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Urban Legend

In my last installment of my Summer horror movies blog series, I’m featuring stills from the 1990’s slasher movie Urban Legend (1998). Although it doesn’t take place during the summer, it’s definitely worth watching as Labor Day weekend approaches. The plot unfolds with a group of college students who, while attending an old New EnglandContinue reading “Urban Legend”

More Summer Horror Movies

Here is another great horror movie to watch leading up to the 4th of July: The Fog (2005). Set on a deceptively tranquil island off the Oregon Coast, a small town experiences a string of terror-filled and supernatural events from the ghosts of early settlers who have come back seeking revenge.

Summer Horror Movies

One of my favorite summer horror movies is one from the 1990’s called I Know What you Did Last Summer (1997). It’s a good one to watch leading up to the Fourth of July weeklong celebrations. It’s based on an old urban legend from the 1950’s, called the Hook-man but reinvented for modern times. BeforeContinue reading “Summer Horror Movies”

More Christmas Folklore

This week, I will be sharing with you some curious old tales that were collected by a folklorist in Pennsylvania in the 1950’s concerning the Christmas superstitions of the Scotch-Irish, Pennsylvania Dutch, and Quakers of the 19th century in that area. Some of these traditions are a type of ritual that people performed as partContinue reading “More Christmas Folklore”