YouTube is not something to which I give considerable thought. Many of you lizard people out there have had favorite YouTubers for years, and spend a good amount of your downtime drinking in videos from this new breed of celebrity. Is it because these people are more “real” than the standard celebrity? Is it because … More There’s More to YouTube: ReignBot
Today we kick off our sequels week for Summer Of Slash. And today’s movie is widely considered the worst in a classic series. But I implore you to give this treasure another shot. During our 13-hour A Nightmare On Elm St. marathon at the Alamo Drafthouse last October, we were split on the second film … More #SummerOfSlash 2017: A Nightmare On Elm St. 2: Freddy’s Revenge
(For this post I will be using images randomly generated from InspiroBot, the inspirational quote generator) I cannot tell you how many times I have heard this phrase in regard to horror movies: “That was so stupid. It wasn’t even scary!” Wasn’t it? Perhaps not. Especially if the viewer has been around Elm Street a … More Setting the Stage
I hate to generalize, but: If you didn’t like The Babadook, you’re a sexist monster. Just kidding. I’m sorry, I just get really passionate when a film does a decent job at representing women. Sometimes I forget we have feelings other than, “I hope that boy texts me back,” and watching a film like The … More The Babadook: Moms Are People, Too
Right off the bat, I’d like to commend this film on its title and cover art. Just take a look at it! Stabbed in the Face is my first Terror Optics experience. Terror Optics is a studio, similar to the likes of Troma. But I don’t want to misrepresent them, so here’s how they describe … More Schlock & Gore: Stabbed in the Face (2004)
My question walking out of the theatre after seeing Trey Edward Shults’s It Comes At Night is: WHAT comes at night? It’s not because I was left feeling confused. I have my own answer to that question. I ask that question because a film left me wanting to ask it to other people and have … More Changing The Game/Back To Basics
Let me start this off by making an admission: I am not a bug person. Cover me in in snakes or mice and this animal lover will be in hog heaven; but if I see a cockroach I will BURN THIS PLACE TO THE GROUND. It’s just too many legs. No one needs that many … More The Bay: Environment Horror
Confession time: I am 28 years old and up until two days ago, I had never seen Alien. Granted, it was released 10 years before I was born (incidentally, I was a C-Section, much like the Alien creature) but still, you’d think I’d manage to catch it at least once over the years. And honestly, … More Alien: Close But No Cigar
The Last Exorcism opens with a scene of the protagonist lathered up and shaving an already clean-shaven face, so it really could only have gone up from there in terms of making sense. And it did. Mostly. The film came out in 2010 and I saw it in theatres here in New York City, remembering … More The Last Exorcism: Doc Martens Are A Gateway To Possession
Thick accents, period costumes, stories of female oppression, and talking goats? This. Film. Has. EVERYTHING. The Witch calls itself a New England Folk Tale and, with most of its dialogue and content derived from actual historical documents, director Robert Eggers handed us a slice of pre-Salem, puritanical patriarchy straight from the goat’s mouth. Eggers has … More The Witch: Devil Goats and Feminism
