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Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT By Laura Miller Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/10/30/straub_interview/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/10/30/straub_interview/index.html?source=rss The author of "Ghost Story" and "Koko" talks about the fine art of literary terror By Stephanie Zacharek Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/10/29/house_of_the_devil/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/10/29/house_of_the_devil/index.html?source=rss Director Ti West's horror homage looks to the '80s, without irony By David Sirota Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/10/zombies/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/10/zombies/index.html?source=rss Maybe the undead creatures surfacing everywhere in pop culture have something to do with Washington and Wall Street By Mary Elizabeth Williams Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/07/27/women_horror/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/07/27/women_horror/index.html?source=rss Why are female audiences flocking to horror films? By Stephanie Zacharek Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2009/05/29/drag_me_to_hell/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2009/05/29/drag_me_to_hell/index.html?source=rss Sam Raimi returns to the gross-out goofiness of his "Evil Dead" days with this brash horror-comedy. By Stephanie Zacharek Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/01/30/uninvited/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/01/30/uninvited/index.html?source=rss Elizabeth Banks plays a menacing stepmom-to-be in this remake of the haunting, elegant South Korean horror-thriller "Sisters." By John Marks Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/int/2008/10/23/stephen_king/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/int/2008/10/23/stephen_king/index.html?source=rss On the 30th anniversary of "The Stand," the novelist confesses what haunts him about religion and today's politics. By Andrew O'Hehir Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/07/25/baghead/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/07/25/baghead/index.html?source=rss Filmmakers Jay and Mark Duplass and their cast talk about "Baghead," their delightful and totally unclassifiable indie-satire-horror breakout. Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/ifc/2008/07/25/btm_baghead/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/ifc/2008/07/25/btm_baghead/index.html?source=rss The Duplass brothers talk about their new indie horror film and working with actors Greta Gerwig and Ross Partridge By Stephanie Zacharek Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2008/06/06/mother_of_tears/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2008/06/06/mother_of_tears/index.html?source=rss Orgies! Eviscerations! Power-crazed witches! As sick and twisted as this horror movie is, it's also full of life. By Andrew O'Hehir Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/05/30/stuck/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/05/30/stuck/index.html?source=rss Is Stuart Gordon's black-comic horror movie "Stuck" just tabloid-fueled gore or American metaphor? By Douglas Wolk Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2007/07/26/death_note/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2007/07/26/death_note/index.html?source=rss A controversial graphic novel from Japan -- banned in China -- has inspired a hit movie and much fan fiction. Will thrill-starved U.S. readers get hooked? By Andrew O'Hehir Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2007/07/05/btm/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2007/07/05/btm/index.html?source=rss Werner Herzog's explosive POW drama -- a love letter to America? Plus: Bad parents, interesting women. By Stephanie Zacharek Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2007/06/22/1408/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2007/06/22/1408/index.html?source=rss In this quirky horror chiller, John Cusack plays a ghost-guide writer who checks into a seriously creepy hotel room. By Andrew O'Hehir Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2007/03/12/sxsw_1/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2007/03/12/sxsw_1/index.html?source=rss Opening weekend at the Austin filmfest offers a controversial documentary about (not by) Michael Moore, an outrageous horror-comedy by Alan Cumming and a few Tarantino impersonations. By Andrew O'Hehir Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2007/03/08/btm/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2007/03/08/btm/index.html?source=rss "The Host" rises up from American slime to destroy the Korean family! It must be destroyed! Plus: A new film on credit card debt will make you weep. By Laura Miller Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2006/10/24/king/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2006/10/24/king/index.html?source=rss Judging from his latest, Stephen King may have to completely abandon horror if he's ever going to write a great literary novel. By Laura Miller Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2006/06/19/smith/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2006/06/19/smith/index.html?source=rss A lazy Mexican vacation turns sinister -- and grisly -- when a group of middle-class tourists become trapped at an archaeological site. Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/letters/2003/09/17/enterprise/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/letters/2003/09/17/enterprise/index.html?source=rss Readers debate "Enterprise" and mourn the Man in Black. And female horror fans say yes to nudity -- but wonder what's so sacred about the penis! By Daniel Kraus Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/int/2003/09/11/eli_roth/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/int/2003/09/11/eli_roth/index.html?source=rss Eli Roth on the atrocious state of horror movies, actresses who won't get naked, his pal David Lynch, and the flesh-eating inspiration of his new film, "Cabin Fever." By Edward W. Lempinen Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2003/03/19/left/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2003/03/19/left/index.html?source=rss Progressives have lots of arguments against the war on Iraq -- some of them compelling. But why aren't they burning to free Saddam's oppressed masses? By Bruce Stone Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2003/03/18/ring/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2003/03/18/ring/index.html?source=rss As last year's addictive horror hit reaches DVD, a critic probes its reflective surfaces, its murky depths and its icy postmodern core. (You now have seven days!) By Andrew O'Hehir Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2003/02/05/final_destination/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2003/02/05/final_destination/index.html?source=rss You can't outrun death, but you can still hide from this teeny-bop horror flick. By Andrew O'Hehir Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2003/01/24/darkness/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2003/01/24/darkness/index.html?source=rss How low have horror films sunk? Well, this one stars the Tooth Fairy. Thing is, it's actually kind of scary. By Andrew O'Hehir Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2002/02/01/brotherhood/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2002/02/01/brotherhood/index.html?source=rss "Dangerous Liaisons" meets "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre" in this profoundly insane French horror movie. Plus: Native American kung fu!