31 Days of Fright: Creep 2
“I’m what they call a ‘serial killer.’” Creep 2 had a tough task in front of it. It couldn’t be a rehash of the first film, because then it would….
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31 Days of Fright: Creep
“Such unspeakable things I saw.” Creep has become an inescapable recommendation. I’ve been doing 31 Days of Fright since 2016, and every year it’s come close to making the list…..
31 Days of Fright: Ginger Snaps
“You and me against life as we know it.” Ginger Snaps doesn’t prepare you for the kind of movie it is; nothing about it belies the melancholy and pathos beneath….
31 Days of Fright: A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
“I can’t handle the nightmare.” A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, is, by any definition, a better continuation of the series than was the second film, Freddy’s Revenge…..
31 Days of Fright: Halloween III: Season of the Witch
“I do love a good joke, and this is the best ever. A joke on the children.” After Halloween and Halloween II, John Carpenter and Debra Hill thought that the….
31 Days of Fright: Halloween II
“Why won’t he die?” John Carpenter’s Halloween is a strange beast. In many ways, it was a slapdash, fly-by-night production, with much of the behind the scenes personnel wearing multiple….
31 Days of Fright: A Field in England
“Open up and let the devil in!” I truly have no frame of reference for a film like A Field in England. The only comparisons that spring to mind are….
31 Days of Fright: Kill List
“They were bad people. They deserve to suffer.” No one makes movies like Ben Wheatley. He has no regard for the conventions of whatever genre he’s nominally operating in; in….
31 Days of Fright: Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2
“Burkittsville isn’t a haunted place.” There’s a curious phenomena that seems to mainly affect the horror genre: movies that don’t need (or warrant) sequels being given them anyway. It’s not….
Which Dark Crystal Creature Are You?
Come, childling, Aughra knows! Yes! Let the Crystal of Truth reveal ALL! Where does your soul fit into the world of Thra, hmm? Are you Gelfling, hm? Podling? Mystic? Or….
31 Days of Fright: Raw
“Any animal that’s tasted human flesh isn’t safe.” I am never going to watch Raw again. That’s not because it isn’t good – in fact, it’s exceptionally well-made. But it….
31 Days of Fright: Banshee Chapter
“I don’t like this. It can see me.” Your mileage with Banshee Chapter will vary depending on how you respond to ekphrastic work. If you didn’t waste your time in….