Category: Arts & Entertainment
One Thing I Like About Bugonia
Bugonia is a surreal black comedy that seems arch and dark but can’t completely disguise its underlying humanity. (No significant spoilers)
Spooktober Recap and No-Theme November and Onwards
Saying goodbye to Spooktober until next year, and admitting what I really got out of it.
Ouija: Origin of Evil, or, Kate’s Husband’s Planchette
A last-minute addition to Spooktober 2025 that shouldn’t work yet somehow does (probably because of Mike Flanagan)
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
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
Tuesday Tune Two-Fer: Hit da Bricks!!
Two tangentially-related tunes to show that break-up songs are better with drums
Shelby Oaks, or, Demonitized
This horror movie about a missing YouTuber from Ohio is the debut feature from a non-missing YouTuber from Ohio
On Second Thought… Maybe Less?
How “news” of a potential movie about Ben Solo made me rethink all of my assumptions about Star Wars
Black Phone 2, or, Collect Call From Bill Ikilledacamperitsaboy
Or, Mama mia! That’s-a spooky Meatballs (1979)!
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)
