Category: Horror
DHFF 2019: The Terrifying Multiplicity of “The World Over”
Every day through October, the Department of Tangents brings you the Daily Horror Film Fest – one short horror film for every day...... Read More
DHFF 2019: “The Cat With Hands” Will Grab You
Every day through October, the Department of Tangents brings you the Daily Horror Film Fest – one short horror film for every day...... Read More
DHFF 2019: Turn and Face the Strain,“Feral”
Every day through October, the Department of Tangents brings you the Daily Horror Film Fest – one short horror film for every day...... Read More
DHFF 2019: Tuneful “Hateful Goo”
Every day through October, the Department of Tangents brings you the Daily Horror Film Fest – one short horror film for every day...... Read More
DHFF 2019: “Okay Google,” Turn Me On
Every day through October, the Department of Tangents brings you the Daily Horror Film Fest – one short horror film for every day...... Read More
DoT EP107: Mike Watt on Jumpstarted Plowhards, The Minutemen, and Keeping the Creative Juices Flowing, Plus New Comedy from Dave Ross
Mike Watt is a bona fide punk rock legend. And he probably hates being described like that. His work with The Minutemen and...... Read More
DoT EP106: Author David Demchuk On Strangeness, Folklore, Queerness, and Monstrosity, Plus New Music from Jumpstarted Plowhards
David Demchuk’s first novel, The Bone Mother, came highly recommended to me at NECON this year by Matt Moore, whom I interviewed in...... Read More
DoT EP104: Author Matt Moore on Personal Apocalypse, Brevity, and Brain Chemistry, plus New Music from Steve Poltz
This is the third and final interview I recorded at NECON 2019, which I have previously described as a mashup of a horror...... Read More
DoT EP103: Horror Author and Editor Scott Goudsward on Zombies, Vampires, and Indie Publishing, plus New Music from Reverse
This is the second interview I recorded at this year’s NECON conference, which is part horror author’s conference and part summer camp. It...... Read More
DoT EP102: Writer Pornsak Pichetshote and Artist Aaron Campbell on Xenophobia and Horror in Infidel, plus New Music from Landroid
Pornsak Pichetshote edited other people’s books for DC for years before he attempted to write his own. He didn’t give himself an easy...... Read More
DoT EP101: Why Save MAD? with Michael Gerber and Ian Scott McGregor, plus New Music from Twin Peaks
In early July, rumors started to surface that MAD Magazine was going to cease publishing new material and just reprint old stuff with...... Read More
DoT EP100: J. Edwin Buja On His Debut Novel, King of the Wood, Plus New Music from TC&I (formerly of XTC)
This is episode 100 of the podcast, and I thought about doing some sort of compilation of previous interviews, as I’ve done a...... Read More
DoT EP98: Blood On Black Wax Authors Aaron Lupton and Jeff Szpirglas Talk Horror Movie Music, Plus New Music From Miss June
I had been thinking a lot about how sound – the score and incidental music – effect the mood and even the story...... Read More
DoT EP96: Lamont Price on Godzilla, P-Funk, Ringo, and Rambo with New Music From Lucy Isabel
If you want to make anything funnier, just add Lamont Price. It certainly made watching Godzilla a much more enjoyable experience, which is...... Read More
Tuesday Movie Club: The Dead Don’t Die
It’s hard to make a good zombie film. You can have a talented auteur at the helm, a spectacular cast, and interesting approach...... Read More
DoT EP93: Horror Author Nathan Ballingrud On His Creepy Fun Collection “Wounds,” plus New Music from Bernard Fowler
Nathan Ballingrud has a wonderfully demented imagination. He has a way of reaching into your brain and finding all of those creepy little...... Read More
DoT EP92: Satirist Jimmy Tingle On Politics and Optimism, plus Audio Excerpts from Nathan Ballingrud’s Wounds: Six Stories from the Border of Hell
Jimmy Tingle is one of the first people I interviewed in the Boston comedy scene years ago. He was hosting and producing a...... Read More
DoT EP91: Comedian Erica Rhodes On Art, Discipline, and Her New Album Sad Lemon, plus New Music from Cate Le Bon
If you have not heard Erica Rhodes’s comedy, you have the perfect excuse to dive in on June 18, when her new album,...... Read More
DoT EP88: Horror and Comedy with “About A Donkey” Director Christina Raia, plus New Music from Karen Haglof
If you follow the Department of Tangents Blog, there’s a good chance you’ve seen some of Christina Raia’s work. I featured her delightful...... Read More
Pet Sematary Is Back, and It’s Not Quite the Same
“Sometimes dead is better.” That’s the tagline, spoken by friendly neighbor Jud in Pet Sematary, that defines the story. And when the first...... Read More
DoT EP83: American Bystander Publisher and Editor Michael Gerber with New Music from Micropixie
This week’s episode is a conversation with Michael Gerber, publisher and editor of humor and satire magazine The American Bystander. There are hundreds,...... Read More
What I Can Tell You About Jordan Peele’s Us Without Spoiling It
There is almost nothing I can tell you about Jordan Peele’s Us that won’t spoil something about the film. Here’s what I can...... Read More
The Horrifying Chaos of Climax
If the projector burned out at the beginning of the screening and all that was left was the audio, Climax would still be...... Read More
How Do You Feel About Greta?
I don’t know if I liked Greta, but there are parts of it I loved. Isabelle Huppert, to start with the obvious, brings...... Read More
DoT EP79: Michael J. Epstein and Sophia Cacciola Discuss 2018 Horror Films and Their Latest, Clickbait plus New Music from Whispering Sons
Happy New Year’s Eve! This is a special edition of the Department of Tangents Podcast, a look back at the year in horror...... Read More
SHORT FILMS Christina Raia’s Enough
Longtime readers of the Department of Tangents blog should recognize the name Christina Raia and her Congested Cat Productions banner. She wrote and...... Read More
VIDEO PREMIERE Transmission, A Dystopian Short Horror Film
Yesterday’s video premiere of “The Great Love Letter of This Great World” by Paul Weinfield and Beccs was a chance to look on...... Read More
Daily Horror Film Fest: The Hug
All good things must come to a bloody end, and sadly, it is time for the final installment of this year’s Daily Horror...... Read More
Daily Horror Film Fest: Root of All Evil
Every day during October, the Department of Tangents presents a different short film for the Daily Horror Film Fest. It can be flat-out...... Read More