Alien Autopsy
Television

The Alien Autopsy That Fooled the World

In the mid-1990s, when grainy VHS tapes and tabloid TV ruled the airwaves, one broadcast sent shockwaves through living rooms across America: Alien Autopsy: Fact or Fiction? Airing on Fox in 1995, the special promised

Tales From the Cryptkeeper
Cartoons

Remembering Tales From the Cryptkeeper

The 1950’s introduced us to Tales From the Crypt, a wry, sardonic E.C. Comics series that turned the saccharine theme of good versus evil on its head. Like its comic predecessor and the HBO horror anthology

Scream
Movies

How Scream Resurrected Horror in the ’90s

By the mid-1990s, horror movies had lost their bite. The slasher boom of the ’80s had fizzled into formulaic sequels and straight-to-video fare. Audiences were yawning at masked killers and recycled tropes. Then came Scream…a

Kenny Rogers Roasters
Food

Remembering Kenny Roger’s Roasters

In the early 1990s, when celebrity-backed restaurant chains were all the rage, one country music legend decided to bring his Southern charm to the dinner table. Kenny Rogers Roasters wasn’t just a clever branding move,

ShowBiz Pizza Place
Food

The Rise and Fall of ShowBiz Pizza Place

In the neon-lit world of 1980s family entertainment, few places captured the imagination of children quite like ShowBiz Pizza Place. With its animatronic band, arcade games, and cheesy slices of pizza, ShowBiz wasn’t just a