Welcome to Octoberween, everybody! For this month we will be looking at films of the horror genre, or have a general air of “Halloween” to them. Let’s start it off with a mind-warping psychological thriller from Japan, known as “Perfect Blue.” Satoshi Kon is one of my favorite filmmakers, and his films tend…
Horror can be anything. Goofy, political, dramatic, and everything in between. But the best horror, is, at its core, human. We (by “we” I mean “everyone but me”) are all going to die, and death comes in myriad forms. We meet it in myriad ways. Personally, I hope to go out laughing, but I have…
Happy Halloween to all our readers! I hope you have an appropriately spooky night. Why not finish it off with a scary story? This website is dedicated to film and TV, but it would be remiss of us to not mention the printed origins from which many films come. I love books as much as…
I watched Friday the 13th for the first time four years ago. I did not care for it. A devotee to Halloween and to John Carpenter in general, my initial viewing left the impression of a mostly forgettable Carpenter rip-off remarkable only in the inexplicable way it somehow launched a spat of bad sequels almost every single year for…
Because I am not made of stone. I am a man, and all men have their weaknesses. Mine is Vincent Price. Apparently. Anyway, this week’s climactic Octoberween extravaganza brings you not just a triple-feature, but one of tripled excellence. It’s not just an Edgar Allan Poe triple-feature, not just a Roger Corman triple-feature, not just…
Baddie: It’s always the quiet ones, amIright? Lesson: Have a long engagement. I spent a lot of time preparing myself for Audition because it has…a reputation. Regardless, I am ready. The film opens immediately with heartbreak as a boy brings his very very sick mother presents in the hospital. “Get well soon Mom” reads the card. He arrives as…
Hellboy might be my ideal comic book. Pulling inspiration from the works of Lovecraft, Jack Kirby, and folk tales and mythology from around the globe, it covers the bases of Things Will Standish Likes in ways that media rarely does. I mean, I have room in heart for a lot of comic characters, but very few…
