Embark on a Halloween Recipe to Suit Your Fear Factor

A dish best served frightening

"...to delve into some deep ones – channeling those fears into energy, getting into character, telling a story with..."

Oct. 23, 2020 Features Feature by Jessi Cape

Fear of Global Visitors

"...potential pandemic, in which travel is a primary enabling factor, let’s go forward with South by Southwest flying tens..."

March 1, 2020 Postmarks

Boogeyman

Don't go into the closet.

"...Tory Mussett, Lucy Lawless and Robyn Malcolm. The kidhood fear of closets and beneath-the-bed beasties comes in for a..."

Feb. 11, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Devil's Due

She's having an unholy baby - but isn't that every pregnant woman's fear? The only new ingredient in this horror setup is the found-footage element.

"...arrive until the end of Devil’s Due. The paranoiac fear factor, what there is of it, mounts in those..."

Jan. 24, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dagon

This H.P. Lovecraft-inspired fish story is so extreme that it borders on camp.

"...shot amid a soupy bluish-gray haze that heightens the fear factor and set designs and closeups that reveal a..."

June 28, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

After a Fashion

Your Style Avatar will tell you who's a designer and who isn't, thank you very much, and who to vote for, while we're at it

"...FASHION FEAR FACTOR Attending local fashion shows can be like going..."

Aug. 4, 2006 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

TV Eye

Life ain't the only thing that's like a box of chocolates -- talk shows are, too!

"...With Carson Daly airs weeknights at 12:45am on NBC.Austinite Factors Into NBC Reality Show Austinite Lana Elhassan appears on..."

Jan. 25, 2002 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Tube Temptations

Keeping one eye on television and the other on pop culture

"...Welcome another entry in the reality genre, The It Factor. The new documentary series follows 12 New York actors..."

Dec. 28, 2001 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Dark Shadows

Sometimes it might be best to let sleeping vampires lie.

"...don’t seem to have allowed for the postmodern camp factor. The TV show already had its tongue poking fairly..."

May 11, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

It Comes at Night

A lean, mean descent into primitive tribalism

"...Director of photography Drew Daniels amps up the fear factor by coupling tight close-ups of frightened faces to..."

June 9, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Sex Offenders Exposed

Are sex offender laws causing more harm than good?

"...what I wanted to do with my life." Henry (fearing retaliation, he asked that we not use his real..."

Sept. 10, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

TV Eye

Really bad TV deserves really bad haiku.

"...upon yet another of those abominable food-eating challenges on Fear Factor. Reruns and cheesy TV movies would be bad..."

July 12, 2002 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

"TV Eye" delivers the skinny on the (mostly unimpressive) summer season debuts.

"...In another rendition of the challenge-game show, Fear Factor pits six people desperate to win a piddling..."

June 22, 2001 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

The AggreGAYtor: August 29

Your daily dose of LGBTQ news

"...to pedophiles. The AggreGAYtor has a fantasy about combining Fear Factor with The O'Reilly Factor and maybe X Factor...."

Aug. 29, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...can we expect from four more years of the fearmongering corporate war machine?..."

Nov. 12, 2004 Column

There Will Be Blood

... And bloodsuckers and zombies and ghosts and murderers all over our stages this week

"...Performers know from fear. At some point in their careers – it may..."

Oct. 23, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

TV Eye

Belinda Acosta has been having trouble watching television lately. It's what isn't on television that's keeping her up at nights --the conspicuous absences, the loud silences.

"...like who would survive prolonged blanketing with bees on Fear Factor (NBC), or the hilarity of domestic life on..."

Oct. 18, 2002 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Media Clips

Microradio wins FCC approval, but advocates of the low-wattage stations say the rules for winning a license will prohibit most stations and silence the microradio community's radical voice.

"...offering up eclectic and diverse noncommercial programming without the fear of federal jackboots knocking on their door. Currently, such..."

Feb. 18, 2000 News Column by Lee Nichols

Knock Their Socks Loose

Hardcore’s leading lights bring Emo’s to its knees

"...Next time you have the fear of God body-slammed into you, I am asking that..."

April 16, 2022 Music Post by Julian Towers

Eating Bugs Is the Future of Sustainable Farming?

Austin entomophagy advocates bring the crispy, crunchy taste of crickets to the masses

"...perception of the idea has really moved away from Fear Factor ... to looking at it as the next..."

Feb. 15, 2019 Food Feature by Jessi Devenyns

"Tammie Rubin: Everything You Ever" at Women & Their Work

This sculptural labyrinth of values casts an epiphytic spell

"...more subtle, non-narrative, and not focused on galvanizing the fear factor that accompanied fictional journo Carl Kolchak's every adventure...."

Jan. 4, 2019 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Day Trips: Snake Farm, New Braunfels

Snake Farm, just sounds nasty, but is a lot of fun

"...The park takes the edge off the fear factor with our slithering friends by staging interactive shows..."

Aug. 31, 2018 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Who Knew Eating Chicken Heads Would Be So Satisfying?

A list of some of Austin's offal offerings

"...was cow face? Even Torchy's Tacos could appear on Fear Factor...."

Dec. 22, 2017 Food Feature by Adrienne Whitehorse

Day Trips

Take a bite out of boredom at Gator Country outside of Beaumont

"...guide-led tours introduce guests to the animals beyond the fear factor...."

May 9, 2014 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Then There's This: Fight or Flight

Council tries to find balance between developers, enviros, and the Lege

"...board member, is doing his part to heighten the fear factor at City Hall with proposed legislation that threatens..."

March 29, 2013 News Column by Amy Smith

City Looks to Outside Counsel

Repeal of land code 'not a black and white legal issue'

"...Adding to the fear factor at City Hall is proposed legislation filed by..."

March 25, 2013 News Post by Amy Smith

Newsgeist: 11/22/10

The spirit of the news

"...-While Austin had no problem unloading their last package..."

Nov. 22, 2010 News Post by Eric Pickhartz

T-Mobile City Chase

Urban adventure race invades Austin

"...to as "a cross between The Ama­zing Race and Fear Factor," with past ChasePoints including an underwater relay race,..."

Oct. 1, 2010 Sports Feature

TV Eye

Ajua, Austin! The Latin Comedy Project, Paul Saucido, and Los Bad Apples make a summer splash.

"...on the scene. For a while it was scary (Fear Factor, 2001), then it got fun (Queer Eye for..."

June 12, 2009 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

The new new media, plus David Simon to speak at UT, and more questions about the switch-over from analog

"...as a cross between Survivor, The Amazing Race, and Fear Factor (without eating gross things). Selected participants will test..."

March 14, 2008 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

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