{"id":84,"date":"2019-02-26T00:00:44","date_gmt":"2019-02-26T05:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nastyhorror.com\/?p=84"},"modified":"2019-02-26T00:00:52","modified_gmt":"2019-02-26T05:00:52","slug":"horror-horror-everywhere-and-i-am-an-idiot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nastyhorror.com\/index.php\/2019\/02\/26\/horror-horror-everywhere-and-i-am-an-idiot\/","title":{"rendered":"Horror Horror Everywhere, and I Am An Idiot"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It has been far too long since I hauled off and put anything here at all. But I actually have something to say this time!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s breifly discuss what the fuck happened and where I have been for the past three hundred years. (Or a few months, I don&#8217;t really care) The point is that I should be throwing stuff up here regularly. And I have been remiss in my very important duties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Being an arbiter of horror and a commentator with his favorite appendage on the pulse of the horror &#8216;scene&#8217; is a great honor and includes a responsibility. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That of trying to keep greedy money-pigs from turning the great tradition that is horror, into shit. Horror in all it&#8217;s forms, from literary to motion pictures. From Comics to video games, is an important form of art that provides joy to millions. A well as a catharses in really horrible times (such as these). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If the world ever needed <strong>good<\/strong> horror, it does now more than ever..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, where have I been and what the fuck? I hear you ask &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have been pursuing some of my other activities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have been off writing non-horror novels, and stories. I have also started to return to my roots, which include filmmaking. I have been working with 3d and 2d animation and effects software to try and blow out the cobwebs from my creaky skill set.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The good news is that it has been working. And it has not been entirely of no benefit to this site. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You&#8217;ll recall that the whole purpose of this site was to promote and enhance the Nasty Horror\u2122 books and Comics. I am adding animations into that mix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I could go on about all the interesting things out there, but they will be evident as we move forward. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, I need to show you a few things. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m a big old horror fan. (Really old) and I take for granted that much of the classic stuff is known by the people who read this blog. But that is just flat out wrong. So I shall hence forth begin pointing you to things that you should watch, or read in every blog post from here on. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was recently reminded that web pages can have links on them (What a concept!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First episode of the series Night Gallery had a lovely tale based on a story by Fritz Leiber Jr. It was Titled &#8220;The Dead Man&#8221; and involved lots of creepy death-related hypnosis. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can see that on Hulu if you want, it was a variation on a story that was written by Edgar Alan Poe. The original story was titled &#8220;<strong>The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s as creepy as it gets. And you can read it<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eapoe.org\/works\/tales\/vldmard.htm\"> here<\/a>. Do so at once, you can thank me later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next, I want to clue you in to the origin of one of my favorite line of story concepts. I first encountered this idea (That there is an entire world that&#8217;s invisible to us, but that we are mingled with it) in  a story by the H. P. Lovecraft titled &#8220;From Beyond&#8221;. It&#8217;s one of my favorite stories, and for the longest time had me believing that Lovecraft was some kind of genius. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Turns out that wasn&#8217;t true. He&#8217;s a fun writer, but the core concept of perceived reality being a veneer that masks a much more vast and horrific reality was first written by Arthur Machen, in his short novel <strong>The Great God Pan. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since it was written slightly over one hundred years ago, and by a Welsh guy, you may have to work a little harder to read it. But it&#8217;s totally worth it. You can do that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/ebooks\/389\">Here<\/a>. That is not a link to the book, but to a page that allows you to choose the form you wish to read. I thought it was nicer for me to not choose for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I think I have rambled on long enough for today. Check back soon. Now that I am back I have a lot to talk about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PS-If you wish to sign up for the Nasty Horror mailing list look for a banner in the side bar. It isn&#8217;t always there, but when it is you better jump on it. I will not tell you how wonderful it if in this post. That&#8217;s what the sign up page is for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s all for now kiddies!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It has been far too long since I hauled off and put anything here at all. But I actually have something to say this time! Let&#8217;s breifly discuss what the fuck happened and where I have been for the past three hundred years. 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