new roles, is American Horror … Continue reading 30 Days Of Horror Challenge Day 19: Your Favorite American Horror Story
We’re going for picture day here today. Share your favorite costumes that you’ve seen over the years, either on yourself or just online in general. Maybe we’ll get some inspiration for folks in the waning days of the month! Continue reading 30 Days Of Horror Challenge Day 18: Your Favorite Halloween Costume
There’s just something about a perfect soundtrack that will make everything all the creepier and up the horror quota. While I expect to see a lot of modern and more recent soundtracks talked about below, the one that stands the … Continue reading 30 Days Of Horror Challenge Day 17: Your Creepiest Soundtrack
The semi-finals are here, everyone! And I don’t know what to expect from this round, because Round 3 was a slugfest. For most of the voting, all of the matches were neck-and-neck, with each segment giving as good as it … Continue reading Best Treehouse of Horror Segment – Tournament: Semi-Finals
Though the focus in media on horror tends to dominate on film and with novels, the horror genre is alive and well in the world of video games. Today, we’re looking to see what you have found to be the … Continue reading 30 Days Of Horror Challenge Day 16: The Best Horror Videogame
here’s a lot of things to what makes horror work but the one that people often look for, especially when going to the movie theaters themselves, are great jump scares. Going through those as a communal event with others is … Continue reading 30 Days Of Horror Challenge Day 15: Your Favorite Jump Scares
Well, folks, we wouldn’t be honoring the Treehouse of Horror spirit if this competition didn’t turn into a bloodbath. Of the eight matches in Round 2, only “The Genesis Tub” vs. “Bart Simpson’s Dracula” was remotely close (with the vampires … Continue reading Best Treehouse of Horror Segment – Tournament: Round 3
The realm of horror-comedies goes back a hundred years when it comes to film. While we always see spooky sitcom episodes around Halloween or sometimes other events, the realm of film will go all-in on the combination of the two … Continue reading 30 Days Of Horror Challenge Day 14: Your Favorite Horror Comedy Or Musical Movie
Sometimes a film will just click in a way that will leave you feeling not just chilled by what you saw, but truly disturbed. There are a few that really stick with me over the years, notably my talk of Xtro … Continue reading 30 Days Of Horror Challenge Day 13: Most Disturbing Horror Film
Hello, once again. Round 1 is over, and there were some expected blowouts, and some hard fought victories. Both Treehouse of Horror IV and Treehouse of Horror VII managed to make it through the round without taking any losses. Meanwhile, … Continue reading Best Treehouse of Horror Segment – Tournament: Round 2
The realm of horror isn’t limited to just what humanity does to itself, real-world or in the afterlife, as there are quite a few animals out there as well that get involved in things. Some have quite the reputation behind … Continue reading 30 Days Of Horror Challenge Day 12: Your Favorite Supernatural Animal
Depending on where you grew up, you might feel like you’re surrounded by urban legends of what went on there in years past. Way back in the pre-internet days these were spooky things told to mess with young kids and … Continue reading 30 Days Of Horror Challenge Day 11: Your Favorite Urban Legend
The found footage genre of horror film really got itself underway with the Blair Witch Project and we’ve had a whole lot of them since. You can find a ton of them on streaming services and we still get a good … Continue reading 30 Days Of Horror Challenge Day 10: Your Favorite Found Footage Film
While many may initially just think of horror movies and by extension a lot of books to be about scantily clad women getting killed in all sorts of ways, it has a deep tradition of the survivor who overcomes the … Continue reading 30 Days Of Horror Challenge Day 9: Your Favorite Survivor
Hey all, you know what we don’t have enough of here on the Avocado? Tournaments, Halloween-themed posts, and discussions about The Simpsons. Well, I’m here to fix all that, with a tournament to decide once and for all the best … Continue reading Best Treehouse of Horror Segment – Tournament: Round 1
A key ingredient of many horror stories, regardless of the medium, is the love story that is contained within it. Some resonate far better than others, some adaptations of novels have minimized or ejected the love story element from their … Continue reading 30 Days Of Horror Challenge Day 8: Your Favorite Love Story
Spooky times are coming up at the end of this month as part of the larger world of horror with Halloween. It’ll be interesting to see which changes are put into place because of the pandemic this year but one … Continue reading 30 Days Of Horror Challenge Day 7: Your Favorite Halloween Candy
Horror isn’t a genre I’m drawn to when it come to books but I’ve read a fair share of them in that realm over the year – though apparently one of my favorites (Imajica) is actually fantasy instead of horror. … Continue reading 30 Days Of Horror Challenge Day 6: Your Favorite Horror Novel
While we focused on classic monsters yesterday, today we want to talk about the modern world of horror and monsters! We’ll consider modern anything in the last forty or so years so that provides a good range and variety to … Continue reading 30 Days Of Horror Challenge Day 5: Your Favorite Modern Monster
So much of our understanding of the world of horror and the monsters that live within it are defined by the early black and white movies that dominated for so long. Things that were chosen to be introduced there – … Continue reading 30 Days Of Horror Challenge Day 4: Your Favorite Classic Monster
