Brennan Klein
@itsrainingbrens.bsky.social
Don’t be scared, I just like horror movies. Senior Reporter @ Screen Rant / Rotten Tomatoes-Approved Critic / Contributor @ Horror Press / Podcaster @ Alternate Ending & Attack of the Queerwolf
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Happy New Year’s Eve! It’s time for my annual roundup of the best and worst in movies, music, TV, books, and more of 2025!
Ask they ask in Rent, how do you measure a year? In Gagas, in sinners, in Dexters, or KPop demons? Find out here:
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Ask they ask in Rent, how do you measure a year? In Gagas, in sinners, in Dexters, or KPop demons? Find out here:
jiffypopculture.blogspot.com/2025/12/2025...
What time is it? Time to read my review of PSIKOPAT, a Turkish slasher about a pear-munching strangler: jiffypopculture.blogspot.com/2026/01/cens...
Census Bloodbath: Pearnaked Ladies
Note: The only copy of this Turkish movie I could find was unsubtitled, so take my review with a grain of salt. Year:
1988 Director:
Bülen...
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January 17, 2026 at 3:14 PM
What time is it? Time to read my review of PSIKOPAT, a Turkish slasher about a pear-munching strangler: jiffypopculture.blogspot.com/2026/01/cens...
Check out my review of 1985’s HONG KONG BUTCHER, which is one of the rare 1980s slashers to be based on a true story: jiffypopculture.blogspot.com/2026/01/cens...
Census Bloodbath: Just Wait Till You Meet The Baker
Note: I do not have access to translated credits for this Cantonese-language slasher, so I am unfortunately unable to accurately credit who ...
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January 16, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Check out my review of 1985’s HONG KONG BUTCHER, which is one of the rare 1980s slashers to be based on a true story: jiffypopculture.blogspot.com/2026/01/cens...
Slasher catch-up continues with the 1981 Hong Kong movie COLD-BLOODED MURDER, a weird hybrid of giallo and Bruceploitation. Read my review: jiffypopculture.blogspot.com/2026/01/cens...
Census Bloodbath: Police Horror Story
Year:
1981 Director:
To-Bong Law Cast:
Bruce Le, Carter Wong, Wai-Man Chan Run Time:
1 hour 28 minutes Plot: Cold-Blooded Murder (also k...
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January 14, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Slasher catch-up continues with the 1981 Hong Kong movie COLD-BLOODED MURDER, a weird hybrid of giallo and Bruceploitation. Read my review: jiffypopculture.blogspot.com/2026/01/cens...
Over on @horrorpress.com, I’m exploring some of the horror genre’s most cathartic and satisfying deaths of all time! Read it here: horrorpress.com/editorials/1...
The 10 Most Satisfying Deaths in Horror Movies
Horror Press’ exploration of catharsis this month lends itself naturally to the topic of satisfying horror movie deaths. While murdering people who vex you in real life is rightly frowned upon, horror...
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January 14, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Over on @horrorpress.com, I’m exploring some of the horror genre’s most cathartic and satisfying deaths of all time! Read it here: horrorpress.com/editorials/1...
Taking a break from 1986 slashers to catch up on some obscure ones I JUST learned about (how do the 1980s keep producing movies when they’ve been over for decades?). Let’s start with the 1984 Hong Kong movie DRESS OFF FOR LIFE!
Read my review: jiffypopculture.blogspot.com/2026/01/cens...
Read my review: jiffypopculture.blogspot.com/2026/01/cens...
Census Bloodbath: Say No To The Dress
Note: I have recently done another thorough audit of the list of 1980s slashers that I use to supply the titles for Census Bloodbath. Every ...
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January 12, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Taking a break from 1986 slashers to catch up on some obscure ones I JUST learned about (how do the 1980s keep producing movies when they’ve been over for decades?). Let’s start with the 1984 Hong Kong movie DRESS OFF FOR LIFE!
Read my review: jiffypopculture.blogspot.com/2026/01/cens...
Read my review: jiffypopculture.blogspot.com/2026/01/cens...
Happy New Year’s Eve! It’s time for my annual roundup of the best and worst in movies, music, TV, books, and more of 2025!
Ask they ask in Rent, how do you measure a year? In Gagas, in sinners, in Dexters, or KPop demons? Find out here:
jiffypopculture.blogspot.com/2025/12/2025...
Ask they ask in Rent, how do you measure a year? In Gagas, in sinners, in Dexters, or KPop demons? Find out here:
jiffypopculture.blogspot.com/2025/12/2025...
December 31, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Happy New Year’s Eve! It’s time for my annual roundup of the best and worst in movies, music, TV, books, and more of 2025!
Ask they ask in Rent, how do you measure a year? In Gagas, in sinners, in Dexters, or KPop demons? Find out here:
jiffypopculture.blogspot.com/2025/12/2025...
Ask they ask in Rent, how do you measure a year? In Gagas, in sinners, in Dexters, or KPop demons? Find out here:
jiffypopculture.blogspot.com/2025/12/2025...
Thank you to @horrorpress.com for encouraging me to fix another glaring blind spot. Holiday magic is alive and well!
Click here to read my review of (drumroll)… SNAKES ON A PLANE! horrorpress.com/reviews/1220...
Click here to read my review of (drumroll)… SNAKES ON A PLANE! horrorpress.com/reviews/1220...
‘Snakes on a Plane’: A First-Time Watch Review
I entirely missed the pre-release Internet buzz surrounding 2006’s Snakes on a Plane. I had far too many commitments to my Neopets to take notice of such things. But I think that’s what intrigued me m...
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December 24, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Thank you to @horrorpress.com for encouraging me to fix another glaring blind spot. Holiday magic is alive and well!
Click here to read my review of (drumroll)… SNAKES ON A PLANE! horrorpress.com/reviews/1220...
Click here to read my review of (drumroll)… SNAKES ON A PLANE! horrorpress.com/reviews/1220...
Check me out on the movie podcast The Goods, bending the show to my will and making them talk about the eerie COVID-era rom-com DEAR CHRISTMAS, starring Jason Priestley and Melissa Joan Hart! thegoodsreviews.com/podcast-epis...
Podcast Episode: Dear Christmas (2020) ft. Brennan Klein – A cookie-cutter Christmas – The Goods: Film Reviews
Podcast Episode: Dear Christmas (2020) ft. Brennan Klein – A cookie-cutter Christmas Review
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December 19, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Check me out on the movie podcast The Goods, bending the show to my will and making them talk about the eerie COVID-era rom-com DEAR CHRISTMAS, starring Jason Priestley and Melissa Joan Hart! thegoodsreviews.com/podcast-epis...
My streak of posting piping hot takes on @horrorpress.com continues afresh with my ranking of the movies in the ANACONDA franchise! Read it here: horrorpress.com/movies/12221...
The ‘Anaconda’ Franchise, Ranked
The Anaconda franchise is probably one of the most misbegotten IP exercises of the modern era. The original is one of those bone-stupid genre movies that were constantly becoming hits throughout the 1...
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December 17, 2025 at 5:13 PM
My streak of posting piping hot takes on @horrorpress.com continues afresh with my ranking of the movies in the ANACONDA franchise! Read it here: horrorpress.com/movies/12221...
Next up on the slasher chopping block is 1986’s EVIL LAUGH! It gets a lot of credit for being a pre-Scream meta comedy, but I’m much more interested in how it makes good on Dreamaniac’s promise of 1986 being deeply homoerotic. Read my review: jiffypopculture.blogspot.com/2025/12/cens...
Census Bloodbath: Brou-Ha-Ha
Note: It must be recognized that Evil Laugh was directed and co-written by the late Dominick Brascia. Onscreen, he most memorably played J...
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December 16, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Next up on the slasher chopping block is 1986’s EVIL LAUGH! It gets a lot of credit for being a pre-Scream meta comedy, but I’m much more interested in how it makes good on Dreamaniac’s promise of 1986 being deeply homoerotic. Read my review: jiffypopculture.blogspot.com/2025/12/cens...
Our next 1986 slasher is DREAMANIAC, which might just be David DeCoteau’s masterpiece? Read my review: jiffypopculture.blogspot.com/2025/12/cens...
Census Bloodbath: Won't You Take Me To Twunkytown?
Year:
1986 Director:
David DeCoteau Cast:
Thomas Bern, Kim McKamy, Sylvia Summers Run Time:
1 hour 22 minutes Plot: Aspiring heavy meta...
jiffypopculture.blogspot.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Our next 1986 slasher is DREAMANIAC, which might just be David DeCoteau’s masterpiece? Read my review: jiffypopculture.blogspot.com/2025/12/cens...
The slasher train keeps on rolling! Appropriately, given the season, the first 1986 slasher I’ll be covering this month is the Indian musical dramedy DECEMBER POOKKAL. Check out my review: jiffypopculture.blogspot.com/2025/12/cens...
Census Bloodbath: Paint Me Like One Of Your Final Girls
A Note: This movie was only available to me in unsubtitled Tamil, so obviously my review is to be taken with a few huge grains of salt. Howe...
jiffypopculture.blogspot.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The slasher train keeps on rolling! Appropriately, given the season, the first 1986 slasher I’ll be covering this month is the Indian musical dramedy DECEMBER POOKKAL. Check out my review: jiffypopculture.blogspot.com/2025/12/cens...
My most thoroughly researched article ever is out now on @horrorpress.com! Read here: horrorpress.com/movies/12255...
The Best Male Full Frontal In Horror Movies
While horror has long been considered to be a haven of exploitation of the human body, it has its limitations. For as much blood and nudity as the genre contains, one major frontier has yet to be full...
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December 4, 2025 at 3:07 PM
My most thoroughly researched article ever is out now on @horrorpress.com! Read here: horrorpress.com/movies/12255...
I got to fill in another blind spot thanks to @horrorpress.com! Just in time for American Thanksgiving, here’s my review of ADDAMS FAMILY VALUES!
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‘Addams Family Values’: A First-Time Watch Review
I have a first-time watch review of 1991’s The Addams Family in the books this November. With Thanksgiving coming, it was only right that I also take a look at its 1993 sequel, Addams Family Values. A...
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November 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I got to fill in another blind spot thanks to @horrorpress.com! Just in time for American Thanksgiving, here’s my review of ADDAMS FAMILY VALUES!
horrorpress.com/reviews/1199...
horrorpress.com/reviews/1199...
It’s time for a little sneak peek at the 1986 slashers I’ll be covering soon! Take a gander here: jiffypopculture.blogspot.com/2020/07/cens...
November 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
It’s time for a little sneak peek at the 1986 slashers I’ll be covering soon! Take a gander here: jiffypopculture.blogspot.com/2020/07/cens...
Before we leave 1985 for good, here’s my ranking of the best and worst in slasher filmmaking from that inglorious year!
jiffypopculture.blogspot.com/2025/11/cens...
jiffypopculture.blogspot.com/2025/11/cens...
November 21, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Before we leave 1985 for good, here’s my ranking of the best and worst in slasher filmmaking from that inglorious year!
jiffypopculture.blogspot.com/2025/11/cens...
jiffypopculture.blogspot.com/2025/11/cens...
Time for my last slasher of 1985! Before we move on to 1986, let’s spend a little time with the sleazy, bonkers THE NAIL GUN MASSACRE!
Read my review here: jiffypopculture.blogspot.com/2025/11/cens...
Read my review here: jiffypopculture.blogspot.com/2025/11/cens...
Census Bloodbath: Nailed It
Year:
1985 Director:
Bill Leslie & Terry Lofton Cast:
Rocky Patterson, Ron Queen, Michelle Meyer Run Time:
1 hour 25 minutes Plot: The N...
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November 18, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Time for my last slasher of 1985! Before we move on to 1986, let’s spend a little time with the sleazy, bonkers THE NAIL GUN MASSACRE!
Read my review here: jiffypopculture.blogspot.com/2025/11/cens...
Read my review here: jiffypopculture.blogspot.com/2025/11/cens...
Our next 1985 slasher is TERROR AT LONDON BRIDGE, a TV movie where David Hasselhoff fights Jack the Ripper! This is a real thing that exists!
Read my review: jiffypopculture.blogspot.com/2025/11/cens...
Read my review: jiffypopculture.blogspot.com/2025/11/cens...
Census Bloodbath: You Don't Know Jack
Year:
1985 Director:
E.W. Swackhamer Cast:
David Hasselhoff, Stepfanie Kramer, Adrienne Barbeau Run Time:
1 hour 37 minutes Plot: Terror...
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November 17, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Our next 1985 slasher is TERROR AT LONDON BRIDGE, a TV movie where David Hasselhoff fights Jack the Ripper! This is a real thing that exists!
Read my review: jiffypopculture.blogspot.com/2025/11/cens...
Read my review: jiffypopculture.blogspot.com/2025/11/cens...
Thank you to @horrorpress.com for encouraging me to rectify a major blind spot!
We found out @itsrainingbrens.bsky.social has never seen THE ADDAMS FAMILY (1991). So naturally, we made him watch it. His thoughts below! #horrorsky
‘The Addams Family’ (1991) First-Time Watch Review
Whether it’s for the first time or a long overdue revisit, 1991’s The Addams Family is well worth a watch. Despite its narrative weaknesses, it’s well worth spending 99 minutes basking in The Addams F...
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November 5, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Thank you to @horrorpress.com for encouraging me to rectify a major blind spot!
My 1980s slasher project continues afresh with a review of 1985’s CONFESSIONS OF A SERIAL KILLER, which did predate Henry, Portrait of a Serial Killer (which adapts the same true story), but failed to make much of itself by doing so.
jiffypopculture.blogspot.com/2025/11/cens...
jiffypopculture.blogspot.com/2025/11/cens...
Census Bloodbath: If I'm Gonna Tell It, Then I Gotta Tell It All
Year:
1985 Director:
Mark Blair Cast:
Robert A. Burns, Dennis Hill, Berkley Garrett Run Time:
1 hour 35 minutes MPAA Rating: R Plot: Do...
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November 3, 2025 at 3:12 PM
My 1980s slasher project continues afresh with a review of 1985’s CONFESSIONS OF A SERIAL KILLER, which did predate Henry, Portrait of a Serial Killer (which adapts the same true story), but failed to make much of itself by doing so.
jiffypopculture.blogspot.com/2025/11/cens...
jiffypopculture.blogspot.com/2025/11/cens...
Happy Halloweeeeeeen! My final 1950s sci-fi movie of the month is THE BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS, which is the movie that directly inspired Godzilla! How does it compare? Check out my review here:
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October 31, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Happy Halloweeeeeeen! My final 1950s sci-fi movie of the month is THE BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS, which is the movie that directly inspired Godzilla! How does it compare? Check out my review here:
jiffypopculture.blogspot.com/2025/10/card...
jiffypopculture.blogspot.com/2025/10/card...
2012’s THE WOMAN IN BLACK is the rare haunted house remake that actually succeeds. Read my love letter to it over on @horrorpress.com:
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horrorpress.com/editorials/1...
‘The Woman in Black’ Remake Is Better Than The Original
As a horror fan, I tend to think about remakes a lot. Not why they are made, necessarily. That answer is pretty clear: money. But something closer to “if they have to be made, how can they be made wel...
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October 29, 2025 at 2:23 PM
2012’s THE WOMAN IN BLACK is the rare haunted house remake that actually succeeds. Read my love letter to it over on @horrorpress.com:
horrorpress.com/editorials/1...
horrorpress.com/editorials/1...
October’s crossover where I review 1950s B-movies continues with the Bert I. Gordon classic(?) THE SPIDER!
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Cardboard Science: Spins A Web, Any Size
Year: 1958 Director: Bert I. Gordon Cast: Ed Kemmer, June Kenney, Eugene Persson Run Time: 1 hour 13 minutes It's time for the second entr...
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October 17, 2025 at 2:21 PM
October’s crossover where I review 1950s B-movies continues with the Bert I. Gordon classic(?) THE SPIDER!
jiffypopculture.blogspot.com/2025/10/card...
jiffypopculture.blogspot.com/2025/10/card...
We as a culture don't spend enough time talking about the In Memoriam segment at the 2015 Oscars where Jennifer Hudson randomly sang "I Can't Let Go," an original song from the Smash soundtrack.
October 17, 2025 at 12:29 AM
We as a culture don't spend enough time talking about the In Memoriam segment at the 2015 Oscars where Jennifer Hudson randomly sang "I Can't Let Go," an original song from the Smash soundtrack.
This weekend marks the 40th anniversary of SILVER BULLET, so please check out my article on @horrorpress.com about how it deserves to get its flowers just as much as (or… even more than) that OTHER Corey Haim monster movie.
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horrorpress.com/movies/11329...
‘Silver Bullet’ Should Be Just As Popular As ‘The Lost Boys’
When you hear the phrase “Corey Haim horror movie,” your mind, it’s safe to assume, jumps to The Lost Boys. That’s only natural. Hell, that’s probably the title that comes to mind when you hear the ph...
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October 8, 2025 at 1:13 PM
This weekend marks the 40th anniversary of SILVER BULLET, so please check out my article on @horrorpress.com about how it deserves to get its flowers just as much as (or… even more than) that OTHER Corey Haim monster movie.
horrorpress.com/movies/11329...
horrorpress.com/movies/11329...