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    Sunday Scaries: The Worst Year for “Elevated” Horror

    Note: This article contains spoilers for Keeper, Together, Bring Her Back, Sinners, and Weapons. At the start of this decade, I mused on a possible decline in the trend of horror movies with ambitious themes, heavier visual aesthetics, and a more “arthouse” appeal being the dominant form of the genre in favor of more tonally […] More

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    On the December Radar…

    Happy Honda Days, everyone! How are we all doing right now? Yeah… yeah, same. Things are looking kinda glum near the close of a pretty glum year. But still, let us try to keep our spirits up as the holidays approach. After all, there is a reason why every major religion and culture has some […] More

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    Sunday Scaries: An Accumulation of Anguish

    Note: Spoilers for one of the most well-known novels in the English language, and a variety of its adaptations, are discussed below. I watched a lot of Frankenstein movies during the last week of October in preparation for the latest version of the classic story from Guillermo del Toro, which is now available to stream […] More

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    Maternal Derangement Syndrome

    So, we recently saw the theatrical release of Die My Love, which Joey loved but has also been attracting divided reactions and debate from those who’ve seen it. I don’t really want to discuss the movie itself, but rather its place among an unusual swell of movies like it that have emerged in recent years. […] More

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    On the November Radar…

    Well, here we all are. Still in the midst of a site-wide shutdown due to some of the staff writers demanding free healthcare for undocumented commenters. This is all their fault. Don’t believe anyone who tells you otherwise. Joey has, if anything, been given an extraordinary opportunity to lay off entire sections that contribute to […] More

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    We All (Should) Know This Is A Symbol Of “The Baddies”

    You know who I think are bad guys? Nazis. They are the worst. Just awful people all-around. I used to think we could all agree on that in this century, but apparently that is not the case, anymore. This is an especially puzzling phenomenon for me to observe as a movie nerd, since I grew […] More

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    Remembering ‘Kiss of the Spider Woman’ 40 Years Later

    Once upon a time, in a tropical island far away, there lived a strange woman. She wore a long gown of black lamé that fit her like a glove. But the poor thing, she was caught in a giant spider web that grew out of her own body. One day, a shipwrecked man drifted onto […] More

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    On the Fall Radar…

    I feel a little strange, and kind of guilty, posting something like this now of all times. These articles are literally designed to juice up interest, or at least discourse, around upcoming movies looking forward to an imminent commercially-available release on streaming or in theaters. But I feel like a lot of you may not […] More

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    Sunday Scaries: YOU’VE BEEN HERE FOR TWO DECADES

    A consensus among gamers is that, in any debate on what deserves to be held up as the Greatest Videogame Storyline Of All Time™, Silent Hill 2 needs to be in the conversation. It’s easy to see why: the game unfolds a bleak, engrossing, and mature (for its time) plot about grief and guilt communicated […] More

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    Sunday Scaries / Make This Movie Crossover: A Psychological Anti-Her Thriller

    Like a lot of people obsessed with culture and art, A.I. has been on my mind lately. Namely, how it’s propped up by an ungodly amount of venture capital money despite very few demonstrated use cases. And how it is actively promoted by vile late-stage capitalist tech bros who despise art. And how it’s exacerbating […] More

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    Illusions of ‘Her’

    No, Microsoft Co-Pilot, I don’t want you to write this article for me. What little value these pieces have comes from my voice and my perspective that you can’t ever truly replicate. I’m sure it would be “easier,” but letting A.I. write opinion articles for me would slowly kill what little is left of my […] More

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    On the Summer Radar…

    Summertime! The season when the big movies IP-dependent franchise tentpoles roll out and keep Hollywood studio executives on the edge of their seats because these behemoths need to gross half-a-billion dollars just to have a shot at breaking even. The next ninety days will see the release of nine sequels, five reboots/remakes (depending on how […] More

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