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…
No One Will Save You: a home invasion movie like no other
Welcome to the beginning of 31 Days of Frights, where I’ll be watching a scary movie every day for the month of October! Our first selection is the Hulu original…
Does Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes live up to its predecessors?
Ah, Planet of the Apes. We’ve come from latex masks and low(er) budgets to seamlessly CGI’ed chimpanzees and gorgeous, transporting settings. But has the quality of storytelling remained the same?…
Netflix’s Nimona elevates the themes of Stevenson’s heroine
I first read ND Stevenson’s Nimona back in high school, a year or two after it was published in 2015. (Published by HarperCollins, that is - it began as a…
Halloween classics: meeting Jason, Freddy, and Michael
When we get a true Friday the 13th in October, it’s kind of begging you to watch that horror movie you’ve been putting off. But this month, I didn’t just…
The Old Guard: Movie Review
Once, when I was a kid, I saw a brief glimpse of a movie playing on the hotel TV. Flipping through channels, I paused there. It would be years before…
