Ricky Serrano
@rickyserrano.bsky.social
Horror editor for Comics Beat, writer for Graphic Policy and a few more coming down the line.
Horror obsessed, History teacher for the New York Dept of Ed., and wrestling fan.
Horror obsessed, History teacher for the New York Dept of Ed., and wrestling fan.
Pluribus had more horror in it than I expected. Here’s my take on it! #Pluribus #horrorbeat www.comicsbeat.com/horror-beat-...
Horror Beat: PLURIBUS makes happy people absolutely terrifying
Pluribus is Vince "Breaking Bad" Gilligan's new series. Something is turning everyone impossibly happy. Existential horror ensues.
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November 14, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Pluribus had more horror in it than I expected. Here’s my take on it! #Pluribus #horrorbeat www.comicsbeat.com/horror-beat-...
Anyone Comics fighting the good fight. Here’s their latest, an anti-ICE zine event! #immigration #art @anyonecomics.bsky.social www.comicsbeat.com/anyone-comic...
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November 13, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Anyone Comics fighting the good fight. Here’s their latest, an anti-ICE zine event! #immigration #art @anyonecomics.bsky.social www.comicsbeat.com/anyone-comic...
HEXAS is a phenomenal queer witch graphic novel with shades of cyberpunk and a bit of digital art nostalgia. Read my review! #hexas #comicbook www.comicsbeat.com/graphic-nove...
Graphic Novel Review: Ben Ross Davis’s HEXAS is a futuristic witch trip
HEXAS is a lot of things. A magical scream against authoritarianism. An ode to alternative beauty and imagination. And a great graphic novel.
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November 12, 2025 at 10:29 PM
HEXAS is a phenomenal queer witch graphic novel with shades of cyberpunk and a bit of digital art nostalgia. Read my review! #hexas #comicbook www.comicsbeat.com/graphic-nove...
A House Full of Dynamite is great until it trips itself up. Read my review! #nuclearwar #movie #review #comicsbeat www.comicsbeat.com/movie-review...
Movie Review: A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE zaps its own momentum, repeatedly
A House of Dynamite is Kathryn Bigelow's latest, about an unprovoked nuclear missile attack on the United States
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November 10, 2025 at 10:45 PM
A House Full of Dynamite is great until it trips itself up. Read my review! #nuclearwar #movie #review #comicsbeat www.comicsbeat.com/movie-review...
A bit of a mixed bag. Frankenstein was pretty good though.
November 9, 2025 at 9:15 PM
A bit of a mixed bag. Frankenstein was pretty good though.
Exorcism Island is a great start and a fresh take on possession horror. Read my review! #exorcism #horrorbeat www.comicsbeat.com/horror-beat-...
Horror Beat: EXORCISM ISLAND is like Lost with possessed people
Exorcism Island takes a fresh new approach to possession horror that sees a ragtag group of priests taking on the worst demons around.
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November 6, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Exorcism Island is a great start and a fresh take on possession horror. Read my review! #exorcism #horrorbeat www.comicsbeat.com/horror-beat-...
WHAT HAPPENED TO DOROTHY BELL is this years horror gem, and it deserves more eyes on it. Read my review! #foundfootage #horrorbeat www.comicsbeat.com/horror-beat-...
Horror Beat: WHAT HAPPENED TO DOROTHY BELL is one of this year’s hidden gems
What Happened to Dorothy Bell surprises in different ways, taking to trauma horror with the intention of producing something different.
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November 5, 2025 at 11:17 PM
WHAT HAPPENED TO DOROTHY BELL is this years horror gem, and it deserves more eyes on it. Read my review! #foundfootage #horrorbeat www.comicsbeat.com/horror-beat-...
It’s Halloween! Need ideas for it? Let me recommend a few things here. Enjoy. #halloween #horrorbeat www.comicsbeat.com/halloween-be...
Halloween Beat: Here are 3 horror experiences to help you get the most out of All Hallows’ Eve
Halloween is here! Need ways to celebrate it? Here's a cartoon, a card game, and a comic to help you get your seasonal horror fix in.
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October 31, 2025 at 3:17 PM
It’s Halloween! Need ideas for it? Let me recommend a few things here. Enjoy. #halloween #horrorbeat www.comicsbeat.com/halloween-be...
Great to talk horror at The Beat! Read our thoughts on genre and sub genres! #horror #horrorbeat www.comicsbeat.com/halloween-be...
Halloween Beat Roundtable: What is horror?
Halloween Beat Roundtable: What is horror? The Beat's very own horror team weighs in on what the genre really is
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October 30, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Great to talk horror at The Beat! Read our thoughts on genre and sub genres! #horror #horrorbeat www.comicsbeat.com/halloween-be...
More Weight is one of the best comics of the year, and a searing look at the Salem Witch Trials. Read my review! #moreweight @topshelfcomix.bsky.social #salem www.comicsbeat.com/graphic-nove...
Graphic Novel Review: MORE WEIGHT is a monumental achievement in comic book storytelling
More Weight earns a place not just on the best comics of the year list, but also on the best comics of the century one as well.
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October 30, 2025 at 7:23 PM
More Weight is one of the best comics of the year, and a searing look at the Salem Witch Trials. Read my review! #moreweight @topshelfcomix.bsky.social #salem www.comicsbeat.com/graphic-nove...
KARMADONNA is a movie with the kind of anger we might be in need of now. Read my review! #bhff #horrorbeat #karmadonna www.comicsbeat.com/bhff25-karma...
BHFF25: KARMADONNA is an angry and bloody call against everything
Karmadonna sees an older pregnant woman carrying out a vengeful god's hit list. Ironically, it's quite a hopeful film.
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October 28, 2025 at 8:24 PM
KARMADONNA is a movie with the kind of anger we might be in need of now. Read my review! #bhff #horrorbeat #karmadonna www.comicsbeat.com/bhff25-karma...
Turned out to be longer than I intended, but it’s a movie that gives a lot to think about. Read on! #horror #exorcist #documentary www.comicsbeat.com/horror-beat-...
Horror Beat: BOORMAN AND THE DEVIL is a documentary every movie reviewer should watch
Boorman and The Devil is a deep dive into the making of one of Horror's most baffling sequels, The Exorcist II: The Heretic.
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October 24, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Turned out to be longer than I intended, but it’s a movie that gives a lot to think about. Read on! #horror #exorcist #documentary www.comicsbeat.com/horror-beat-...
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Wrote this one up with my brother, Gabriel Serrano, who came up with the idea for the article to begin with (the amazing intro is all him). Read on, and enjoy. #horror #scifi #politics www.comicsbeat.com/nightmare-am...
Nightmare America: 8 Dystopian Sci-Fi/Horror Films On US Soil
Sci-fi and horror have always been warning us on the potential nightmares that lurk behind the American experience.
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October 22, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Wrote this one up with my brother, Gabriel Serrano, who came up with the idea for the article to begin with (the amazing intro is all him). Read on, and enjoy. #horror #scifi #politics www.comicsbeat.com/nightmare-am...
If ever there’s a movie that leaves you in total incredulity, it’s The Exorcist II. Read my take on it! #exorcist #sequel #horrorbeat www.comicsbeat.com/horror-beat-...
Horror Beat: The Exorcist II THE HERETIC is the most baffling sequel in horror history
The Exorcist II: The Heretic is a movie that goes against logic, a sequel that brings new things to the table that no one really wants.
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October 21, 2025 at 8:21 PM
If ever there’s a movie that leaves you in total incredulity, it’s The Exorcist II. Read my take on it! #exorcist #sequel #horrorbeat www.comicsbeat.com/horror-beat-...
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Happy book birthday to Nathan Ballingrud for the second volume of his marvelous trilogy: us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
Cathedral of the Drowned
The sequel to Crypt of the Moon Spider, Cathedral of the Drowned is an oozing, squirming, scuttling tale of altered bodies and minds.There are two halves of ...
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October 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Happy book birthday to Nathan Ballingrud for the second volume of his marvelous trilogy: us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
Eating well this Halloween…except Shelby Oaks. That one was just alright.
October 19, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Eating well this Halloween…except Shelby Oaks. That one was just alright.
Paperhouse is a dark and heartbreaking fairy tale that still finds ways to inject hope into the story. Read my piece on it! #paperhouse #horrorbeat #halloween www.comicsbeat.com/paperhouse-h...
Halloween Beat: PAPERHOUSE finds horror in magical realism and child imagination
Paperhouse is Bernard Rose's first feature-length film. It tackles childhood imagination the smart application of magical realism.
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October 17, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Paperhouse is a dark and heartbreaking fairy tale that still finds ways to inject hope into the story. Read my piece on it! #paperhouse #horrorbeat #halloween www.comicsbeat.com/paperhouse-h...
Jonathan Janz’s Veil is certainly in line for Best Horror Book of the year. I got to interview him! Read on! #Veil #horrorbeat #books @jonathanjanz.bsky.social www.comicsbeat.com/horror-beat-...
Horror Beat: JONATHAN JANZ finds invisible monsters are the scariest monsters in VEIL
Jonathan Janz's VEIL pits a father against an invasion of invisible monsters that snatch people out of thin air.
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October 16, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Jonathan Janz’s Veil is certainly in line for Best Horror Book of the year. I got to interview him! Read on! #Veil #horrorbeat #books @jonathanjanz.bsky.social www.comicsbeat.com/horror-beat-...
Quote this with the first four Horror movies that come to your mind that are 10/10s for you. No cheating. Just the first four that pop into your head.
The Exorcist
Night of the Living Dead
Carnival of Souls
In the Mouth of Madness
The Exorcist
Night of the Living Dead
Carnival of Souls
In the Mouth of Madness
Quote this with the first four Horror movies that come to your mind that are 10/10s for you. No cheating. Just the first four that pop into your head.
The Shining
The Seventh Victim
Alien
Onibaba
The Shining
The Seventh Victim
Alien
Onibaba
Quote this with the first four Horror movies that come to your mind that are 10/10s for you. No cheating. Just the first four that pop into your head.
Alien
The Thing
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (‘78)
Cure
Alien
The Thing
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (‘78)
Cure
October 16, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Quote this with the first four Horror movies that come to your mind that are 10/10s for you. No cheating. Just the first four that pop into your head.
The Exorcist
Night of the Living Dead
Carnival of Souls
In the Mouth of Madness
The Exorcist
Night of the Living Dead
Carnival of Souls
In the Mouth of Madness
More Halloween Beat! This time, Tales from the Crypt, the Amicus production. #horrorbeat #halloween #talesfromthecrypt www.comicsbeat.com/halloween-be...
Halloween Beat: Amicus’ TALES FROM THE CRYPT is still the best horror anthology ever made
Tales from the Crypt is one of the most important horror movies ever made. As far as anthologies go, there's no topping this one.
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October 15, 2025 at 9:07 PM
More Halloween Beat! This time, Tales from the Crypt, the Amicus production. #horrorbeat #halloween #talesfromthecrypt www.comicsbeat.com/halloween-be...
I contributed my winners and losers here! Though I really had no real losers. This #NYCC was pretty good. www.comicsbeat.com/winner-and-l...
Winners and Losers of NYCC '25
The tireless Beat staff has compiled their annual list of the winners and losers of NYCC '25 - so brace yourself and read on!
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October 15, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I contributed my winners and losers here! Though I really had no real losers. This #NYCC was pretty good. www.comicsbeat.com/winner-and-l...
Horror Beat is turning into Halloween Beat for the remainder of October! First up, Halloween 4’s twists on the slasher formula. #halloween #horrorbeat #michaelmyers www.comicsbeat.com/halloween-be...
Halloween Beat: HALLOWEEN 4 was a bold step in horror franchise filmmaking
Halloween 4 took some big swings at the franchise's mythos, and the results were fascinating. That alone makes it special.
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October 14, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Horror Beat is turning into Halloween Beat for the remainder of October! First up, Halloween 4’s twists on the slasher formula. #halloween #horrorbeat #michaelmyers www.comicsbeat.com/halloween-be...
Dead Sky’s always a great time at a convention. A pleasure to stop at their booth. Read my article on them! #horror #deadsky @deadskypub.bsky.social www.comicsbeat.com/nycc-25-dead...
NYCC ’25: DEAD SKY PUBLISHING offers horror, splatter westerns, and anthologies galore
Dead Sky Publishing is present at New York Comic Con 2025, offering enough splatterpunk to pain the con red.
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October 12, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Dead Sky’s always a great time at a convention. A pleasure to stop at their booth. Read my article on them! #horror #deadsky @deadskypub.bsky.social www.comicsbeat.com/nycc-25-dead...
It’s banned books week! Here’s a list of books to read from one of the greatest and most banned authors out there: Stephen King. #horror #bannedbooks www.comicsbeat.com/horror-beat-...
Horror Beat: 4 banned STEPHEN KING books that everyone should read
You can't talk about banned books without including one of the top banned authors in America: Stephen King.
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October 9, 2025 at 11:43 PM
It’s banned books week! Here’s a list of books to read from one of the greatest and most banned authors out there: Stephen King. #horror #bannedbooks www.comicsbeat.com/horror-beat-...