Eww Gross

The other half of the fear equation is horror. Unlike terror, which is a slow creeping paranoia at man's state in the universe, horror is immediately gross. It is a parade of nastiness, of monsters and murderers, of blood and guts. The purpose is to skeeve you out, and make you feel nauseated and disgusted …

Fear.

There are two types of fear in the world. Terror and horror. You might think these are synonymous at first glance. They both refer to very similar, but very different psychological phenomena. The latter, horror, refers to images that are scary. It emerges from jump-scares, from gore and blood, from things which instill disgust or …

Naughty Naughty…

I've talked about history and and I've talked about costumes. The world of Halloween is one dominated by history and trend, by past and present, by bullshit and creativity. If we're gonna look at the beer it inspires, we need to look at how the different weird elements collide. We got the transgression, we got …

Getting Wild

Halloween has more than one source of influence. Yes, Pagan Harvest festivals where people dressed up as demons come to mind. Originally a Celtic feast-day, the Christian world added the ghosts and goblins to it for seasoning. It was far from modern-day inventions, with the candy and the costumes and the consumerism. Back then, it …

Dress

Halloween has a history. It isn't just a holiday where people dress like morons. The domain of trickery and treat-giving comes from a colourful history of paganism, wild sex orgies and crazy alcoholism. It stems back from old Celtic cults dawning in the land of Ancient Rome. Pagans adopted the shape of their gods and …