Opus Was Underrated
The 2025 thriller Opus directed by Mark Anthony Green got a ton of bad reviews, so to say I liked it puts me in the minority by a substantial margin.
Why Weapons is my Favorite Movie of 2025 (So Far)
The 2025 film Weapons by Zach Cregger is a horror/thriller about a group of children who mysteriously run away from their homes one night and disappear without a trace.
The Monkey is the Gift That Keeps On Giving
The 2025 dark comedy The Monkey is a film adaptation of Stephen King’s short story by the same title. At the center of the story are Hal and Bill, two brothers who discover a wind-up toy monkey among their father’s possessions after his disappearance.
Bring Her Back & Grief in the Horror Genre
A woman is haunted by the tragic death of her daughter. Can a satanic ritual…Bring Her Back?
why reality tv is my guilty pleasure (and why i’m taking a break)
My obsession with reality tv started sometime around 2012. I was in between shitty jobs and I had recently discovered the streaming side of Netflix. This was back when Netflix still offered rentals by mail — a wild concept by modern standards.
funny games: more than a cheap thrill
Two rich white boys come into your house and won’t leave. What could go wrong?
on pulling up late to the stephen king party
Even as a lifelong enthusiastic reader, as someone who dragged their mom along to the midnight release parties for the Harry Potter books, who used to scour garage sales and used bookstores for old copies of the Happy Hollister mystery series — I somehow missed the memo on Stephen King.