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After a decade of collaborating on stories featuring “violent horror and extreme characters” in comic book series such as Plastic, Vinyl, and I Was a Fashion School Serial Killer, writer Doug Wagner and artist Daniel Hillyard are bringing their unique brand of quirky humor and peculiar horror to the world of the Hitchcockian thriller with Narco. Centered on a narcoleptic recluse who sets out to find his neighbor’s killer after becoming the prime suspect in the murder investigation, the first issue of Narco arrives in comic book shops on March 4th from Image Comics, and we caught up with Doug…

Building your family with reproductive medicine can feel consuming, but it is also important to consider what your family will look like after it’s built. You may be annoyed by your mother-in-law asking about your treatment protocol, or by the perhaps unintentional, but hurtful things, people have said about using donor conception to have a child. You may feel encouraged by someone on social media who speaks openly about cutting off her relatives, or relieved that you have finally met “your people”, who truly “get it,” and now you have little patience for others who don’t understand your situation. One…

From legendary bands to the 250th anniversary of the United States, all 30 MLS teams are leaning into all sorts of inspiration for their new kits. With the 2026 FIFA World Cup coming to North America this summer, there’s plenty of attention on MLS as its season gets underway on Feb. 21.  And that includes some new sharp designs to lean into each team’s local identity and culture. Some teams, including defending MLS Cup champions Inter Miami, will release their kits on Wednesday. Let’s dive in.Jump to: Atlanta United | Austin FC | Charlotte FC | Chicago Fire | FC Cincinnati |…

Have you ever experienced an encounter with an image in the sky or thought that the lyrics to your favourite song related to your personal life? These are examples of having moments that are either unsettling, poetic, or just plain strange. Such experiences are known as apophenia, expressions of our innate tendency to find patterns and attribute meaning to things that are random. The tendency we all have to engage in apophenia is not merely a harmless quirk. Instead, it shows how deeply our brains seek to make sense of everything around us through order, narrative, and explanation. Apophenia can…

Many people take pride in describing themselves as rational. They see it as evidence of discipline, intelligence, and emotional maturity. In professional settings, especially, rationality is treated as a virtue that separates capable leaders from reactive ones. To be rational is to be steady, unflappable, and immune to emotional noise. A rational mind can be an optimal mind if it’s careful to be a tool, not a posture or measure of avoiding our humanity. When reason is used to suppress rather than regulate emotion, it reduces clarity and creates distance. It also reduces the overall richness of life. I see…

CRAZY OLD LADY Trailer: “On a stormy evening, Pedro receives a desperate call from his ex-girlfriend asking him to look after her senile mother, Alicia. What begins as a simple favor soon turns into a terrifying ordeal when Alicia refuses to let him leave. Trapped in the house, he’s forced to play along with her sadistic games to survive the night.” Directed & Written by Martín Mauregui Produced by J. A. Bayona, Belén Atienza, Ramón Campos, Gabriela Carcova Streaming on Shudder February 27th — Sundance Midnight Feature DIDN’T DIE Coming to Theaters in March: “The Sundance Midnight feature film Didn’t Die, directed by…

When a client comes into my office and says “I am struggling with [insert presenting problem], the language of my response is important—it must be ethical and realistic. My obligation is not only to treat within my scope of practice, but also to formulate a realistic, achievable, and clinically-backed treatment plan in an effort to support and assist the client in the most effective way possible. There is an important reason why we shy away from terminology like “we can cure that” or “this is the exact solution for that problem.” Using this type of language can create false hope…

iHorror: Hi Jesse Mac! Thank you for sitting down with us at iHorror and talking about your role as The Doctor in New Fears Eve! How did you get into acting? Jesse Mac: So actually, the movie was my first audition for anything. I had never acted before. I didn’t even know how to audition. I was going for the part of the FBI agent, so I showed up in a suit with a black tie because I figured that’s what the agent would wear. I even brought a cup of coffee, so I kind of had a prop with…

Regret is the point-down inner critic’s favorite sport. Regret is lamenting about past choices that we now consider to have been mistakes. Since the past can’t be wiped out, neither can regrets about it. Our work is not to get rid of regrets but to handle them mindfully and usefully. We can begin by realizing that what happened in the past does not have to be taken as the whole picture. Regrets serve to keep us stuck because the inner critic mutters, “You have made so many mistakes because you are inadequate and unskilled. You are too messed up to…

A 4K restoration of Michael Almereyda’s 1994 vampire cult classic Nadja has been completed, with this new Director’s Cut (3 mins longer than the original release) playing around the country starting this past weekend. Along with details on where and when you can see the film for yourself, we have an exclusive clip just for Daily Dead readers, where Elina Lowenshon stalks her prey (Suzie Amis) through NYC’s lower east side. In 1993, invited by David Lynch to come up with a low-budget genre movie, Michael Almereyda recombined characters from Bram Stoker and set them loose in contemporary New York.…