Category Archives: Classic Scares

Welcome to Witch Week (31 Scares Week 3)

In which I rank eight different Witch-related films by the most important metric of all: How Awesome Is The Witch?

CARRIE (2013) Is CARRIE (1976) Is CARRIE (1974): This Would-Be Feminist Remake Can’t Escape Its Source Material

Give a talented female director a Stephen King novel, and she’ll make…a Stephen King movie. Unfortunately.

31 Scares Week 2: Children, Possession, and the Eating of Flesh

A week of ghosts, children, and the eating of flesh! I watched POSSUM, CHILD’S PLAY, CELIA, MOTHER!, SINISTER, 0.0 MHZ, BLOOD QUANTUM, THE TAKING OF DEBORAH LOGAN, and RAW.

31 Scares Week 1: Murder Cults, Body Horror, and Psychosis

In which I score the first 8 films of my list on their scaryness and also gender stuff! Films include ROSEMARY’S BABY, The Aster Duo, THE WOLF HOUSE, and KINGDOM OF THE SPIDERS.

31 Days, 31 Scares

Autumn is upon us! Time for terror.

Every Horror Movie Has a Moral No Exceptions

Also get off my lawn!

The Big 4 Ranked (Plus The Movie I’d Pick to Replace #4)

I thoroughly enjoyed my foray into the “Big 4!” But also, I have notes.