Posts Tagged ‘horror’

It turns out some of us may just be wired for horror.
According to an article in the Telegraph, scientists have found a sort of genetic switch that determines whether a person will laugh or squirm when watching a horror flick. Given The Exorcist and Hostel had zero effect on me, and I laughed my ass [...]

The Wife handed me a nice, big chunk of my ass again today.
Yes, again. I have a bad habit of forgetting what the rugrats should and shouldn’t be watching, and I have yet to live down a two-week streak of nightmares the Midget had when he was two. Nightmares caused by a viewing of the [...]

Just a couple quick links for horror fans:
Little Blog of Horrors - Run by Cullen Bunn and Jimmy Z, this blog features quick hits of information ranging from interviews to small press updates to movie reviews. Think of them as the horror version of comics’ Indie Pulp.
LOLTHULHU - Get your daily dose of horror humor [...]

CNN has a timely Parenting article about what scares children and how to handle it. It’s not bad reading, and a lot of it rings true to my own experiences. But what they really need is a little more specific advice for dads.
Some examples:

A recycler I visit is right across the street from a cemetery. [...]