It is a way to identify a character, a feeling, a story. What did you feel when you saw Darth Vader for the first time on screen? He’s shrouded in white, blinding fog, emerging out from the background into the foreground wearing all black and it’s reflective and he’s imposing and he’s terrifying and he’s... Continue Reading →
Double Feature Review: The Boogens (1981) & Night of the Comet (1984)
This was not planned! I had another idea I was planning on doing but I basically missed the entire first day to get started on it (aka Monday, went out for 3 hours to do errands and got exhausted) and with Tuesday, I know I don’t have enough time to research and go looking through... Continue Reading →
High School Horror (2003-2006)
It’s 2003 and I’m entering high school. What was happening in 2003? I was watching The WB and America’s Next Top Model (what an awful show looking back) and enjoying Power Rangers Ninja Storm (I still think that’s a great PR season). It’s also a time when for me, horror was a bit more “mainstream”... Continue Reading →
Technology & Horror
I’m shocked I haven’t touched on this topic. It’s something that has been on the list of topics to do for so long that I kinda forgot about it. Oops. In a time where we depend so much on technology and it changes so fast overnight, we’ve seen more horror films use technology as the... Continue Reading →
Stephen King’s The Stand: Book (1978) vs Miniseries (1994)
Ohhhh I’ve been dreading this one. And not for bad reasons but overwhelmed reasons? Look, we’re talking about Stephen King and his works and those can be a manifesto type of situation but we don’t have time for that! I’ll say up front, last read, picked up a few new thrifted books and one was... Continue Reading →
Horror Watchlist & Booklist of 2023
Ohhhh this year has been something else. Little ole me looks back at the previous years and what I watched and how much I watched and honestly, I'm surprised I watched ANYTHING this year. It has been a rough year mentally and still going in that direction due to some personal family changes and situations... Continue Reading →
Common Themes: In the Dark
Hello everyone! This is the last post of October since the 31st is on Tuesday so no post next week or the entire month of November (personal things happening, nanowrimo participation) but come December, I will be doing an overall post over things I’ve watched, what I’ve read this year, etc so be ready for... Continue Reading →
Top 13 Fashion/Costume Moments in Horror
The other day, I was randomly watching the 1971 film “Blood from the Mummy’s Tomb”, a Hammer film production (and I mean I randomly chose this) and while watching it, my eye kept getting caught by the lead character Margaret (played by Valerie Leon) and her purple coat. Every time she wore this coat, I... Continue Reading →
A Color Story: Crimson Peak (2015)
Title: Crimson Peak Year: 2015 Dir.: Guillermo del Toro Producer(s): Guillermo del Toro, Callum Greene, Jon Jashni, Thomas Tull Writer(s): Guillermo del Toro, Matthew Robbins Costume(s): Kate Hawley Cinematography: Dan Laustsen Starring: Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain, Tom Hiddleston, Charlie Hunnam and Jim Beaver Fun fact: I’ve seen this movie but I don’t remember much about... Continue Reading →
Small Town Horror
Fun fact, I live in a township. I don’t know if that qualifies as “fun” but it is a fact and it is true. I also had to look up what the hell a township even is and it is “numbered” and “sectionalized land system” which makes sense in the state where I live, there... Continue Reading →
