As you may recall, one of my thorniest points of contention in Monster Squad (1987) comes from the whole notion that, to save the day, one must be a virginal female. The problem, I argued, didn’t have anything to do … Continue reading →
Ah, love is a many-splendored thing. It starts off as a flush, an infatuation with something beautiful in front of you, its imperfections imperceptible to you as you rush to spend every waking minute with it. As time goes on, … Continue reading →
If you know me personally, you will realize right off the bat that you’re walking into a rant. Ten words or less: I hate, hate, HATE It’s a Wonderful Life. There’s really not much more I can say about that. … Continue reading →
First thing’s first: I have a soft spot for How I Met Your Mother, despite that upon rewatch, it’s deeply disturbing. I can laugh at Barney (Neil Patrick Harris) whilst cringing at the near-constant slut-shaming of any woman who isn’t … Continue reading →
It’s Halloween again, which means that we’re getting yet another Saw movie. What started as a short film in 2003 turned into the first feature-length motion picture in 2004, courtesy of James Wan and Leigh Whannell. Today, we’re up to … Continue reading →
The 1989 teenage fantasy film Teen Witch is a combination of guilty pleasure and childhood staple: the damn thing played on HBO all the time growing up, much like Clue, Real Genius, The Worst Witch and Mannequin. The story was … Continue reading →
Oh I do not want to write this one, but I feel it’s a moral imperative. I caught 1968’s Witchfinder General for the first time a week ago at the time of this writing – a friend of mine insisted … Continue reading →
One of the many reasons I love Ridley Scott’s 1979 masterpiece Alien stems from the fact that it takes care of what many consider to be “the haunted house problem” – that notion of oh, I don’t know, leaving the … Continue reading →
Okay, what budding goth didn’t love Beetlejuice as a child? It had everything: ghosts, Tim Burton-brand special effects, and a Harry Belafonte soundtrack. Okay, maybe that last one wasn’t so goth, but it was fun. Another part of the fun? … Continue reading →
I went into What If thinking that it might be a good romantic comedy. Ten minutes in, I was already checking the counter. It took fucking forever to move, but once it did, it was like watching a 10-car pile … Continue reading →
