What's a better way to kick off fall than by watching films that will prepare you for the impending nuclear winter! Here is my list of the best atomic horror that are sure to make you laugh at the ridiculous (yet still pretty impressive) practical effects of the 50s or send you into an existential spiral over the fate of the world post the invention of weapons of mass destruction.

When we think about the Victorian era, we tend to picture elaborate clothes, gaslit foggy streets, enormous houses, industrialization, and, eventually, Jack the Ripper. But there was another defining feature of Victorian life that is especially interesting from a horror perspective: Death was everywhere. The nineteenth century was a period when people were much more likely to die young than they are today. Infectious diseases, childbirth, accidents, industrial injuries, and c

Earlier this year Alan and I were lucky enough to go to Paris and visit the infamous Catacombs. It didn’t surprise me that it was a claustrophobic experience, but it did surprise me how emotional it was.