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Six-Six-Six Months to Halloween: A Spooky Smörgåsbord
Six-Six-Six Months to Halloween: A Spooky Smörgåsbord

Hello fiends! Here’s nine horror recommendations to tide you over until the smells of pumpkin, cider, and debauchery fill the air.

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Baillee PerkinsApril 22, 2022Comment
Joy in the Chaos: A Review of EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
Joy in the Chaos: A Review of EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE

It’s a bittersweet, but dizzying concept: multiple selves existing simultaneously across space and time.

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Alejandra MartinezApril 20, 2022Comment
(Don't) Call Me By Your Name
(Don't) Call Me By Your Name

Two hours and an untouched pack of Kleenex later, we left the theater with an awkward silence hanging over us.

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Colin RothamelApril 18, 2022Comment
Stream Queen: The Best Offerings on Hulu
Stream Queen: The Best Offerings on Hulu

22 flicks for your nights of Hulu and spill (blood)

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Baillee PerkinsApril 11, 2022Comment
Daytime Horror Canon
Daytime Horror Canon

Bright skies, bloodied earth, and burning bodies abound.

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Alejandra MartinezApril 8, 2022Comment
P.I.'s Are from Mars: Revisiting Rob Thomas's Teen Noir
P.I.'s Are from Mars: Revisiting Rob Thomas's Teen Noir

If this piece costs me any relationships, I’ll still remember how a long time ago, we used to be friends.

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Baillee PerkinsMarch 30, 2022Comment
MALIGNANT: It Grows on You
MALIGNANT: It Grows on You

A high camp, melodramatic masterpiece, paying homage to James Wan’s earlier works like Dead Silence but with a new, matured self-awareness.

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Baillee PerkinsMarch 23, 2022Comment
Joss Whedon has no place in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer revival
Joss Whedon has no place in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer revival

In every generation there’s a Chosen One … and another reboot.

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Naomi BarghielMarch 22, 2022Comment
Cruising For An (Emotional) Bruising Or: The DRIVE MY CAR Review
Cruising For An (Emotional) Bruising Or: The DRIVE MY CAR Review

At its best, DRIVE MY CAR moves past the screen and peers into the complicated emotions roiling within us.

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Justin NorrisMarch 11, 2022Comment
Stream Queen: The Best Offerings on Shudder
Stream Queen: The Best Offerings on Shudder

In no particular order, 40 of my favorite movies currently streaming on Shudder.

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Baillee PerkinsMarch 10, 2022Comment
Accepting Abomination: On FIRST REFORMED
Accepting Abomination: On FIRST REFORMED

When I was a child, I told my mother it was a mistake: “I’m supposed to be a tree.”

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Olivia Hunter WillkeMarch 9, 2022 Comment
THE BATMAN: Overwrought & Underbaked
THE BATMAN: Overwrought & Underbaked

For all the ridiculous and sublime moments, The Batman handles its one-hundred and seventy-six minute runtime with the finesse of an improvised mail bomb.

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Morgan HydeMarch 7, 2022Comment
Adam Driver Leeches Off A Doll or; The ANNETTE Review
Adam Driver Leeches Off A Doll or; The ANNETTE Review

From police investigations to acts of cunnilingus to a character literally explaining their feelings to the audience, ANNETTE finds a musical number for any moment.

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Justin NorrisMarch 1, 2022Comment
The Tapes of Wrath: Long Live Analog Horror
The Tapes of Wrath: Long Live Analog Horror

These series lurk on YouTube, starting as innocuous employee training videos and wilderness survival tips before devolving into something far more sinister.

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Baillee PerkinsFebruary 28, 2022Comment
THE TEXAS TWITTER CLAPBACK
THE TEXAS TWITTER CLAPBACK

I am so tired of this, whatever “this” is.

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Morgan HydeFebruary 23, 2022Comment
The Existential Horror of UNIVERSAL SOLDIER
The Existential Horror of UNIVERSAL SOLDIER

Taken together, Regeneration and Day of Reckoning are a juggernaut duology of existential fright.

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Morgan HydeFebruary 23, 2022Comment
10 Things I Love About 10 Things I Hate About You
10 Things I Love About 10 Things I Hate About You

Arguably one of the best ’90s Shakespeare adaptations, writer Colin Rothamel shares why this film holds up over 2 decades later.

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Colin RothamelFebruary 17, 2022Comment
I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream for More Scream!
I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream for More Scream!

With the fifth installment’s recent release, I thought it would be worth watching every entry and seeing where each movie lands in the line-up.

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Colin RothamelJanuary 22, 2022Comment
My MATRIX IMAX 4DX-Perience
My MATRIX IMAX 4DX-Perience

A friend and I attempt to survive the most vulgar and confrontational experience in popular cinema history.

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Morgan HydeJanuary 4, 2022Comment
RESIDENT EVIL: Undead on Arrival
RESIDENT EVIL: Undead on Arrival

It is, in essence, the Funko Popization of a franchise; a series of key images and names and self-conscious references engineered just enough to be “Resident Evil” without a discernible soul of its own.

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Morgan HydeJanuary 3, 2022Comment
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