Pre-Modern Depravity

We live in a blood soaked age. Crimes require dozens of victims, hundreds of victims, or an unusual victim like a child or a pregnant women. We also care about “story” crimes, that we can follow like a soap opera for weeks on end. We are jaded and desensitized when it comes to violent [...]

“I’m Vincent Price, and I’ll be your chef this evening…”

There are very few actors that I enjoy watching and listening to as much as I do Vincent Price. So urbane, so sophisticated, so witty, so macabre. Never has a warmer, more melodic voice made my blood run so cold. I think part of his charm was that he was such a fine actor, [...]