Category Archives: Television

Happy 50th Anniversary, Carl Kolchak!

Posted on September 13, 2024 by Steven

What a way to celebrate Friday the 13th! And what a year for supernatural adventurers, in which Vampirella celebrates her 55th anniversary, and now a certain searsucker suit–wearing representative of the fourth estate hits a special 50th. On January 11, … Continue reading →

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Reminder: SWC Writer Steven A. Roman Appears on Talking Comics on a Sunday Night—Tonight!

Posted on October 16, 2022 by Steven

Like the title says, here’s a reminder that tonight I’ll be making a return appearance to J.D. Calderon’s YouTube interview series Indy Comics Explained, on the latest installment of his ongoing panel-chat series “Talking Comics on a Sunday Night.” In … Continue reading →

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Lorelei’s Creative Team Chronicles a New Legend of Calamity Jane

Posted on October 3, 2022 by Steven

Hey, Wild West fans! I’ve got some news about a non-SWC comic book project I’m involved in, and although it’s not a straight-up horror story, it’s got enough “dark fantasy” elements for it to qualify as a supernatural Weird Western—and … Continue reading →

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Cable TV: Not the Only Place for Dark Fantasy Noir

Posted on April 24, 2020 by Steven

This coming Sunday, April 26, sees the debut of Penny Dreadful: City of Angels, Showtime’s follow-up to its popular Penny Dreadful series that ran from 2014 to 2016. Unlike the original PD, which was set in Victorian England, City of Angels expands … Continue reading →

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Happy 45th Anniversary, Carl Kolchak, Part 2

Posted on January 16, 2018 by Steven

On January 11, 2017, I saluted the 45th anniversary of The Night Stalker, a 1972 made-for TV vampire movie that introduced horror fans to Carl Kolchak, a down-on-his-luck newspaper reporter in Las Vegas, Nevada, who starts out investigating a string … Continue reading →

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Carmilla’s 145th Anniversary: Nightmare Classics

Posted on February 27, 2017 by Steven

One hundred and forty-five years ago, J. Sheridan Le Fanu’s classic vampire tale, Carmilla, debuted in serialized form in the pages of the magazine Dark Blue—running from the December 1871 issue through March 1872—and was then reprinted in Le Fanu’s … Continue reading →

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Happy 45th Anniversary, Carl Kolchak!

Posted on January 11, 2017 by Steven

Can you believe it? It was exactly forty-five years ago, on January 11, 1972, when Las Vegas reporter Carl Kolchak made his debut in the made-for TV vampire movie The Night Stalker! Portrayed by veteran character actor and occasional leading … Continue reading →

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A Most Animated Time Lord

Posted on November 19, 2016 by Steven

Hey, Doctor Who fans in America! By now you’re eagerly waiting for tonight’s BBC America broadcast premiere of Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks—we certainly are, here at ’Warp Central! This is the episode that formally introduced actor Patrick … Continue reading →

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You Want to Talk Vampire Hunters?

Posted on September 23, 2016 by Steven

Tonight is the broadcast premiere of Van Helsing, the SyFy Channel’s latest entry in their ever-growing scripted-series schedule, and one that has no connection to that terrible Hugh Jackman and Kate Beckinsale movie from 2004. To quote the press release: … Continue reading →

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It’s Those Damn Zombies Again!

Posted on October 11, 2015 by Steven

Tonight’s the night when the mega-popular television series The Walking Dead makes its season-six debut on AMC. And as long as we’re talking zombies, are you aware that I once wrote my own take on the zombie apocalypse, in the … Continue reading →

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