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David Sodergren: The Horror Author Who Clearly Sleeps With the Lights Off

Details: Written by: Gary Johnston; Category: Books; Published: 07 August 2026

If you've ever wandered into the horror section looking for something that feels like it escaped from a haunted book store, there's a good chance you've stumbled across a novel by David Sodergren. His books don't politely knock on your brain before entering—they kick the door off its hinges, leave muddy footprints on the carpet, and ask if you'd like some body horror with your psychological trauma.

In other words, he's exactly the kind of author horror fans should be reading.

25 Movies That Started the "Horror or Thriller?" Argument

Details: Written by: Gary Johnston; Category: Movies; Published: 06 August 2026

There are only three things guaranteed to start an internet argument.

Pineapple on pizza.
Who the best Batman is.
Whether a certain movie is horror or "actually a psychological thriller."

Seriously, horror fans have been having this debate since before social media made arguing a full-time hobby. Critics love to slap the word thriller onto movies that are clearly trying to traumatize audiences, while horror fans point at their nightmares as Exhibit A.

The truth? Genres overlap. A movie can be horror, thriller, psychological horror, crime thriller, supernatural mystery, or all of the above.

Still, these 25 films have kept the debate alive for decades.

Thriller vs. Horror: What's the Difference? (Or, Why One Movie Makes You Lock Your Doors and the Other Makes You Need Therapy)

Details: Written by: Gary Johnston; Category: Movies; Published: 05 August 2026

Every horror fan has heard it.

"It's not a horror movie... it's a thriller."

Usually spoken by someone who just watched a serial killer skin three people alive while whispering poetry and somehow believes they experienced "elevated cinema."

But what actually is the difference between a thriller and a horror movie?

It's a surprisingly blurry line. Some films are unquestionably horror. Others are clearly thrillers. Then there are movies that spend two hours sitting on the fence like a confused cat before everyone argues about them on the internet for the next thirty years.

Let's investigate before someone starts calling Jaws a romantic comedy.

Ice Cream Man Might Ruin Summer Forever (And We're Completely Fine With That)

Details: Written by: Gary Johnston; Category: Movies; Published: 04 August 2026

Remember when the most terrifying thing about an ice cream truck was realizing you only had $1.37 in your pocket?

Those were simpler times.

Now, thanks to Eli Roth's upcoming horror film Ice Cream Man, hearing those cheerful little chimes might make you sprint indoors, lock every door, and throw your freezer into the nearest volcano. According to the film's premise, an idyllic suburban town descends into absolute chaos after a mysterious ice cream vendor starts serving frozen treats that turn children into homicidal little monsters. Yes... the kids become the problem.

Honestly?

About time someone blamed the sugar.

Frightmare in the Falls: Where Your Wallet Gets Murdered, Your Feet Give Up, and You're Somehow Smiling Anyway

Details: Written by: Gary Johnston; Category: IRL; Published: 03 August 2026

Every horror fan has a bucket list.

Meet Robert Englund? Check.

Own a screen-used hockey mask? Someday.

Convince your spouse that buying a sixth life-sized Michael Myers statue is a "financial investment?" Ongoing battle.

Then there's Frightmare in the Falls, Canada's biggest celebration of all things creepy, bloody, slimy, and wonderfully weird. Held at the Niagara Falls Convention Centre in Ontario, this annual gathering has become one of the premier horror conventions in Canada, packing over 100,000 square feet with celebrities, vendors, cosplay, panels, movie memorabilia, and enough fake blood to make Dexter Morgan nervous.

Review: Friday the 13th - Part 13 (2032)

Details: Written by: Gary Johnston; Category: Movies; Published: 02 August 2026

★★★★★ (Five Machetes Out of Five)

I waited over forty years for Hollywood to stop pretending it had dignity and finally give us Friday the 13th - Part 13. The good news? It happened. The better news? It somehow made less sense than Jason Takes Manhattan, which should have been mathematically impossible.

The film opens exactly the way every Friday the 13th movie should: a group of teenagers ignoring a giant sign that says "ABSOLUTELY DO NOT GO TO CAMP CRYSTAL LAKE. SERIOUSLY. WE'VE LOST COUNT."

Naturally, they go anyway.

Silent Hill

The Creepy, Weird, and Completely Unnecessary Easter Eggs Hidden in the Original Silent Hill

Details: Written by: Gary Johnston; Category: Games; Published: 31 July 2026

Because apparently the fog, monsters, and psychological trauma weren’t enough.

When Silent Hill arrived on the original PlayStation in 1999, gamers expected a spooky adventure about a father searching for his missing daughter in a creepy abandoned town.

What they got was something much worse.

A nightmare factory.

The game gave us rusty hallways, screaming nurses, nightmare dimensions, disturbing sound design, and enough fog to make every character look like they were walking through the world's worst weather forecast.

But hidden beneath all the darkness was something unexpected:

Silent Hill had a sense of humor.

Yes, the same game that traumatized players with creepy children monsters and a school that looked like it was designed by a haunted janitor also contained goofy secrets, bizarre references, and Easter eggs that made players wonder:

"Who on the development team was left alone with the coffee machine?"

Here are some of the strangest secrets hiding in the original Silent Hill.

The 15 Scariest Spider-Man Villains That Are Basically Horror Monsters

Details: Written by: Gary Johnston; Category: Books; Published: 30 July 2026

Spider-Man has one of the weirdest rogues' galleries in comics.

Batman gets mobsters.

Superman gets aliens.

The Fantastic Four get cosmic gods.

Spider-Man?

He gets chased by vampires, hunted by immortal psychopaths, attacked by living diseases, eaten by alien goo, and occasionally has to punch a guy made entirely out of bees.

Being "your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man" sounds a lot less friendly when your neighborhood apparently borders Hell.

So grab your web-shooters, check your attic for radioactive spiders, and let's count down the Spider-Man villains that could headline horror movies without changing a thing.

Spider-Man's Secret Horror Universe: The Web of Terror You Never Knew Existed

Details: Written by: Gary Johnston; Category: Movies; Published: 30 July 2026

Spider-Man is supposed to be your friendly neighborhood superhero.

Except... have you looked at his villains lately?

This poor guy spends his weekends fighting a man dressed like a goblin, a scientist with four murder-tentacles, an alien blob that eats people, a vampire, a living scarecrow, a giant lizard, an immortal hunter, and whatever Morbius was trying to be.

At some point Peter Parker should probably stop calling himself a superhero and start calling himself a paranormal investigator.

Let's take a trip through Spider-Man's surprisingly horrifying cinematic family tree.

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