

Faceless After Dark (2023)
Opening with the final product Faceless After Dark released in 2023 starring Jenna Kanell as Bowie, a B-horror movie actress who has just broken into the industry. While the movie itself is not the biggest blockbuster of horror films it has more care and reverence for the subject matter it covers than the fake movie in the film. The movie follows Bowie as she grapples with building parasocial expectations from the movie’s fan base and feeling like she has pigeon holed herself
Aug 9


Franchise Marathon: Paranormal Activity (2007-2021)
Prior to Paranormal Activity (2007) found footage success was limited to the first Blair Witch Project movie that premiered in 1999 with the caveat that the 2nd movie flopped hard. Like its predecessor in the subgenre the first Paranormal Activity movie relied heavily on guerrilla marketing. That term, guerrilla marketing, refers to marketing that doesn’t feel like marketing or straight up advertising despite being just that.
Sep 14, 2022


1BR (2019)
1BR isn't perfect but it does provide an interesting story that is told from multiple perspectives at different points in time throughout Sarah's indoctrination. I like that the indoctrination is shown before going into the tactics used, it made them feel more impactful as a viewer that I too had been tricked by their methods. So often we brush off noises as our own paranoia or eccentricities in particular if that individual is a woman that lives alone like Sarah is when she
Feb 3, 2022


Incident in a Ghostland (2018)
I love twists and trying to guess the twist if I know there is one or being shocked by an unexpected twist, 2 of my favorite horror movie features. With the Incident from a Ghostland 2018 recommend from a horror fan I figured why not with the expectation I’d scroll around social media if and when I lost full interest. While watching however I was shook that I couldn’t look away and rewound multiple times to make sure I didn’t miss clues, hints, or references in the detail lad
Jan 20, 2022


The Children (2008)
The movie opens on a quiet winter night, the ice beginning to melt indicating it is the tail end of winter when the snow goes between slush and frozen throughout the day. The quiet is interrupted by a car coming down an isolated road through the forest setting, loud inside with what is a family. Casey, played by Hannah Tointon, is a teenager and one of the main protagonists throughout the film who is the first character revealed in the film...
Dec 24, 2021


Better Watch Out (2016)
When it comes to Better Watch Out, the 2016 Christmas film directed by Chris Peckover, I didn’t plan on being fully engaged when we put this movie on. It was more of a random choice from a list of holiday movies but I was pleasantly surprised how engaging the seemingly obvious plot becomes. I went in assuming Better Watch Out would be a typical babysitter horror film but sooner than I anticipated this anticipation was met with an outcome I didn't quite predict.
Dec 21, 2021


Black Christmas (1974), (2006), and (2019)
Though the horror genre isn’t typically associated with Christmas I feel there are inherently sinister elements of the season that fit perfectly with horror. I'm a huge fan of both horror and Christmas and right after Halloween passes I look forward the holiday season with a mixture of Christmas-themed horror mixed in. Though the 3 Black Christmas movies aren't considered a series or franchise at least one of the 3 renditions typically makes any Christmas horror list.
Dec 9, 2021


Kristy (2014)
For this Thanksgiving holiday I decided to rewatch a movie that takes place over Thanksgiving break at a college, Kristy (2014), rather than a Thanksgiving themed movie. Directed by Oliver Blackburn and starring Haley Bennet as the main character and Ashely Greene as the main antagonist, this movie is definitely worth the watch. Kristy focuses on a college girl who stays on campus over Thanksgiving break and then is hunted down by a cult targeting what they consider “Kristy”
Nov 25, 2021


My one sided beef with modern media
The beef is more of a general issue with modern media but nonetheless still a problem and that problem, to put it simply is: the endings don’t make sense anymore. We all remember the final season of Game of Thrones. Eight seasons of beautiful character and world building culminated in a final battle viewers couldn't see and bizarre endings for the most beloved characters. The predictions, hopes, and insights went unanswered and a desire to rewrite history.
Sep 1, 2021





