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Sunday Scaries: 31 Days of Halloween (Year Four)
If you’ve been following Awards Radar for any length of time, you may be familiar with my annual #31DaysOfHalloween challenge that’s usually documented on Twitter, our podcast, and of course, in a wrap-up article not unlike the one that you’re reading now. If you’re not familiar with the above, I feel like it’s pretty self-explanatory: […] More
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Film Review (Sunday Scaries Edition): ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ Forgets to Be Fun or Scary
I’ve written about video game adaptations more than once on the site. I want there to be lots of good ones. It’s good for the gaming industry, it’s good for cinema. More good movies is always a good thing in my book. Of course, film adaptations of games usually are terrible. Recently, we’ve been moving […] More
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in Op-ed
Sunday Scaries: Don’t Go To McKamey Manor
Note: I have heard from the grapevine that Russ McKamey has a… shall we say, “passionate” following. So if you’re a fan of his, let me be clear: We at Awards Radar are not affiliated with or claim ownership of any intellectual property owned by McKamey Manor. No one here represents Russ McKamey or is […] More
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Sunday Scaries Interview: Ellen Adair on How ‘Herd’ Reflects the Best and Worst of Humanity
Note: Spoilers ahead for Herd. So, it looks like the SAG-AFTRA strikes will not be ending soon, supposedly the “gap… is too great.” We at Awards Radar continue to stand with the dedicated film performers striking for a better deal, and this conviction is only strengthened when we see how many of them are still […] More
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Sunday Scaries: An Updated Ranking of the ‘Saw’ Franchise After ‘Saw X’
The Sunday Scaries are upon us once again! Yes, as the weekend concludes, most of us feel an oncoming sense of anticipatory dread about the week ahead. Anxiety about work manifests itself into a feeling that’s known as the Sunday Scaries. However, we at Awards Radar are here to combat that, by taking back the […] More
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Sunday Scaries: An Evening with the Parody ‘Saw: The Musical’
The Sunday Scaries are upon us once again! Yes, as the weekend concludes, most of us feel an oncoming sense of anticipatory dread about the week ahead. Anxiety about work manifests itself into a feeling that’s known as the Sunday Scaries. However, we at Awards Radar are here to combat that, by taking back the […] More
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Sunday Scaries: Ranking the ‘Saw’ Franchise So Far in Anticipation of ‘Saw X’
The Sunday Scaries are upon us once again! Yes, as the weekend concludes, most of us feel an oncoming sense of anticipatory dread about the week ahead. Anxiety about work manifests itself into a feeling that’s known as the Sunday Scaries. However, we at Awards Radar are here to combat that, by taking back the […] More
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Sunday Scaries: What Are the Remaining Horror Titles on the Horizon for 2023?
The Sunday Scaries are upon us once again! Yes, as the weekend concludes, most of us feel an oncoming sense of anticipatory dread about the week ahead. Anxiety about work manifests itself into a feeling that’s known as the Sunday Scaries. However, we at Awards Radar are here to combat that, by taking back the […] More
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in Op-ed
Sunday Scaries: Exorcising Paul Schrader’s Demons
So imagine it is the year 1997 and you’re James G. Robinson, co-founder of Morgan Creek Entertainment. You just saw Wes Craven revive the slasher genre the year prior, shocking an industry that had assumed since the end of the Cold War that those were permanently extinct. Suddenly, you see movement on reviving seemingly dead-and-buried […] More
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in Op-ed
Sunday Scaries: And I Just Didn’t Throw Enough Christians Into It
“The Exorcist … possessed an entire subgenre, which extended beyond horror and even cinema in general to significant influence on just about every Judeo-Christian religious group in the hemisphere. But … there is no Father Karras to exorcise this cultural demon. No filmmaker since the end of Richard Nixon’s last full year as President has […] More
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Sunday Scaries: What Makes a Horror Movie Pop at a Film Festival?
The Sunday Scaries are upon us once again! Yes, as the weekend concludes, most of us feel an oncoming sense of anticipatory dread about the week ahead. Anxiety about work manifests itself into a feeling that’s known as the Sunday Scaries. However, we at Awards Radar are here to combat that, by taking back the […] More
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Awards Radar Community / Sunday Scaries: Which Film Festival Debuts the Best Horror Movies?
The Sunday Scaries are upon us once again! Yes, as the weekend concludes, most of us feel an oncoming sense of anticipatory dread about the week ahead. Anxiety about work manifests itself into a feeling that’s known as the Sunday Scaries. However, we at Awards Radar are here to combat that, by taking back the […] More