“I’ll be honest with you. Writing this chapter made me feel insane. Sitting at my desk, cataloguing how I became the kind of human that obliterates their body with work, patches it back together with self-care, believes my specialness makes my behavior elevated, and logs all my psychotic acts on an expensive watch that tracksContinue reading “Book Quote of the Day”
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Book Quote of the Day
[Alison’s mother appears to be possessed by a demon named Azha] “I tried to croak out, ‘Who’s there?’ but the words dried up in my throat. Azha, she would hiss. Azha who? I would ask, reciting a silly knock-knock joke, a riddle. But what would the punch line be? Az-ha-ungry and I’m going to openContinue reading “Book Quote of the Day”
Book Quote of the Day
“Ninang June and my mother had been best friends and rivals, and they used to pit me and Bernadette against each other when we were younger. Even after my mother passed away, Bernadette and I had felt the need to compete against each other in everything. It wasn’t until recently we realized how toxic ourContinue reading “Book Quote of the Day”
Top 25 Movie Quotes Part XXI
Ever seen the American Film Institute’s list of movie quotes? Let me sum up: of the hundred, about 25 are Casablanca and Gone with the Wind. Most of the rest are from the other golden oldies that are revered by the writers of film studies textbooks; they may be well-made, but they’re also very muchContinue reading “Top 25 Movie Quotes Part XXI”
‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’: Prepare for Disappointment
Mike (Josh Hutcherson) is a loner in desperate need of a job, seeing as he got into trouble at his last post for mercilessly pummeling a dude he thought was kidnapping a kid. (He’s obsessed with finding his little brother, who was kidnapped, by lucid dreaming about the incident as often as possible.) His meanContinue reading “‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’: Prepare for Disappointment”
Real Fear Part Two: Pregnancy Gone Wrong
*Author’s note: In the process of analyzing films, I let loose major spoilers.* Childbirth and pregnancy are by nature nerve-wracking, agonizing experiences. “It takes a lot of pushing and stretching to move a baby the size of a melon through a cervical opening the size of a kidney bean” (Sears, et al, p. 291). Even cesarean sectionsContinue reading “Real Fear Part Two: Pregnancy Gone Wrong”
‘Evil Dead Rise’: The Mommening is Fun and Well-Intentioned
A sequel\reboot\something…it’s canon, whatever it is, in the Evil Dead universe–it’s produced by Sam Raimi, Robert Tapert, and Bruce Campbell, who has a voice cameo as well. In this chapter of the saga of the demon-y deadites we have a bickering but sweet family trapped in their apartment building with the possessed matriarch, Ellie (AlyssaContinue reading “‘Evil Dead Rise’: The Mommening is Fun and Well-Intentioned”
Nostalgia Tiiiime!!!! “Black Hole Sun”
Today, I saw a book with some disconcerting artwork, and it brought to mind the music video for Soundgarden’s “Black Hole Sun”, which alternately terrified and fascinated me as a kid. It’s the giant creepy grimace-y smiles and lipstick. Some of the illustrations are quite lovely, but most are awkward and unintentionally creepy.
Ti West’s ‘X’ is Wicked, Fun, and Un-X-pectedly Clever
Texas, 1979. Led by producer Wayne (Martin Henderson), a group of young hooligans: actors Maxine (Mia Goth), Jackson (Scott Mescudi, AKA Kid Cudi), and Bobby-Lynne (Brittany Snow), director RJ (Owen Campbell), and sound/lighting/cinematography assistant Lorraine (Jenna Ortega) are making a low-budget adult film at a farmhouse, unbeknownst to its golden-ager owners, Howard (Stephen Ure) andContinue reading “Ti West’s ‘X’ is Wicked, Fun, and Un-X-pectedly Clever”
Book Quote of the Day
[Margo has escaped her former life as a killer nurse and is now a tame library clerk; she’s mad that she finished the first book that she really enjoyed reading] ” ‘Oh Constance. We are so happy.’ What about the rest of us?! I pick up the book and hurl it against the living roomContinue reading “Book Quote of the Day”
