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November 2013

November 07, 2013

Live video chat AHS: COVEN, Samhain Edition!

It is the true cross quarter of Samhain tonight, and so Lilith Dorsey and I...

November 04, 2013

Witch Cinema: My Top Ten Movies with Witches in ‘Em

The portrayal of witches in films as evil, seductive, greedy for power, bloodthirsty, cruel --...

November 01, 2013

American Horror Story COVEN, live chat, Hallowe’en edition~! (with costumes)

This week's episode, "Fearful Pranks Ensue," was one of the liveliest yet, (and also takes...

November 01, 2013

Witch Cinema: My favorite scary movies

I've always loved horror films, and these are scary in more ways than one! (Over...

October 2013

October 29, 2013

Live Chat on AHS COVEN “The Replacements”

Topics for this week's chat include voodoo fertility rituals, alligators, incest, bestiality, over-sexualization, and of...

October 27, 2013

Oh, look! Witches are media darlings. AGAIN. (SIGH)

Remember the late 1990s? THE CRAFT? Then CHARMED? Then BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER? Then THE...

October 26, 2013

This just in: CHARMED retread coming to CBS

Well, I guess television has found witches to be hot properties once again (in case...

October 25, 2013

Samhain, Hallowe’en…are both worth celebrating?

Despite wanting to observe Samhain as a solemn festival that remembers our dearly departed and...

October 23, 2013

American Horror Story: COVEN Reinvents the Witch Archetype

I know, as a media critic and practicing witch and activist, that I am supposed...

October 18, 2013

Live Video Discussion! AHS COVEN Episode 2, “Boy Parts”

Last night Lilith Dorsey (of Voodoo Universe), Tehron Gillis, Jason Mankey (of Raise the Horns)...

October 17, 2013

Live Google On Air chat about AMERICAN HORROR STORY: COVEN

From here on, we will be using Google Plus Hang Outs On Air, which broadcasts...

October 09, 2013

COVEN and BITCHCRAFT CHAT!

My friend and fellow Patheos blogger Lilith Dorsey, a New York-based voodoo priestess who has...

October 06, 2013

EW sez: AHS COVEN is accessible and…funny?

So, some lucky critics got to see a preview of AMERICA HORROR STORY: COVEN recently,...

September 2013

September 24, 2013

THE WICKER MAN: once thought to be “rubbish” and “undistributable”

Are you ready for The Wicker Man: Final Cut? It's out this Friday!!! To get...

September 22, 2013

Coming this Fall: Daniel Knauf’s DRACULA

Yes, THAT Daniel Knauf, the one who created HBO's Carnivale. This new series, starring Jonathan...

September 14, 2013

COVEN: American Horror Story’s witchy new season

The third season of AMERICAN HORROR STORY is subtitled COVEN and will be set in...

September 10, 2013

DEVIL’S KNOT: Reviews coming in from Toronto Film Festival

Devil's Knot, the feature narrative film about the West Memphis Three, is beginning to receive...

September 10, 2013

Ashes to Ashes: Cremation Arose from Occult Practices?

The first public cremation performed in the United States was described as a "genuine pagan...

September 03, 2013

The Freemasons may be more pagan than we thought…

Of course we all know there are portions of the rites of Freemasonry that found...

August 2013

August 07, 2013

Drunk driver accused of “voodoo curse” (Tabloid alert!)

Leave it to the Boston Herald...well, actually, it is a Boston Magazine piece that explains...

August 02, 2013

The Art of Human Sacrifice

Although it takes place in the days leading up to Beltane, the 1973 film THE...

July 2013

July 02, 2013

THE SANDMAN returns…

Despite jumping the gun on the rumored HBO production of Neil Gaiman's AMERICAN GODS, I...

June 2013

June 30, 2013

Not So Fast….Neil Gaiman sez…AMERICAN GODS is NOT Greenlit.

Put your pants back on! The word on Twitter from Neil Gaiman himself is that...

June 29, 2013

Blackmore’s Night “Dancer and the Moon” (Review)

This new album is the pair's 13th studio album. Like their previous work, the songs...

June 28, 2013

It’s Official: AMERICAN GODS to run 6 seasons on HBO

Drop everything but your pants! The wonderful bestselling novel by uber-cool novelist Neil Gaiman is...

June 25, 2013

Adventures of a Devil-Worshipping Whore, or, Why I Don’t Believe We’re Arguing About What We Believe

It doesn't matter if you call them gods, or myths, or fairy tales, or trees,...

June 14, 2013

New Documentary in the Works: WITH LOVE FROM SALEM

A new documentary film chronicling the work of the Salem, MA coven the Temple of...

June 07, 2013

Adventures of a Non-Deist, or, Why I Don’t “Believe” in the Gods

The question, I suppose, is: Am I a "real" pagan if I do not worship...

May 2013

May 24, 2013

BEAUTIFUL CREATURES, now on DVD.

I know, I know, it'a fluff. I don't care, I loved this movie! An old...

May 19, 2013

LORDS OF SALEM: cool look and vibe

I want to see it again before I write a review, but my first response...

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