Nearly a year ago, I saw the trailer for Promising Young Woman and it is one of the best movie trailers I have ever seen in my life. Which made the pandemic delayed release of this film all the harder to stomach. https://youtu.be/yZQpclS3tO4 Warning: Finally seeing the film will just make you want to watch … Continue reading Promising Young Woman Ending Explained + Analyzed
I realized I've never made a top ten list of my favorite horror films, so here they are. As discussed in this post, I do tend to think of favorite movies as the ones I revisit again and again, and love showing to friends. So these aren't necessarily what I would classify as the best … Continue reading My Top 10 Horror Films
Silent Hill has been one of my favorite horror movies since it came out in 2006. The tone, music, and disturbing visuals are captivating. Christophe Gans's direction is great and he mostly avoids the music video style of editing that plagued a lot of the turn of the century horror movies, leaving the movie feeling … Continue reading “Do You Not Know We Will Judge the Angels?”: A 15 Year Retrospective on Silent Hill (2006)
I need a bit more time this week to write a very special analysis post on one of my favorite movies which is celebrating its 15th anniversary this year. Look for a new deep dive post in the next couple days so I can distract myself till noon on Wednesday the 20th. In my restless … Continue reading Pardon the Ash from the Coal Fire….
The three Tales from the Hood movies offer varying degrees of social commentary, humor, and scares. The first one offers the most complex social commentary and best balance of humor and horror. The second veers much more towards humor. The third is the scariest (though it did involve a haunted CGI basketball?!). Each has their … Continue reading Every Tales From the Hood Segment Ranked
Sophia Takal's New Year, New You is a brilliant genre take on influencer culture, tension in friendships, and how far we should be when punishing people for past transgressions. From IMDb: A group of old friends gather for a girl's night on New Years Eve. But as they begin to rehash old memories, many of … Continue reading Why You Should Watch: New Year, New You (2018)
From IMDb: A funeral director tells four strange tales of horror with an African American focus to three drug dealers he traps in his place of business. This well-written and complex anthology is one of those movies you will like the more and more you think about it. I'm not usually a fan of horror … Continue reading Why You Should Watch: Tales from the Hood (1995)
Confession: I haven't seen a lot of Christmas horror movies. So my top five are basically most of the ones I've seen. While I work on rectifying that, I wanted to take a peek and see what movies are freely available online to watch with the highest IMDb ratings. So if you too are looking … Continue reading 5 Best Christmas Horror Movies You Can Stream Right Now
I make a sometimes huge distinction in my mind between what I consider a best movie versus a favorite movie. This is perhaps no clearer than when someone asks me what my favorite horror movie is. That would be Scream. I could watch Scream over and over again without getting sick of it, and find … Continue reading Differentiating Favorite Movies vs. Best Movies
When you think of Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining, music may not be the very first element to pop into your head. But like many horror films, the soundtrack is a crucial component of creating the atmosphere of dread throughout the movie. It probably isn’t shocking to know Kubrick was difficult to work with, and this extended … Continue reading The Trans Woman Behind The Shining
A Huffle of Horror 