Horrortoberfest ’21 Day 25 – Monster House (2006)
I remember thinking, back when this originally came out, that the house itself seemed like a pretty intense monster for a kids animated movie with a PG rating. Having now […]
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Horrortoberfest ’21 Day 24 – Nightbooks (2021)
The final theme week for this year starts now with a look at Kid Friendly Horror. The genre is often thought of only in terms of the R-rated gore and […]
Horrortoberfest ’21 Day 23 – Krampus (2015)
Since this movie has come out, there have been a ton of various Krampus themed horror movies trying to get in on the fact that the internet has let us […]
Horrortoberfest ’21 Day 22 – Come Play (2020)
I vaguely remember watching the trailer for this when it came out and thinking that the idea of using the facial filter thing for pictures as a way to show […]
Expounded Universe 188 – Yo Dejah Pump This Party
A whole chapter devoted to our secondary antagonist, the legendary Aurra Sing, known for… standing on that one rock in Phantom Menace. Also I think she’s probably in the cartoons. […]
Horrortoberfest ’21 Day 21 – Child Eater (2016)
With a title like Child Eater, you know that there’s gotta be some boogeyman level shit going on. While the main bad guy in this does eventually seem to fall […]
Horrortoberfest ’21 Day 20 – The Empty Man (2020)
With a name like The Empty Man making me think of Slenderman and the tag line reinforcing the idea that this is a movie about a boogeyman that comes to […]
Horrortoberfest ’21 Day 19 – Sinister 2 (2015)
At the end of the first movie in this series, we were left with the knowledge of what the pattern to the killings was and also the sheriff’s deputy had […]
System Mastery 211 – All Flesh Must Be Eaten
Behold our triumph, the ZombieWeen! It’s alive! Well, sort of alive. This ‘Ween around we’ll be focusing on zombie RPGs, investigating games about surviving short infestations and full-blown apocalypses. This […]
Horrortoberfest ’21 Day 18 – Sinister (2012)
New week, new theme. This time around we are starting up “Boogeyman Week”. The rules I set for if something counts as a boogieman are fairly specific. It needs to […]
Horrortoberfest ’21 Day 17 – Lizzie (2018)
Queer horror week is coming to a close and we end on a possible theory for what took place in the famous Lizzie Borden axe murders. Lizzie has been reimagined […]
Horrortoberfest ’21 Day 16 – Rift (2017)
Queer week of Horrortoberfest is nearing the end and we have a movie that tackles one of the scariest subjects of all; spending time with your ex. Rift, or Rökkur […]
Horrortoberfest ’21 Day 15 – Bit (2019)
After the absolute disaster of a movie that was Sleepaway Camp, the only way I was going to get that taste out of my mouth was with a horror movie […]
Movie Mastery – Sleepaway Camp (1983)
It’s still queer horror week for this Horrortoberfest and, unfortunately, this one is the dark side of the offerings given how this movie views gay and trans people. I will […]
Horrortoberfest ’21 Day 12 – All Cheerleaders Die (2013)
When I was discussing the idea of doing a week on queer horror, someone suggested that I look into doing this movie. I had never heard of it before but […]
Horrortoberfest ’21 Day 12 – Jennifer’s Body (2009)
In the past few years, Jennifer’s Body has begun to have something of a renaissance as people return to it with a different outlook. It has been touted as a […]
Expounded Universe 187 – Walkin in Memnis
And the plot… begins. Both chapters today deal with the psychic fallout of a massive event of destruction and death, so obviously the episode is all jokes. Very much in […]
Horrortoberfest ’21 Day 11 – Spiral (2019)
A new week means a new theme for the horror movies and this time around we are doing Queer Horror week. I’ll be looking at horror films from all the […]
Horrortoberfest ’21 Day 10 – Ghost Stories (2020)
The final film in the Indian horror week is an anthology of different stories that are, despite the title, only half about ghosts. This one was made for Netflix and […]
Horrortoberfest ’21 Day 9 – Demonte Colony (2015)
It’s right back to more ghosts here on Indian horror week. Having some zombies was a nice change of pace yesterday but we’re back to good old fashioned specters and […]
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