The Cabin in the Woods: a brilliant subversion of tropes
“I thought there’d be stars. We are abandoned.” Another year, another 31 Days of Frights! This time around, I started off the gauntlet with a modern horror classic: The Cabin…
Death Becomes Her: a body horror/buddy comedy romp
Yeah, maybe I’m pushing the rules of “Halloween movies,” but I’d say this one absolutely counts! And maybe I needed something a little lighter after Pearl, sue me! Death Becomes…
Pearl: a twisted, nearly sympathetic origin story
If I’d had one extra day with my best friend, we could’ve capped off the trilogy with Maxxxine… but alas, we were only able to watch Pearl after X. At…
X: the brilliantly- shot porn/slasher crossover
When I visited my best friend for the weekend, I was able to continue my daily horror ritual with her as we watched a long-awaited flick - X! X is…
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…
