It’s a new year for horror, and it looks like it might be an unexpectedly good year. After the virus shut things down in 2020, many of us were left wondering if we’d ever get to see a horror film in theaters again. With theaters reopening and filmmakers adapting to Covid health guidelines, we finally [...]
Fear. We’ve all experienced it. Maybe you felt afraid as a kid in the store when you looked up and couldn’t see your parents anywhere. Or as an adult, while watching the news. Maybe you seek fear in horror movies, haunted houses, or extreme sports. Scientists have argued for decades over why specific fears are [...]
As you read this on April 9th, America is celebrating National Unicorn Day. Yes, that is a thing. The unicorn has enjoyed a recent surge of popularity over the past several years. For most people, the word unicorn brings to mind images of pure white horses with gleaming horns, possibly surrounded by sparkles or with [...]
There are millions of people that attend haunted houses and watch horror movies every year, willingly paying to be scared to the point they can’t sleep without double-checking all the doors and windows are locked and there’s no monster hiding under the bed. There have been plenty of big-budget horror films that have hit our [...]
Tolkien Reading Day is celebrated every March 25th, the day when Frodo and Sam destroyed the One Ring (with some help from Gollum). The Tolkien Society hosts events all month long to celebrate Tolkien, his stories, and the huge fandom that’s grown around them. This year the theme is “hope and courage in Tolkien’s works.” [...]
The weather is starting to warm up here in the Salt Lake area and we bet you can't wait to get out and DO something. Between Covid lockdowns and winter it seems like ages since we put on real pants and had a day on the town. Figuring out what's open and what's not can [...]
If you were a child of the nineties, you probably tried your best to catch ‘em all. Back then, there were only 151 Pokemon to catch and train. Kids now really have their work cut out for them trying to catch all 898 pocket monsters. The creators behind the game deserve some serious credit for [...]
Valentine’s Day is coming up. Do you have a date planned? Many typical date ideas like dinner out, movies, concerts, and sporting events are either unavailable or unsafe this year. What’s a romantic to do? Don’t worry. There is a date night idea that is safe, fun, and will get you points for creativity: Escape [...]
Haunted houses are one of America’s favorite pastimes. Thousands of people pass through the nearly 1,200 commercial attractions in the country every year. But how did this industry get started? And why? Well, the next time you see your grandfather, you might want to thank him. His generation's commitment to criminal mischief on Halloween is [...]
Fiction exploring what happens when humans come into contact with non-human creatures has been popular since there have been people. Modern versions of these stories come from many genres, including horror, fantasy, and paranormal romance. The types of creatures we focus our storytelling efforts on fluctuate over time. The early 2000s were all about vampires [...]