Review: Neverwhere
I read Neil Gaiman’s first solo novel over the holidays, and it excited me in a couple of unexpected ways. First, it’s a fun story and quick read, which are two things I hadn’t encountered in a while. The world Gaiman builds is strange, but also familiar to anyone that’s had the pleasure of [...]

This story is old news, having won the 2004 Hugo Award for best short story, but  I just discovered that you can get a free audio version (read by Neil Gaiman himself) at audible.com.
If you aren’t familiar with A Study in Emerald, it combines the Cthulu mythos of HP Lovecraft with Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock [...]

Most of the first hour of I Am Legend follows the efforts of Robert Neville through his daily routine as the last man in Manhattan. Clever enough to maintain a reasonable facsimile of modern life, Neville spends his days fighting loneliness and avoiding the flesh-eating monsters that now occupy the city. These early scenes, particularly [...]

Editor’s Note: This review is the fifth in our series on folklore adapted to film. Past reviews are posted on our ‘Reviews’ page.

Directed by:
Matt Cooper (segment The Honeymoon)
Martin Kunert (segments The Hook and People Can Lick Too)
David Semel [...]

Editor’s Note: This review is the fourth in our series on folklore adapted to film. Past reviews are posted on our ‘Reviews’ page.

When a Stranger Calls (1979)
Director: Fred Walton
Starring: Charles Durning and Carol Kane
The story goes like this: a teenaged girl is baby sitting two young children while their parents go out for the night. [...]

Editor’s Note: This review is the third in our series on folklore adapted to film. Past reviews are posted on our ‘Reviews’ page.

Alligator
Directed by Lewis Teague
Starring Robert Forster and Robin Riker
One of the earliest urban legends I can recall hearing was that alligators practically clogged the sewer systems of most major cities. My second grade [...]

Editor’s Note: This review is the second in our series on folklore adapted to film. Past reviews are posted on our ‘Reviews’ page.

The Harvest
Written and Direct by David Marconi
Starring Miguel Ferrer, Leilani Sarelle
“The crime begins when a business traveler goes to a lounge for a drink at the end of the work day.
A person in [...]

Editor’s Note: This review is the first in a series on folklore adapted to film. The whole series will be posted to our new ‘Reviews’ page.

The Vanishing Hitchhiker stands out as one of the oldest, and most frequently told, of urban legends. In fact, the term ‘urban legend’ became known to the general public after [...]