That’s two depressing movies in a row. Let’s lighten things up a bit while still keeping it within the zombie family, yeah? To do while, we’ll go with Edgar Wright’s zombie comedy, Shaun of the Dead. This movie is perfect. It’s not a parody of the genre, but a loving homage to it. The difference […]
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Toynbee Tiles are Back! Have you noticed something different about the streets this summer? I snapped a picture of this Toynbee Tile in my hometown of Newark. Other people have started spotting them again in New York City. These tiles first started making an appearance in Philadelphia in the 1980s and have been spotted as […]
End of Summer by J. Tonzelli is a book that tries really hard. It wormed into all my comfortable places and I wanted to like it. The thirteen short stories it contains are centered on Halloween, which is a soft spot for most of us in the scare industry. Cool weather, changing leaves jumping off […]
I was talking about Lake Mungo with a friend of mine on Facebook, and she mentioned how sad that movie is. Like, soul-crushingly sad. We’re basically watching a documentary about a close-knit family who tragically lost a family member, and we see them deal with the loss in their own way. It’s a heartbreaking character […]
I saw this movie for the first time last night. My experience with the Afterdark Horrorfest series (AKA 8 Films to Die For) has been a mixed one. I’ve only seen a handful of them, but most of them could simply be described as mediocre. Some were slightly better or slightly worse, but they all […]
Description from Netflix: While cataloging old footage, a film archivist finds a reel showing his family’s home – once the scene of some gory slayings. As he digs into the details of the killings, his wife is murdered, making him suspect an evil force inhabits his house. My thoughts: I was lucky enough to get […]
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31 Days of Horror Day 9: Psycho
You know what’s scarier than monsters? The murderer next door. With Psycho‘s arrival in 1960 (Night of the Living Dead‘s in 1968), it was clear that the threats weren’t all coming from overseas: they were in our backyard all along. Sure, the stranger from Transylvania seemed menacing, but the nervous, down-on-his luck momma’s boy behind […]
Yesterday got a little dark, didn’t it? With me all talking about the stresses of work and the hacking of limbs and whatnot? Apologies. Apologies all around. To counter the darkness of yesterday, today we’re watching the 80s classic The Monster Squad. I still run into people in my everyday life who have never seen […]
Listen guys. It has been a rough couple of weeks at work. Things are changing around, and it’s just been really stressful. I’m sure it’ll clear up at some point, but who knows when. Some days all I can think of is this quote from Groundhog Day: “It’s gonna be cold, it’s gonna be grey, […]
To Coin a Phrase… This episode gives us a coin that brings out the worst in people as Henry grins his way through his latest machinations. There are some historical references, the usual flashback. Katrina and Parrish’s connection is advanced and explored a bit. We get more wit, and historical playfulness around Benedict Arnold, […]