Month: October 2025
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The Witch, or, If Thou Goest Down In The Woods Today
Finishing up Spooktober by finally watching Robert Eggers’s debut movie about a teenager who just can’t seem to get a break
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Frankenstein, or, Merciless Life
Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein feels like the gothic horror movie he’s always wanted to make, and it wants to make it absolutely clear which one is the monster
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Tuesday Tune Two-Fer: Hit da Bricks!!
Two tangentially-related tunes to show that break-up songs are better with drums
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Shelby Oaks, or, Demonitized
This horror movie about a missing YouTuber from Ohio is the debut feature from a non-missing YouTuber from Ohio
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On Second Thought… Maybe Less?
How “news” of a potential movie about Ben Solo made me rethink all of my assumptions about Star Wars
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Black Phone 2, or, Collect Call From Bill Ikilledacamperitsaboy
Or, Mama mia! That’s-a spooky Meatballs (1979)!
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Hell House, LLC, or, Killer Klowns From Crawl Space
This found footage horror movie about a Halloween haunt gone wrong is limited by its liabilities of a shoestring budget and even less imagination. (Spoilers after a warning)
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Freaky, or, Jason Takes Third Period Shop Class
Freaky is a teen slasher movie horror comedy that just plain works.
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Overlord, or, 28 VE Days Later
Overlord is the most Bad Robotingest thing, an action/horror B-movie about blowing up Nazi monsters
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Dr Terror’s House of Horrors, or, Strangers on a Train
A horror anthology about having to share a train car with some of the worst people
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Ghost Stories, or, Creepy Watson
An anthology of creepy stories of the supernatural that’s every bit as original and imaginative as its title