He exists because you thought of him

I thought I could handle it. I swear, I did. But once I dipped my toe into the water I realized I was in way over my head.
Slenderman.

Paranormal Reality TV: We face the nightmare, we face the dread

Instead of having going to these séances, the mediums come to us though our TV screens. People still go to mediums; they always will. The difference is that now we can see them in the privacy of our own homes, call their shows guilty pleasures and maybe laugh at ourselves for giving into them without too much shame. We can follow ghost hunters around a supposedly haunted house and “look” spirits with them.

This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things

Whenever a novel is adapted into a film, readers cringe. No film can exactly replicate the source material and usually audiences prefer the novels over the films.  And sometimes, as in the case of Hannibal, they don’t. 


MAJOR SPOILERS FOR “HANNIBAL”

Hello blogosphere and Welcome to Strawberry Hill House!

This little blog is dedicated to the exploration of the Gothic Horror genre in new media.

Does that sound like a werid-ish topic for a blog? Well, that's because this blog is also an assignment for my Writing and New Media class at Florida International University.

 For the duration of the semester I will be posting little essays once a week and occasionally post some movie and TV reviews along with some lists.  
In the meantime, feel free to wander over to my sister Tumblr blog.