Promising Young Woman is one of the most thought-provoking horror movies I’ve seen since Get Out. There is so much to unpack here that I didn’t feel comfortable trying to squeeze it into a single post. So here is Part 2 of my review. And I know I said that this was coming “next week”Continue reading “The Misogyny is Coming from Inside the House: Promising Young Woman Part 2”
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Never Has a Punch to the Gut Been So Satisfying: A Review of Promising Young Woman
*Warning: Contains Spoilers* I watched this one several months ago, and it took me a while to write this review because processing this movie was like processing a life-changing experience. I won’t say that the movie changed my life, but it FELT that way: exhilarated, horrified, flushed with adrenaline, and oddly at peace. It wasn’tContinue reading “Never Has a Punch to the Gut Been So Satisfying: A Review of Promising Young Woman”
Less a Review and More a Highly Articulate Fangirl Squee: Train to Busan
Horror is one of my favorite genres, but sometimes I wonder if I really “identify” as a horror fan. Blood, guts, monsters, and gore are secondary to me; I can take or leave them, and too much is a turn-off. To me, what should always come first and foremost in any movie or book regardlessContinue reading “Less a Review and More a Highly Articulate Fangirl Squee: Train to Busan”
Little Dead Girl
Tim drove through the neat Chicago suburb, and the dead girl rode in the back seat. She was about six years old, chubby and red-haired. Tim never saw her face to face. She only appeared in his rear view mirror. Sometimes in the mirror of a gas station bathroom. Tim would be washing his hands,Continue reading “Little Dead Girl”
Six Degrees to Slasher: Hunchback, Repo!, and Spree
I watched a bunch of movies this weekend; my life has gotten so much more bearable since I discovered Fandango Now. At first I wanted something relatively wholesome, but I started with the darkest Disney movie in 90s history so maybe even then I should have known the direction my mood was about to take.Continue reading “Six Degrees to Slasher: Hunchback, Repo!, and Spree”
The Aftermath of Abuse: A Review of The Invisible Man
***Mild spoilers*** The kids and I watched The Invisible Man shortly before Halloween as part of an ongoing horror movie marathon. It’s not standard Halloween fare: there are no witches, no ghosts (not really), and no evil curses or spells. But the story is as familiar as a fairy tale, especially to women who haveContinue reading “The Aftermath of Abuse: A Review of The Invisible Man”
Down the Well–a Stephen King Fanfic
The swing creaked as Abigail Bagley swung back and forth. The rusty chains bit into her hands, but she squeezed them tighter and tighter as she swung. The air was brisk and cool, indicating the onset of evening. Soon her mother would call her in for dinner and bed. Inside the lights would be bright,Continue reading “Down the Well–a Stephen King Fanfic”
The Future of Vampires: A Review of Daybreakers
Vampires are sexy. Complain about Twilight all you want, but sexy is their thing. Every movie monster that has multiple successful iterations (and in some cases have been beaten to death, looking at you zombies) represents some society-wide fear and taps into it for the shivers. Vampires represent sexual fears, often the fear of rapeContinue reading “The Future of Vampires: A Review of Daybreakers”
Book Review: A Basketful of Heads
I was never a huge fan of traditional superhero comics when I was a kid, because I found the format frustrating. I wanted to finish the whole story in one sitting like I could with a book, and waiting for weeks just to read for half an hour drove me crazy. I did like horrorContinue reading “Book Review: A Basketful of Heads”
The Children’s Bones
*CW for child death* Once upon a time there was a witch, but her house of candy was not in the middle of a deep wood. The little house was in a neat little suburb, and the witch was a cosmetics saleswoman named Jessica Howell. Jessica was not a witch by choice. She had notContinue reading “The Children’s Bones”
Dawn Napier 