Archive for the ‘Horror’ Category

Paranormal Investigations: Damn it, I’m an adult. I turned 33 years old this October, and while shopping with my sister at a local drug-store, I ran across a display that gripped me in an existential crisis. It was a rack advertising the General Mills Halloween seasonal cereals: Count Chocula, Franken Berry, and Boo Berry. I realized […]


Title: Night of the Cobra Woman Genre: Horror Subgenre: Erotic Supernatural Thriller Vintage: 1973 Director: Andrew Meyer Netflix’s Lying Description: “A scientist in the Philippines must tear her boyfriend away from the clutches of Lena, a seductive jungle priestess who feasts on snake venom and constant sex to remain young and to prevent herself from turning […]


Title: Tales from the Hood Genre: Horror Subgenre: Anthology Film Vintage: 1995 Director: Rusty Cundieff Netflix’s Lying Description: “In an experience more frightening than their worst nightmares, three friends tour a funeral home with a creepy mortician (Clarence Williams III) in this Spike Lee-produced horror anthology. Along the way, they hear a story about each […]


In an effort to empty my burgeoning Netflix queue, I’m embarking on a new writing project with the aid of a random number generator and a list of bizarre and terrifying films culled from the bottom of the streaming video barrel. And so without further ado, I present the first entry in my Netflix Adventures: […]


CLICK HERE to download “Make Way for the Ice Cream Man”, episode 24 of the Silicon Chickens Project. “Make Way for the Ice Cream Man” is a bizarre little horror tale in which hardworking individuals try to stave off a monstrous transformation with a barrage of sugary treats. Make Way for the Ice Cream Man […]


CLICK HERE to download “Pteranodonophobia”, episode 22 of the Silicon Chickens Project. “Pteranodonophobia” is a short piece of humorous horror fiction in which a man complains of persecution by flying dinosaurs. Pteranodonophobia by Paul Thomas Chapman is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may […]


CLICK HERE to download “Ordinary Man”, episode 20 of the Silicon Chickens Project. “Ordinary Man” is the story of one woman’s obsession with her next door neighbor, Mr. Pierponte, an ordinary man in every respect except one… Ordinary Man by Paul Thomas Chapman is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License.Permissions beyond […]


CLICK HERE to download “Water-Baby”, episode 18 of the Silicon Chickens Project. “Water-Baby” is a grim, horror-fantasy about a homeless man trying to reunite the ghost of a stillborn infant with its parents.  Because of the dark subject matter, listener discretion is advised. Water-Baby by Paul Thomas Chapman is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike […]


CLICK HERE to download “Wild Hunt”, episode 16 of the Silicon Chickens Project. “Wild Hunt” is a piece of dark fantasy that pits a mother and her infant child against a band of relentless hunters in a bleak and unforgiving wilderness. Wild Hunt by Paul Thomas Chapman is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 […]


CLICK HERE to download “Day of the Night of the Night of the Living Dead”, episode 15 of the Silicon Chickens Project. “Day of the Night of the Night of the Living Dead” is a short piece of humorous fiction that poses the question:  What if we had a zombie apocalypse and nobody came? Day […]