What intrigued me about “The Magnus Archives” was not the supernatural tales themselves — although those were so wonderfully written that even an anti-horror enthusiast like myself could enjoy them — but rather, the wonderful cast of intriguing characters that you meet.

SPOILER ALERT: This column may feature spoilers. This past weekend, I watching the sequel to the 1978 original horror movie “Halloween,” the story of a serial killer named Michael Myers who stabs...