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Recent Posts:

  • [A Discovery of Witches Review] Matthew and Diana Settle Into 1590 With Mixed Results
  • ‘WandaVision’ Charts An Ambitious, Unexpected New Direction For The MCU [Review]
  • In Season 4, ‘Search Party’ Veers Into Psychological Horror Territory [Review w/t Gayly Dreadful]
  • [A Discovery of Witches Review] Season 2 begins with a Diana/Matthew-heavy hour
  • [The Stand Review w/t Gayly Dreadful] Spies Everywhere in “The House of the Dead”
  • [The Stand Review w/t Gayly Dreadful] ‘Pocket Savior’ Offers More Thin Characterizations…but Heather Graham!
  • [Review] ‘Train to Busan presents: Peninsula’ Is A Thrilling Zombie Action Film
  • [Film Review] ‘Happiest Season’ Isn’t The Happy Queer Holiday Film We Need
  • [Blu Review] Unpleasant Characters Dominate Mean Home Invasion Film ‘The Owners’
  • [Nightstream Review] Exploring a Broad Range of Queer Horror in the ‘Slayed’ Shorts Program
  • [Review] Celebrating Gothic Romance, T’Nia Miller and Tearful Endings in Episodes 5-8 of ‘The Haunting Of Bly Manor’
  • [Nightstream Review] ‘Bloody Hell’ Is Bloody Fun
  • [Review] ‘The Wolf of Snow Hollow’ Mistakes Screaming For Comedy
  • [Review] Supernatural and Real Life Horrors Intersect in Monsterland’s First Four Episodes
  • [Lovecraft Country Review w/t Gayly Dreadful] “A History of Violence” Queers The Indiana Jones Story
  • [Lovecraft Country Review w/t Gayly Dreadful] ‘Whitey’s On The Moon’ Has Bad Pacing And Great Music Cues
  • [Into The Dark review w/t Gayly Dreadful] “The Current Occupant” Is A Failed, Frustrating Political Paranoia Thriller
  • [He Said / She Said Review] ‘The Beach House’ Is Essential Cosmic Aquatic Horror Viewing
  • JU-ON: Origins Review w/t Gayly Dreadful: Slight Characters, But Mega Gore Dominate The Back Half Of S1
  • [Penny Dreadful: City of Angels review w/t Gayly Dreadful] ‘Day Of The Dead’ Is A Finale That Elicits Shrugs, Not Riots
  • [Penny Dreadful: City of Angels Review w/t Gayly Dreadful] Secrets Abound in “Hide and Seek”
  • [TV Review w/t Gayly Dreadful] ‘Love, Victor’ Is A Heartfelt Companion to ‘Love, Simon’
  • [He Said/She Said] ‘Becky’ Pits A Girl and A Black Woman Against Kevin James’ Aryan Brotherhood
  • [Penny Dreadful: City of Angels review w/t Gayly Dreadful] A Lengthy Police Corruption Storyline Plagues “How It Is with Brothers”
  • [Into The Dark reviews w/t Gayly Dreadful] Dissecting Misogyny and Frankenstein Tragedy in “All That We Destroy”
  • [Penny Dreadful review w/t Gayly Dreadful] All Goodwill for “Josefina And The Holy Spirit” Is Destroyed In One Scene
  • [Horror Bucket List] Harrowing [REC] Makes Found Footage Feel Fresh
  • [Motherland: Fort Salem review w/t Gayly Dreadful] “Coup” Reveals The Capital ‘V’ Villain of S1
  • [Into The Dark Review w/t Gayly Dreadful] ‘Delivered’ Is Narratively Stillborn
  • [Penny Dreadful: City of Angels review w/t Gayly Dreadful] “Dead People Lie Down” Favors Characters Over Action
  • [He Said/She Said] ‘The Wretched’ Digs Up Squelching Effects And Mean Thrills
  • [Motherland: Fort Salem review w/t Gayly Dreadful] ‘Mother Mycelium’ Introduces Real World Complexity
  • [Horror Bucket List] ‘The Cat o’ Nine Tails’ Is A Surprisingly Queer Positive Early Argento Film
  • Amazon’s ‘Upload’ from Greg Daniels: TV Review
  • [He Said/She Said] ‘Why Don’t You Just Die!’ Is Early Tarantino…Russian-Style
  • [Motherland: Fort Salem review w/t Gayly Dreadful] The Show’s Potential Is Unlocked With “Bellweather Season”
  • [Horror Bucket List] ‘Next Of Kin’ (1982) Is A Gorgeous, Slow Burn Ozploitation Classic
  • [Horror Bucket List] ‘The Pact’ Offers Plenty of Hidden Surprises
  • [He Said / She Said] ‘Extra Ordinary’ Is Nothing Short of Amazing
  • [Motherland: Fort Salem review w/t Gayly Dreadful] Boys and Generals Dominate “A Biddy’s Life”
  • [Horror Bucket List] ‘Thirst’ Is A Sexy & Subversive Korean Take on the Vampire Mythos
  • [Horror Bucket List] ‘The Night of the Hunter’ Is A Classic, Eerie Moral Odyssey
  • [Motherland: Fort Salem review w/t Gayly Dreadful] “Say The Words” Introduces An Alt-World of Patriotic Witches
  • [Kingdom review w/t Gayly Dreadful] The 1st half of S2 Delivers Big Set Pieces, Deaths and Palace Intrigue
  • [Review] ‘Bloodshot’ is Ridiculous Fun (and Smarter Than It Looks)
  • [The Outsider recap w/t Gayly Dreadful] “Must/Can’t” Doesn’t Get The Job Done
  • [Horror Bucket List] ‘The Gate’ Is A (Forgotten?) Gateway Horror Film That Holds Up
  • [Into The Dark review w/t Gayly Dreadful] “Crawlers” Is An Uninspired Take on Better Alien Invasion Flicks
  • [The Outsider review w/t Gayly Dreadful] ‘Foxhead’ Takes The Show On The Road
  • [Horror Bucket List] ‘The Seventh Victim’ Delivers The Queer Satanism
  • [Blu Review] Shout Factory’s ‘My Bloody Valentine’ Is A Love Letter To Horror Fans
  • [Horror Bucket List] ‘Shutter’ Finds Scares in Karma and Spectral Hauntings
  • [The Outsider recap w/t Gayly Dreadful] Holly Finally Joins The Group for An Explosive Reveal
  • [Review] ‘Mon Mon Mon MONSTERS’ Is A Challenging Depiction of Teenage Sociopathy
  • [Horror Bucket List] ‘Night Of The Demons’ Is A Zany, Practical Effects Delight
  • [The Outsider recap w/t Gayly Dreadful] “Que Viene el Coco” Identifies The Bogeyman
  • [He Said / She Said]: ‘Countdown’ Fluctuates Between Silly, Ridiculous and Borderline Offensive
  • [The Outsider recap w/t Gayly Dreadful] The Latest Stephen King Adaptation Opens With Plenty of Mystery
  • [Servant Recap w/t Gayly Dreadful] ‘Jericho’ Delivers A Gut Punching Revelation
  • [He Said/She Said] ‘I See You’ Surprises, Intrigues and Entertains
  • Interview: Writer Erlingur Thoroddsen and Director Carter Smith on Hulu’s ‘Into The Dark: Midnight Kiss’
  • [Servant recap w/t Gayly Dreadful) Another Tense Dinner & a Purple Balloon Dominate “Haggis”
  • [Review] ‘Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker’ Offers Plenty of Fan-Service and Nostalgia
  • Horror Writing For External Websites
  • [Servant Review w/t Gayly Dreadful] “Cricket” Confirms Leanne’s Magical Abilities
  • [He Said/She Said] ‘Rabid’ Has Problems In Front Of And Behind The Camera
  • [Servant Review w/t Gayly Dreadful] Baby Dolls, Creepy Nannies and Weird Sex Dominate Eps 1-3
  • [AHS 1984 Recap w/t Gayly Dreadful] “Rest In Pieces” Is DOA
  • Live & Video Appearances
  • [Review] ‘Terminator: Dark Fate’ Is One Hell Of A Progressive Blockbuster
  • [Review] Stop Me If You’re Heard This Before: Patrick Lussier’s ‘Trick’ Is No Treat
  • [AHS Recap w/t Gayly Dreadful] ‘True Killers’ Opts For Killers All The Way Down
  • [AHS 1984 recap w/t Gayly Dreadful] “Mr. Jingles” Suffers From Ryan Murphy Syndrome
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  • Other Horror Writing
  • [Review] ‘The Fanatic’ Is Empty And Offensive
  • [Pose Recap w/t Gayly Dreadful] Bikinis, Boys and Reads in “Life’s A Beach”
  • [Pose Recap W/T Gayly Dreadful] ‘Blow’ Offers Up Condoms, Coke and Cots
  • [Pose Recap W/t Gayly Dreadful] Ninja 3: The Domination Is The Best Part Of “What Would Candy Do?”
  • [Fantasia Review] Paradise Hills Offers Beauty, But Misunderstands Its Own Appeal
  • [Review] ‘Scream: Resurrection’ Kills With Boredom
  • [Review] Canadian Zombie Film ‘Deadsight’ Offers Stripped Down Tension
  • Queer Horror Director Showcase: Michael Varrati on Empowering Queer Youth, the Influence of Up All Night and Working on Literally Everything
  • Queer Horror Director Showcase: Paul Etheredge on Growing Up In A Queer Family, the Challenges of Shooting the First Gay Slasher and ‘Hellbent’s Legacy
  • [Fantasia 2019] Five Films To Get Excited For At This Year’s Festival
  • Queer Horror Director Showcase: Yann Gonzalez on Gregg Araki’s ‘Nowhere’, Making His Mom Cry, And Being Understood in the US
  • Guest Appearances
  • [Pose Recap w/t Gayly Dreadful] Bodies In The Closet in ‘Butterfly/Cocoon’
  • Queer Horror Director Showcase: Jaclyn Chessen on Strong Female Characters and Crafting Queer Characters Who Are “Just Here”
  • Queer Horror Director Showcase: Chris Peckover on ‘The Mexican’ As A Coming Out Film, Desexualized Queer Characters And The Ups and Downs Of Hollywood
  • [Frameline 43] ‘Bit’ Is A Revolutionary Queer Feminist Vampire Film
  • [Frameline 43] ‘End Of The Century’ Offers Intimacy In Spite Of Confused Storytelling
  • Queer Horror Director Showcase: Ted Geoghegan on ‘Friday the 13th’ As Gateway Horror and Using Historical Polyamory To Normalize Difference
  • Queer Horror Director Showcase: Carter Smith on Being Mesmerized by ‘The Brood’ and Combining Horror and Fashion in ‘All The Dead Boys’
  • Queer Horror Director Showcase: Sam Wineman on Road Trips, ‘Black Christmas’ and Being a Blumhouse Baby
  • Queer Horror Director Showcase: Monika Estrella Negra, Escaping Traditionalist BS & Telling Our Own Stories
  • [Review] Head Count Is A Mean, Savvy Supernatural Thriller
  • Queer Horror Director Showcase: Chris Moore, Using Horror To Confront Fears & Adrienne Barbeau As The Best Queer Character
  • [Pose Recap w/t Gayly Dreadful] AIDS, Madonna and Glow-Ups Kick-Off ‘Acting Up’
  • Queer Horror Director Showcase: Jeffrey Reddick, How Risk Affects Gay Content in Hollywood and Making the Jump from Writer to Director

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Recent Posts

  • [A Discovery of Witches Review] Matthew and Diana Settle Into 1590 With Mixed Results
  • ‘WandaVision’ Charts An Ambitious, Unexpected New Direction For The MCU [Review]
  • In Season 4, ‘Search Party’ Veers Into Psychological Horror Territory [Review w/t Gayly Dreadful]

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