Everyday Horror: Yaquina Head Lighthouse

postcard photograph of Yaquina Lighthouse in Newport, Or

“The Ring” is a 2002 horror film adaptation that takes place in Washington state. During our recent travels through Oregon, we discovered that the iconic lighthouse depicted in the movie is actually the Yaquina Head Lighthouse, situated in Newport, Oregon.

a still image from the 2002 movie The Ring of the lighthouse.

Towering at an impressive height of 93 feet, the lighthouse proudly holds the title of being the tallest in the state. With its first illumination taking place on August 20, 1873.

Design Your Own Horror Podcast Cover Art Using Graphic Design Principles

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Do you find it challenging to come up with eye-catching cover art for your podcast, while others seem to do it effortlessly? One possible explanation could be a lack of knowledge about the basics of graphic design. The fundamental principles of visual design serve as a guide for designers to produce designs that are visually attractive and successfully convey a message.

Brain Depository

AFTER 5:00 P.M. SLIP BRAINS THROUGH SLOT IN DOOR Welcome to the depository Here you’ll find a collection of informational and inspirational resources related to all the things that make audio drama horror happen. Books For Writers Where Nightmares Come From: The Art of Storytelling in the Horror Genre by Joe Mynhardt and Eugene Johnson … Read more

Music and Horror – Mad Fiends With Violins

Title card for Mad Fiends with Violins

Strange Bedfellows Music and horror have been intimate partners bent on emotional sabotage since the silent film era of the mid-1890s to the late 1920s. F.W. Murnau’s Nosferatu (1922), Georges Méliès Le Manoir Du Diable (House of the Devil) (1896), Victor Sjöström’s The Phantom Carriage (1921) all incorporated and relied on music to lure their … Read more