Daily Horror Film Fest: Recon 6

Posted on October 9, 2018October 9, 2018 by nzaino

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

DoT Podcast EP58: Shape of Water Author Daniel Kraus plus New Music from 6 String Drag

Posted on April 20, 2018 by nzaino

Daniel Kraus has written a number of novels, including Rotters, a great horror novel I’m reading now. What puts him front and center...... Read More

DoT Podcast: Halloween Fiction Special – “Walter’s Friends”

Posted on October 31, 2017October 31, 2017 by nzaino

Happy Halloween! Welcome to the Halloween Fiction Special of the Department of Tangents Podcast. In this episode, I read my short horror story...... Read More

Zombie Movie Colin Proves the Simple Tricks Are Still the Best

Posted on May 26, 2016November 9, 2016 by nzaino

A few years back, I was searching Netflix for new horror movies and came across an ultra-low-budget film called Colin (2009). The description...... Read More

Perfect Zombie Author: Max Brooks

Posted on March 31, 2016November 9, 2016 by nzaino

When I first cracked Max Brooks’s Zombie Survival Guide, I didn’t expect to like it. I was reading, watching, and playing every zombie-related...... Read More

Comedy horror and Music in Shaun of the Dead

Posted on March 22, 2016November 9, 2016 by nzaino

Comedy, music, and horror don’t intersect all that often (thus the name of this blog). I guess you could count “Monster Mash,” which...... Read More