Tunes of Terror: Oct. 1, 2026
By Zach Hagadone and Soncirey MitchellReader Staff Alongside its jollier cousin in December, Halloween is as much a feeling as a specific date on the calendar. Critical to that feeling, of course, is the...
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The age of anxiety and The Death of Robin Hood
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff An enterprising young film student might be well served by examining an apparently developing cinematic tendency: Movies about epic heroes in their crusty, fallen arches years. The decline-of-the-king trope has...
Spooky Halloween sounds that aren’t the theremin
Whether listening to a scary movie’s ominous background music or your favorite Halloween songs, there are some pretty creepy-sounding instruments out there. Everyone always thinks of the theremin around Halloween, but here are some...
Nature and narrative
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff As decades of language arts teachers have told us, there are four central forms of conflict inherent in any narrative: character vs. character, character vs. society, character vs. self...
