Jason’s questional mortality: Friday the 13th 4-6
The fourth Friday the 13th movie is taglined “The Final Chapter.” From a modern perspective, we know we’re not even halfway through, but it’s awfully nice of them to assume…
The Exorcist: the iconic, disturbing classic
As with yesterday, I convinced my dad to watch a Halloween movie with me. But this time, my mom joined us without meaning to! She happened to be having dinner…
The Omen: the son of the devil, or the son of bad parents?
“You will see me in hell, Mr. Thorn! There we will share out our sentence.” There aren’t a lot of Halloween-type movies I can convince my dad to watch with…
Heathers: a TNT-fueled black comedy
“Our love is God. Let’s go get a Slushie.” Remember my coworker from day 3? When the new Mean Girls came out, I asked her if she’d seen the original. …
Soylent Green: the cannibalistic dystopia of two years ago
Yeah, maybe a sci-fi thriller from the 70s isn’t entirely on theme for a Halloween watchlist, but the eventual twist is horrifying enough to justify it. After all, the dystopia…
The Others: an emotionally compelling haunting
The Others is one of those movies, like The Sixth Sense, where you more than likely know the plot twist before having watched it. That wasn’t the case when I…
It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown: a nostalgic animated delight
For day #5, I chose a movie my Mom called her favorite Halloween watch: It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown! The music and animation alone are wonderfully nostalgic and seasonal!…
The Blob: a classic case of old-fashioned fright
After Sleepaway Camp, it was time to return to a family-friendly Halloween pick, something my parents and sister would watch with me. And I found that in 1958’s The Blob!…
Under-the-radar slashers (aka, my coworker’s bloody recs)
Inside “What a daughter needs, a mother knows.” A year ago, my favorite coworker to talk movies with recommended two Halloween films: Inside and Sleepaway Camp. I didn’t get around…
Nosferatu: the vampiric silent film star
For my second day of 31 Days of Frights, I picked a movie my mom would watch with me: the 1922 classic Nosferatu! I watched this one in 2021 as…
