RED ROSE HORROR

In the spirit of the upcoming new year this week I watched, New Year, New You, a 2018 Into the Dark film. Directed by Sophia Takal this horror flick follows a reunion of friends who have fallen out of touch with their now social media star fourth group member, Danielle Williams, played by Carly Chaikin. Danielle is on the come up and her three friends, Alexis, Kaela, and Chloe are not pleased about it. Alexis, played by Suki Waterhouse, is the main protagonist despite her com

Before I jump into the movie The Children (2008) I want to address something that really pissed me off. Fun fact about me: I always put closed captioning on. It’s not that I’m hard of hearing but rather that I want to make sure what I heard characters say is what they actually said. I also love to see what the music and background noises are captioned as (menacing violin strike). I’ve never used the IMDB streaming app before but of course went to turn on closed captions. I ap

Back to the regularly scheduled holiday programming, this post is all about Better Watch Out (2016) directed Chris Peckover. Not going to lie, I didn’t plan on being fully engaged when we put this movie on but it captured my attention because it took a turn I could not have predicted going in. I assumed this movie to be a typical babysitter is stuck at home babysitting during the holiday season and a burglar or group of burglars break in and then attempt to murder them. Also

Try as I might, despite my best efforts to watch a holiday themed horror movie this week I just couldn’t do it. It doesn’t really feel like Christmas this year and frankly after watching all three Black Christmas movies I needed a break. So, instead of a holiday movie this week I watched Hypnotic (2021), a Netflix original starring Kate Siegel as the protagonist and Jason O’Mara as the antagonist respectively. From the opening scene I assumed the therapist, Dr. Collin Meade (

Christmas, a holiday centered around giving, joy, and often corny miracles. A man in a sleigh who watches your children all year long decides who is deserving and undeserving of material gifts, specifically toys. Though the horror genre isn’t typically associated with Christmas I feel there are inherently sinister elements of the Christmas season that fit perfectly with horror. As a fan of both horror and Christmas I look forward to Christmas centered horror movies every year