The Walking Dead: “Warning Signs”
My lord, what a breath of fresh air The Walking Dead is this season. Don’t get me wrong, it hasn’t quite returned to its former status as appointment television (you’d have to….
Author: T. Dawson
Trevor Dawson is the Executive Editor of GAMbIT Magazine. He is a musician, an award-winning short story author, and a big fan of scotch. His work has appeared in Statement, Levels Below, Robbed of Sleep vols. 3 and 4, Amygdala, Mosaic, and Mangrove. Trevor lives in Denver, CO.
The Haunting of Hill House: “The Twin Thing”
One of the most successful parts of The Haunting of Hill House is how authentic and lived-in everything feels. The adult actors not only resemble their child counterparts, but at times they….
The Haunting of Hill House: “Touch”
“Touch,” the third episode of The Haunting of Hill House, begins with a skin-crawlingly great cold open. Theo lies in bed and Nell comes to join her. Theo assumes her sister has….
The Haunting of Hill House: “Open Casket”
There is so much loss in the world. All of existence is built on the bones of sorrow, yet we are still unable to comprehend grief. When someone dies, it’s….
The Haunting of Hill House: “Steven Sees a Ghost”
Director Mke Flanagan is on the kind of roll not seen since Francis Ford Coppola in the 1970s, or the Coen brothers in the mid-00s. In the past seven years,….
Better Call Saul: “Winner”
(Editors note: Sorry this is going up late. It was a busy few days and sometimes real life gets in the way.) Margaux and I say farewell to another excellent….
31 Days of Fright: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
“I’ve never seen anybody die before.” Of all the classic horror films that didn’t need a remake, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre tops the list. Tobe Hooper’s brutal, visceral film is a masterpiece….
31 Days of Fright: A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge
“You had another nightmare, didn’t you?” A Nightmare on Elm Street didn’t need a sequel. It’s such a masterful, self-contained vision of horror that Wes Craven intentionally wrote himself into a….
31 Days of Fright: Jennifer’s Body
“She’s actually evil. Not high school evil.” Horror has always had a complicated relationship with the female body. The tropes are endless: the virgin gets to live to the end….
Better Call Saul: “Wiedersehen”
Margaux and I team up to talk last night’s extra large Better Call Saul. Trevor: I’ve come to realize that Vince Gilligan is obsessed with plans, and the people who have them…..
Strap yourself in for 31 Days of Fright!
Greetings, guys and ghouls! Okay, enough of that. 31 Days of Fright begins tomorrow, and to give you an idea of how excited I am, I’m writing this in June,….
Better Call Saul: “Coushatta”
Margaux and I team up to talk Better Call Saul as season four enters endgame. Trevor: I knew “Coushatta” was unlikely to start with the gut punch that began last week’s “Something Stupid,”….