IN ALL POSTS YOU'LL FIND:

Deep Dive essays on topics like cannibalism & scariest movies
Video and written versions of projects like American Horror Story series
Opinion pieces on topics like new movies & found footage
Movie marathon recommendations and watch lists

Content warning: All posts contain strong language, descriptions of graphic imagery and/or content and discussion of NSFW topics—if that isn't your jam that is okay. This is a space about fear, the things that terrify, and what that could mean. Spoiler warnings are provided in most posts but please proceed with caution.

My top five found footage movies

Now a full-fledged subgenre with parameters and guidelines evolving in particular around the technology available now and how we use that tech. Back in '99 it didn't make sense for people to have a recording device out unless they needed to, placing large constraints out of the gate for the plots of these movies. As tech became intertwined with our everyday lives, to the extent that in Unfriended 2 it's believable that hackers can tap into the vast network of surveillance cam

DEEP DIVES

Nov 12, 2021

Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin (2021)

The most recent Paranormal Activity installment released October 29, 2021, titled Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin, sticking with the format of the other recent franchise releases that opted for stand-alone names and stories. Directed by William Eubank (Underwater 2020) and written by Christopher Landon (several other of the Paranormal Activity) it is just a good horror movie flat out.

REVIEWS

Nov 6, 2021