Category: Horror
Daily Horror Film Fest: Zombiehagen
Every day in October, the Department of Tangents Blog & Podcast is presenting a different horror short film as part of the Daily...... Read More
DoT Podcast EP42: Ian McDonald Talks About Some Freaks, Plus New Comedy from Sean Sullivan
Writer/Director Ian McDonald has seen a lot of coming of age films, so when he decided to make his own, he had a...... Read More
Daily Horror Film Fest: Diary of A Wimpy Alien
Every day in October, the Department of Tangents Blog & Podcast is presenting a different horror short for the Daily Horror Film Fest....... Read More
Daily Horror Film Fest: The Fisherman
Every day in October, the Department of Tangents Blog & Podcast is spotlighting a different short horror film. Some of them, like this...... Read More
Daily Horror Film Fest: Merv
Every day in October, the Department of Tangents Blog & Podcast is presenting a different short horror film. Some frightful, some delightful, like...... Read More
Daily Horror Film Fest: On Her Way
Every day in October, the Department of Tangents Blog & Podcast is presenting a different short horror film. Some created strictly for scares,...... Read More
Daily Horror Film Fest: Closet Space and Attic Panic
Every day in October, the Department of Tangents Blog & Podcast presents a different short horror film. There are a lot of great...... Read More
Daily Horror Film Fest: One Last Dive
Every day in October, the Department of Tangents is presenting a different short horror film as part of the Daily Horror Film Fest....... Read More
Daily Horror Film Fest: The Maiden
Every day through October, the Department of Tangents is brining you a different short horror film. Some just plain scary, some with a...... Read More
Daily Horror Film Fest: It Perfect, a Stephen King/Pitch Perfect Mashup
Every day in October, the Department of Tangents presents a different horror short as part of the Daily Horror Film Fest. Last year,...... Read More
Daily Horror Film Fest: Self-Assembly
There is nothing like a good creepy commercial for drilling an image into a viewer’s head. Producer/Director Ray Sullivan and writer Garret Shanley...... Read More
Daily Horror Film Fest: Haunted Houses, Cults, and Kitties
Every day in October, the Department of Tangents will be presenting a short horror film as part of the Daily Horror Film Fest....... Read More
DoT Daily Horror Film Fest: Save
Welcome to the second annual Daily Horror Film Fest! Every day in October, the Department of Tangents will spotlight a short horror film...... Read More
DoT Podcast EP40: The Near Genius of Nate Dern plus New Music from Corin Ashley
When I started reading Nate Dern’s new book, Not Quite A Genius, I was expecting a collection of comic personal essays, that being...... Read More
DoT Podcast EP34: Erin Judge’s Vow of Celibacy, New Music from Zion Rodman
Today Erin Judge celebrates the one-year anniversary of her debut novel, Vow of Celibacy, which is on sale for $1.99 on Amazon if...... Read More
Alice Cooper’s Paranormal: Welcome Back to the Nightmare
It’s a little silly how happy it makes me to hear Alice Cooper sing lines like, “Please watch your step dear, the world...... Read More
Izzy Lee Has Revenge In Mind In Two New Horror Shorts
Those who love short horror films – be on the lookout. Writer/director Izzy Lee has a couple of new shorts, For A Good...... Read More
DoT Podcast EP27 The Comedians of Awkward Sex and the City and New Music from Sarah Shook & The Disarmers
For EP27 of the podcast, I talked to the comedians of the Awkward Sex and the City tour, including the show’s creator, Natalie...... Read More
GUEST POST: Bunny Movies for Adults: After Dark Edition (No Kids Allowed)
This week, I got a strange e-mail offering me content. Not specifically for the Department of Tangents, or for anything. Just a piece...... Read More
DoT Podcast EP24: Joe DeRosa on Horror and Comedy
Joe DeRosa is the perfect subject for the Department of Tangents Podcast. He’s a talented comedian, as evidenced by his new album and...... Read More
DoT Podcast EP23: The One-Year Anniversary “Best Of” Episode
One year ago today, I launched the Department of Tangents Blog & Podcast, a place where I could write about my love of...... Read More
Netflix and Joel Hodgson Announce Mystery Science Theater 3000 Return Date
The die-hard MSTies have no doubt heard this by now, but if you haven’t, Mystery Science Theater 3000 has a release date! The...... Read More
Horror Anthology XX Offers A Quartet of Disturbing Films; Out Feb. 17
XX “Four Deadly Tales from Four Female Filmmakers” Directors: Jovanka Vuckovic, Annie Clark, Roxanne Benjamin, and Karyn Kusama Starring: Natalie Brown (“The Box”),...... Read More
Shudder’s Women in Horror Month Playlist
February is Women in Horror Month, and streaming film service Shudder has jumped on board with a playlist, called “A Woman’s Touch,” to...... Read More
And You Films Releases Bubba the Redneck Werewolf on DVD, In Post-Production on Gotta Kill ‘Em All
In October, I spoke with director Brendan Rogers about Bubba the Redneck Werewolf, the film adaptation of the comic book series, for the...... Read More
DoT Podcast EP18 – Miles Hyman Celebrates Shirley Jackson’s Centennial
One hundred years ago today, horror and humor writer Shirley Jackson was born in San Francisco, California. To celebrate this centennial, I spoke...... Read More
Viral Films UK Goes for a Short “Run”
“Run,” the new horror short from Viral Films UK, tells the kind of story you could imagine getting passed around in the wee...... Read More
DoT Podcast EP15: Dana Gould talks Stan Against Evil, an “Apocalypse Fetish” from Lou Barlow
Tonight, fans of horror and comedy get a Halloween treat when the pilot episode of Stan Against Evil from Dana Gould makes its...... Read More
Patterson Hood of the Drive-By Truckers on Horror and Songwriting
This blog is called the Department of Tangents because I couldn’t find another way to connect three personal passions I wanted to cover...... Read More