Sanctifying Splatter-punk: Rage, Fear, and Embodied Play in Christian Art

Want to know what questions haunt our society? Ask horror.

Embracing Art Means Escaping Our Comfort Zones

The shock of something outside our own narrow range of experience is a much-needed spiritual tonic for all of us today.

Natural as a Bear Attack: A Review of Chris Nash’s In a Violent Nature

Contrary to word on the street, In a Violent Nature is not a “deconstruction” of the slasher, nor is it a “meta” slasher.

Can Watching Horror Help Us to Neither Deny Nor Domesticate the Darkness?

Horror is a witness to the monstrous we wish we could explain away but cannot.

Of Monsters and Men: Classic Horror DNA in Marvel’s Werewolf by Night

In the age of the “gritty” anti-hero, rare is the genre story that begins with the assumption that evil is real and must be dealt with.

Seeing and Believing Episode 66: ‘O.J.: Made in America’ And ‘The Conjuring 2’

Wade and Kevin talk about ‘The Conjuring 2’ and its presentation of faith along with the ESPN documentary ‘OJ: Made in America’.

Seeing and Believing Episode 51: ‘The Witch’ And ‘Better Call Saul’ Season 2

Seeing and Believing Episode 35: ‘Crimson Peak’ & Christians and Horror Films

Knifing the Darkness: Reflections on Wes Craven’s Legacy

A string of challenging moral quandaries flow like rivers beneath Craven’s films.

Seeing and Believing Ep 23: What We Do in the Shadows + Creep