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Producer of the Carnival of Calamity. Come witness the drama, the terror, the insanity, at the Calamity! And don't forget to stop by the Odds 'n' Endings Boutique while you're here.

vampire's vengeance

Oct 15, 2025

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11 min read

🩸 A Vampire's Vengeance, Part VII

Today we meet the new vampire. What will they be like? Our elder eyes the Screech Collar with some discomfort.

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bus driver

Oct 11, 2025

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12 min read

🎟️ Backstage Pass, Vol II No VI: Vampires, Snakes, and Found Footage, Oh My! And Bus Driver, Part VI

Fear? What is fear? Isn't that what we're here for? Fear is packed into this issue. Don't miss out.

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calamity on cinema

Oct 10, 2025

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11 min read

🎬 Hell House LLC

Found footage can be disruptive. Even more so when the footage is both terrifying and mysterious.

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classic horror

Oct 9, 2025

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17 min read

🐙 MAD Alex Presents: Fear, by David R. Solomon

Do YOU know what you would do in a terrible situation?

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vampire's vengeance

Oct 8, 2025

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11 min read

🩸 A Vampire's Vengeance, Part VI

Come read the next chapter in this Backstage Edition's Vampire story.

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bus driver

Oct 4, 2025

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14 min read

🎟️ Backstage Pass, Vol II No V: House, and Bus Driver, Part V

Have you heard of House? It's a new serial being produced live on Threads. We share some tidbits here with you about it along with other attractions. And of course, you can catch the next chapter of Bus Driver.

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calamity on cinema

Oct 3, 2025

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10 min read

🎬 Birth/Rebirth, Lazarus Effect

Humanity pays for its arrogance in attempting to reach beyond the veil. Here are two films serving as cautionary tales when humanity attempts to bring someone back.

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classic horror

Oct 2, 2025

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25 min read

🐙 MAD Alex Presents: The Extraordinary Experiment of Dr. Calgroni, by Joseph Faus and James Bennett Wooding

In a follow up to last week’s story on mad doctors, here is another classic horror story involving a doctor with illicit research.

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vampire's vengeance

Oct 1, 2025

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11 min read

🩸 A Vampire's Vengeance, Part V

Our vampire makes his way into the barrows to find ... what? What does he find?

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bus driver

Sep 27, 2025

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14 min read

🎟️ Backstage Pass, Vol II No IV: Foundations are Near Completion! And Bus Driver, Part IV

Here's your weekly viewport into the goings and comings of the Calamity, Backstage. As usual, we have vampires, classic tales of terror, and terrible film reviews.

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calamity on cinema

Sep 26, 2025

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9 min read

🎬 Camp Hell and Heretic

This week's cinematic excursion centers around two films who deal deeply in matters of faith. Come watch with us.

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classic horror

Sep 25, 2025

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32 min read

🐙 MAD Alex Presents: The Electric Chair, by George Waight

Death Faced Him--or Else the Grisly Horror of an Unknown Fate.

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vampire's vengeance

Sep 24, 2025

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9 min read

🩸 A Vampire's Vengeance, Part IV

Our hero vampire has made it out of the tomb, has fed, and has entered the manor. But does he find there? What does he find, indeed ...

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bus driver

Sep 20, 2025

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14 min read

🎟️ Backstage Pass, Vol II No III: ... and Bus Driver, Part III

It's a new week, it's a new pass, it's a new set of horror, for you ... and I'm feelin' good.

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calamity on cinema

Sep 19, 2025

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9 min read

🎬 Caddo Lake, Oculus, and 1408

Time and space bending. Or, what things would look like if your conception of reality started falling apart.

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classic horror

Sep 18, 2025

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16 min read

🐙 MAD Alex Presents: The Novel of the Iron Maiden

More a short story than a full length novel, this is but one of a few episodes taken from Machen's The Three Imposters.

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vampire's vengeance

Sep 17, 2025

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9 min read

🩸 A Vampire's Vengeance, Part III

Our resident vampire is out of the tomb and has managed to feed. This is all well and good, but what of the mystery of the manor?

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bus driver

Sep 13, 2025

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13 min read

🎟️ Backstage Pass, Vol II No II: More Foundation Rebuilding and Bus Driver, Part II

Foundations continue to be rebuilt, our vampires are breaking out of their shells, and we have more stories and movies to share. ALSO, there is the next chapter of Bus Driver, so hop in.

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calamity on cinema

🎬 When Evil Lurks, Children of the Corn, The Horde

Sep 12, 2025

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14 min read

🎬 When Evil Lurks, Children of the Corn, The Horde

And thus did evil make its way from the pueblos of Argentina to the cornfields of Nebraska. Just kidding. Kind of.

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classic horror

Sep 11, 2025

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28 min read

🐙 MAD Alex Presents: MS Found in a Bottle, by Edgar Allen Poe

A tempest unsettles a ship, forcing its lone survivor to abandon it in favor of the vessel being thrown against it. What the survivor finds aboard is further unsettling.

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vampire's vengeance

Sep 10, 2025

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9 min read

🩸 A Vampire's Vengeance, Part II

The vampire has left his place of rest. He's hungry but must discover what became of his coven. What takes priority?

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backstage

Sep 6, 2025

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15 min read

🎟️ Backstage Pass, Vol II No I: Introducing the Bus Driver, Part I

Volume II of the Backstage Pass has arrived, and with it, a new serial. Come see what we have in store for you behind the scenes of the Calamity, and join the Bus Driver as he prepares for his maiden voyage.

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calamity on cinema

Sep 5, 2025

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10 min read

🎬 Watcher, Rosemary's Baby, It Follows

Yes, they are talking about and plotting against you. Three fantastic films to watch this weekend that will leave you absolutely paranoid about everything and everyone come Monday morning.

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classic horror

Sep 4, 2025

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20 min read

🐙 MAD Alex Presents: The Feast in the Abbey

The story of a grisly horror encountered in a weird monastery in the forest. A tale of terror by Robert Bloch. First published in 1935 in Weird Tales, Vol 25, No 1.

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vampire's vengeance

Sep 3, 2025

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10 min read

🩸 A Vampire's Vengeance, Part I

In which we begin our journey with a vampire who awakes from a century's slumber to find things have not bode well for his coven.

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🩸 A Vampire's Vengeance, Part VII

🎟️ Backstage Pass, Vol II No VI: Vampires, Snakes, and Found Footage, Oh My! And Bus Driver, Part VI

🎬 Hell House LLC

🐙 MAD Alex Presents: Fear, by David R. Solomon

🩸 A Vampire's Vengeance, Part VI

🎟️ Backstage Pass, Vol II No V: House, and Bus Driver, Part V

🎬 Birth/Rebirth, Lazarus Effect

🐙 MAD Alex Presents: The Extraordinary Experiment of Dr. Calgroni, by Joseph Faus and James Bennett Wooding

🩸 A Vampire's Vengeance, Part V

🎟️ Backstage Pass, Vol II No IV: Foundations are Near Completion! And Bus Driver, Part IV

🎬 Camp Hell and Heretic

🐙 MAD Alex Presents: The Electric Chair, by George Waight

🩸 A Vampire's Vengeance, Part IV

🎟️ Backstage Pass, Vol II No III: ... and Bus Driver, Part III

🎬 Caddo Lake, Oculus, and 1408

🐙 MAD Alex Presents: The Novel of the Iron Maiden

🩸 A Vampire's Vengeance, Part III

🎟️ Backstage Pass, Vol II No II: More Foundation Rebuilding and Bus Driver, Part II

🎬 When Evil Lurks, Children of the Corn, The Horde

🐙 MAD Alex Presents: MS Found in a Bottle, by Edgar Allen Poe

🩸 A Vampire's Vengeance, Part II

🎟️ Backstage Pass, Vol II No I: Introducing the Bus Driver, Part I

🎬 Watcher, Rosemary's Baby, It Follows

🐙 MAD Alex Presents: The Feast in the Abbey

🩸 A Vampire's Vengeance, Part I

The Backstage Pass. Your guide to the Calamity. Don’t miss an issue.