If a television channel is cancelled before it ever goes on the air, was it ever really a channel?

Being Canadian, I had no stake in the much-ballyhooed, constantly delayed Horror Channel. But like so many others I was more than happy to take advantage of the side benefits that came along with the program, particularly horror news site Dread Central. As reported by Bloody Disgusting, there was a walkout held recently by the authors of that news service over alleged misconduct by the owners of the Horror Channel, as described by Uncle Creepy on the B-D forums.

Secondly, the guy in command, Nick Psaltos, has made it a habit of berating the team with comments like “your opinions are meaningless” and “your tenure in the company affords you no clout.” He’s even gone so far as to hand down mantras that we are to recite each day to help “improve our reading comprehension skills” as a means to become better writers. We were even asked not to link to other sites such as Fango and Bloody-Disgusting even if we were reporting on their headlines. There’s no integrity in doing that. We said no.

Not ones to rest on their laurels, it appears that the Dread Central crew will be setting up shop elsewhere. The relaunch date? Independence Day.

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