Month: October 2015

#POCtober – Graveyard Shift Sisters: Purging The Black Female Horror Fan From The Margins (@GraveyardSister)

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Here at Dark Matters, we’re really impressed by Ashlee Blackwell’s website Graveyard Shift Sisters and her mission to purge the “black female horror fan from the margins” of not only horror and genre media in general, but also from the confines of persistent, destructive, and ultimately boring stereotypes.

For two years, Graveyard Shift Sisters has been doing a fantastic job of educating folks with interviews and articles about black female horror directors, actors, TV & web series, writers, characters, books, and fans, all while putting her enthusiasm and respect at the forefront. This month’s treats include an article about black women in zombie movies, an interview with author Constance Burris and another with the creator of comic Eating Vampires and founder of Women in Comics NYC Collective International, Regine Sawyer.

So go to the site and discover black women directing, acting in, producing, writing, reading, and freaking loving horror and sci-fi. Black female horror mavens exist, hear them roar!

(Seriously. Do yourself a solid and check out Graveyardshiftsisters.com.)

#POCtober: Boujloud Is Morocco’s Unique Halloween

LINK: Deeply rooted in Berber tradition, the annual Boujloud Festival

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Sprectre’s Dave Bautista is First Filipino-American Bond Villain

LINK: Diversifying Your Bonds

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#POCtober: Black (Fear) On Both Sides: Thinking About Race in Horror Films

LINK: An Essay By Shock Till You Drop contributor Ashlee Blackwell

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According to Guillermo del Toro ‘Pacific Rim 2’ Budget & Script are In

LINK: Pacific Rim 2″ Will Storm Into Theaters On April 7, 2017

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Pom Klementieff’s Mystery Role In Guardians of the Galaxy II

LINK: Many of you guessed that Pom Klementieff had been cast as Mantis

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We Were Not Wired For Scary Things: Adventures in the Spooky Science of Thrills, Chills and Halloween Fear

Click to read at Salon.com.

Riding Japan’s Takabisha, the world’s steepest roller coaster, is the perfect way to demonstrate this.

#POCtober: Ray Santiago Talks “ASH VS. EVIL DEAD” in NYCC 2015 Video Q&A

Read about it at Fangoria.com.

In honor of the news that “Ash vs Evil Dead” has already earned itself a second season….!

https://youtu.be/xSp8z1GFMrE

Japan Now Has Anime Contact Lenses

Read about the crazy at Kotaku.com.

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#POCtober: WATCH Dark Tales of Japan (日本のこわい夜)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdIjzRtA3jo
Dark Tales of Japan (Nihon no Kowai Yoru) is a 2004 made-for-TV film anthology of five short horror stories, directed by five notable Japanese film directors: Yoshihiro Nakamura, Norio Tsuruta, Kōji Shiraishi, Takashi Shimizu and Masayuki Ochiai.