The mid-season finale of The Walking Dead brought everything to a head. The survivors are spent, Glenn told the group about the walkers in the barn. Not only are they now on edge but, Rick is desperately trying to do right by Hershel. He's the only one remembering that this is Hershel's farm, his property. This episode titled, “Pretty Much Dead Already” damages hope for many of the survivors, especially Hershel, while putting others to the test.

Every character on the walking dead is holding back. This week's episode, fittingly titled, “Secrets” explores sins of omission, lies, deceit, and secrets.

This week's episode of The Walking Dead was all about either cutting your morals loose or holding onto them. Much of the episode also focuses on Daryl as he continues to search for Sophia and runs into trouble along the way. “Chupacabra” explores whether or not our morality would survive and continues the hunt for Sophia.

Episode 4 of this season's The Walking Dead slowed things down a bit, giving in to a lot of time to develop certain elements that will become extremely important later. Many things happened as well. There was a lot to digest from this episode titled, “Cherokee Rose.”

The Walking Dead continues to challenge viewers to hold their breath. “Save the Last One” was the most tense episode yet and this season has been extremely anxiety ridden. This episode promised to demand that our survivors make important decisions. One of our main survivors has also started to change. In the beginning of this episode we see Shane shaving his head before we rejoin our other survivors where we left off. Is this a re-birth of some sort?

The Walking Dead's second episode in the second season was filled with even more suspense than the first and not from the threat of walkers either. Titled, “Bloodletting” the episode opens with a scene from the past as Lori gets the news that Rick was injured in a shoot out from the first episode of the series. Shane watches as Lori has to deliver the horrible news to Carl. Shane becomes more than ready to be there for them. This sets up upcoming difficult decisions faced in this episode.

While Dracula is not a work by Shakespeare, the Alabama Shakespeare Festival's new season is currently underway and they're featuring a wonderful production loosely based on Bram Stoker's classic vampire novel.

On Saturday, October 15th, I had the privilege of attending the 7:30 PM performance of Dracula at the beautiful Carolyn Blount Theatre in Montgomery, Alabama. Descending down to our front row stage right seats we saw the spooky scene of fog rising from the dimly lit stage. Based on this first impression I immediately had high hopes of this production delivering a macabre experience and it did not disappoint.

William McNulty did an excellent job adapting a rather lengthy novel into a two hour stage play while managing to keep the most important aspects of the original story.

The much anticipated season two of The Walking Dead kicked off with a bang! The 90 minute premiere managed to bring in 7.3 million viewers, if you count the repeat of the episode after it first airs the numbers climb to 11 million! Fittingly titled, “What Lies Ahead” the first episode does just that, shows us what is waiting for our survivors. It's all about slim chances now, but a slim chance is better than no chance. Our survivors are also spent. We begin to see people change.

Whispering Corridors delivers another beautifully compelling story with Memento Mori. Whispering Corridors: Memento Mori is a 1999 South Korean horror film. It is a sequel to the original Whispering Corridors. Nothing ties them together except for the oppressive school setting. This film was also one of the first Korean commercial films to depict lesbian characters.

Ab-normal Beauty follows an art and photography student named Jiney. One day she witnesses a brutal car accident, scared but compelled, she takes photographs of the death and destruction. This begins a flirtatious relationship with photographing death, an obsession that leads her to reflect about her own destructive past. A past that was never fully resolved.