Spooky Movies: Dog Soldiers
Next up are two under-appreciated, low-budget monster movies produced and written by Neil Marshall. In the first, Dog Soldiers (2002), a squad of British Army soldiers is sent to the Scottish highlands for a training mission against a Special Air Service unit, but…
Spooky Movies: The Uninvited
In this 1944 ghost story/romance, composer Roderick Fitzgerald (Ray Millard) and his sister Pamela (Ruth Hussey) get a great bargain on Windward House, a mansion on the English coast. Soon they discover that the strange noises in the house are not just the…
Spooky Movies: Night of the Demon
I love, love, love scary movies*, whether they’re genuinely creepy or just plain cheesy. So for fun, I’m going to recommend some favorite scary movies between now and Halloween. Did you ever wonder what the heck these lines from the opening of the…
Spooky Movies: Mr. Vampire
If you’re as sick to death of glittery, mopey, love-struck vampires as I am, I have a perfect palate-cleanser for you: Mr. Vampire, a Hong Kong horror flick released in 1985 and directed by Ricky Lau and produced by Sammo Hung. Taoist priest…
Is Wicca the Right Path for Me?
If you decide to pursue Wicca as your spirituality, you’re embarking on a path that’s not in the mainstream and doesn’t have a centralized leadership, structure, sacred text, or set of teachings. Exploring Wicca means jumping into the deep end without many of…
What Should I Do (or Not Do) at My First Public Ritual?
What Should I Wear? Unless there are guidelines about what to wear on the website or flyer where you found out about the ritual, chances are you can wear almost anything. I have seen people wear street clothes, ritual robes, sarongs, great kilts,…
