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
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.
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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:
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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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‘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:
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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!
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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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‘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.
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Happy October!
I’m kicking off this year’s annual switcheroo with Hunter Allen of Kinemalogue by covering the first classic sci-fi movie he assigned me, Roger Corman’s 1963 outing X: THE MAN WITH THE X-RAY EYES!
Read my review here:
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I’m kicking off this year’s annual switcheroo with Hunter Allen of Kinemalogue by covering the first classic sci-fi movie he assigned me, Roger Corman’s 1963 outing X: THE MAN WITH THE X-RAY EYES!
Read my review here:
jiffypopculture.blogspot.com/2025/10/card...
Cardboard Science: I'm Looking Through You
Year: 1963 Director: Roger Corman Cast: Ray Milland, Diana Van der Vlis, Harold J. Stone Run Time: 1 hour 19 minutes Happy October, everyb...
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October 3, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Happy October!
I’m kicking off this year’s annual switcheroo with Hunter Allen of Kinemalogue by covering the first classic sci-fi movie he assigned me, Roger Corman’s 1963 outing X: THE MAN WITH THE X-RAY EYES!
Read my review here:
jiffypopculture.blogspot.com/2025/10/card...
I’m kicking off this year’s annual switcheroo with Hunter Allen of Kinemalogue by covering the first classic sci-fi movie he assigned me, Roger Corman’s 1963 outing X: THE MAN WITH THE X-RAY EYES!
Read my review here:
jiffypopculture.blogspot.com/2025/10/card...
It’s back to school season, so why not learn something that’s actually fun by checking out my list of great obscure high school horror movies over on @horrorpress.com: horrorpress.com/movies/10978...
8 Great Obscure High School Horror Movies
It’s Back to School month over here at Horror Press, which is my favorite time to watch high school horror movies. Mostly to remind myself of why I’m glad to have already graduated, but also because i...
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September 3, 2025 at 2:05 PM
It’s back to school season, so why not learn something that’s actually fun by checking out my list of great obscure high school horror movies over on @horrorpress.com: horrorpress.com/movies/10978...
We’re drawing close to the end of 1985 in my slasher project! Here’s my review of the late giallo NOTHING UNDERNEATH, which features Donald Pleasence! As a mustachioed Italian police commissioner for some reason!
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Census Bloodbath: Now That's What I Call Scissoring
Year:
1985 Director:
Carlo Vanzina Cast:
Tom Schanley, Renée Simonsen, Donald Pleasence Run Time:
1 hour 33 minutes MPAA Rating: R Plot...
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August 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
We’re drawing close to the end of 1985 in my slasher project! Here’s my review of the late giallo NOTHING UNDERNEATH, which features Donald Pleasence! As a mustachioed Italian police commissioner for some reason!
jiffypopculture.blogspot.com/2025/08/cens...
jiffypopculture.blogspot.com/2025/08/cens...
So I’m late to the news that Noah Centineo is attached to play Rambo in the prequel, but I’m just saying, I totally called it over on @screenrant.bsky.social: screenrant.com/rambo-preque...
Casting A Young Rambo For New Prequel Movie: 10 Actors Who Could Replace Sylvester Stallone
The prequel follows John Rambo's time in Vietnam.
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August 15, 2025 at 2:05 PM
So I’m late to the news that Noah Centineo is attached to play Rambo in the prequel, but I’m just saying, I totally called it over on @screenrant.bsky.social: screenrant.com/rambo-preque...
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With all the Harry Potter stuff in the news, and the audiobooks in the pipeline, we have some great alternatives to help scratch that itch so you can avoid paying that person money. List by @itsrainingbrens.bsky.social #BookRecs
5 Harry Potter Alternatives To Avoid Giving That Woman Money
You’re reading this article on the Internet. Which means you’ve been on the Internet at least once in the past five years. Which means you know that Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling is an unrepentant...
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August 11, 2025 at 6:25 PM
With all the Harry Potter stuff in the news, and the audiobooks in the pipeline, we have some great alternatives to help scratch that itch so you can avoid paying that person money. List by @itsrainingbrens.bsky.social #BookRecs
Reposted by Brennan Klein
Curious to know what your favorite HALLOWEEN says about you? Let us know if we got it right! Article by @itsrainingbrens.bsky.social #horrorsky
What Your Favorite ‘Halloween’ Movie Says About You
It’s October. The wind is blowing, and the leaves are changing.* As the weather begins to cool and the veil between the living and the dead stretches thin, you know in your bones that Halloween is app...
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August 8, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Curious to know what your favorite HALLOWEEN says about you? Let us know if we got it right! Article by @itsrainingbrens.bsky.social #horrorsky
Reposted by Brennan Klein
It’s my birthday! I’m doing a fund raiser to save up for the Friday the 13th con this weekend.
For every $10+ donation (it’s cool if you can’t), I’ll share a track from my playlist “Slashdance,” which compiles history’s best horror needle drops! 🎂❤️🔪
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For every $10+ donation (it’s cool if you can’t), I’ll share a track from my playlist “Slashdance,” which compiles history’s best horror needle drops! 🎂❤️🔪
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August 6, 2025 at 2:29 PM
It’s my birthday! I’m doing a fund raiser to save up for the Friday the 13th con this weekend.
For every $10+ donation (it’s cool if you can’t), I’ll share a track from my playlist “Slashdance,” which compiles history’s best horror needle drops! 🎂❤️🔪
venmo.com/u/Brennan-Kl...
For every $10+ donation (it’s cool if you can’t), I’ll share a track from my playlist “Slashdance,” which compiles history’s best horror needle drops! 🎂❤️🔪
venmo.com/u/Brennan-Kl...
It’s my birthday! I’m doing a fund raiser to save up for the Friday the 13th con this weekend.
For every $10+ donation (it’s cool if you can’t), I’ll share a track from my playlist “Slashdance,” which compiles history’s best horror needle drops! 🎂❤️🔪
venmo.com/u/Brennan-Kl...
For every $10+ donation (it’s cool if you can’t), I’ll share a track from my playlist “Slashdance,” which compiles history’s best horror needle drops! 🎂❤️🔪
venmo.com/u/Brennan-Kl...
August 6, 2025 at 2:29 PM
It’s my birthday! I’m doing a fund raiser to save up for the Friday the 13th con this weekend.
For every $10+ donation (it’s cool if you can’t), I’ll share a track from my playlist “Slashdance,” which compiles history’s best horror needle drops! 🎂❤️🔪
venmo.com/u/Brennan-Kl...
For every $10+ donation (it’s cool if you can’t), I’ll share a track from my playlist “Slashdance,” which compiles history’s best horror needle drops! 🎂❤️🔪
venmo.com/u/Brennan-Kl...
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Ahead of the July 18th release of I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER, our very own @itsrainingbrens.bsky.social ranked the franchise (yes even the Amazon series). #horrorsky
The ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ Franchise, Ranked
The I Know What You Did Last Summer franchise is a peculiar beast. Think about it. First of all, it never really got started. I consider the foundation of a horror franchise to be the movies that got ...
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July 9, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Ahead of the July 18th release of I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER, our very own @itsrainingbrens.bsky.social ranked the franchise (yes even the Amazon series). #horrorsky
I’ve finally gotten to see my most anticipated movie of the year! For @screenrant.bsky.social, here’s my review of the latest installment in Disney Channel’s most delirious, glorious franchise: Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 4: DAWN OF THE VAMPIRES!
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Zombies 4: Dawn Of The Vampires Review - My Love For The Disney Franchise Has Mostly Avoided Being Tarnished
The Disney Channel musical franchise lives on.
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July 8, 2025 at 2:18 PM
I’ve finally gotten to see my most anticipated movie of the year! For @screenrant.bsky.social, here’s my review of the latest installment in Disney Channel’s most delirious, glorious franchise: Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 4: DAWN OF THE VAMPIRES!
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For our next 1985 slasher, we’re heading to the slopes of the Rockies (via Sweden) with the hair metal band Solid Gold and their groupies in BLOOD TRACKS! Read my review: jiffypopculture.blogspot.com/2025/07/cens...
Census Bloodbath: Heads Will (Rock And) Roll
Year:
1985 Director:
Mats Olsson Cast:
Jeff Harding, Naomi Kaneda, Michael Fitzpatrick Run Time:
1 hour 29 minutes Plot: Blood Tracks ...
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July 7, 2025 at 2:54 PM
For our next 1985 slasher, we’re heading to the slopes of the Rockies (via Sweden) with the hair metal band Solid Gold and their groupies in BLOOD TRACKS! Read my review: jiffypopculture.blogspot.com/2025/07/cens...
Our first 1985 slasher of July is 1) an Alan Smithee joint, 2) Moustapha Akkad’s only non-Halloween slasher, and 3) one of the weirdest movies in history. It’s APPOINTMENT WITH FEAR!
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jiffypopculture.blogspot.com/2025/07/cens...
Census Bloodbath: Can We Reschedule?
Year:
1985 Director:
Ramsey Thomas (as Alan Smithee) Cast:
Michele Little, Kerry Remsen, Douglas Rowe Run Time:
1 hour 36 minutes MPAA R...
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July 1, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Our first 1985 slasher of July is 1) an Alan Smithee joint, 2) Moustapha Akkad’s only non-Halloween slasher, and 3) one of the weirdest movies in history. It’s APPOINTMENT WITH FEAR!
jiffypopculture.blogspot.com/2025/07/cens...
jiffypopculture.blogspot.com/2025/07/cens...
Grateful to 28 Years Later for quite a few things, but most importantly for exposing me to the Taylor Holmes recording of the poem “Boots.” It’s literally 110 years old and it’s maybe one of the most gripping performances in any medium.
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Boots
Victor 55057. Matrix/Take: C-16183/1.
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June 26, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Grateful to 28 Years Later for quite a few things, but most importantly for exposing me to the Taylor Holmes recording of the poem “Boots.” It’s literally 110 years old and it’s maybe one of the most gripping performances in any medium.
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New on @horrorpress.com! My love letter to just how much the first act of THE PERFECTION had me quaking in my boots!
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Act One of ‘The Perfection’ Is the Scariest Bug Horror Movie Ever
We have a double theme going on here at Horror Press this month. In addition to working to highlight horror movies with actual queer characters for Pride Month, we are also diving deep into the wriggl...
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June 25, 2025 at 2:19 PM
New on @horrorpress.com! My love letter to just how much the first act of THE PERFECTION had me quaking in my boots!
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horrorpress.com/movies/9607/...
Our next 1985 slasher on the chopping block is INTERFACE, a truly bizarre techno-thriller from the era when we thought computers were basically just magic. Read my review:
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Census Bloodbath: Computer? I Hardly Know Her!
Year:
1985 Director:
Andy Anderson Cast:
John S. Davies, Lauren Lane, Michael Hendrix Run Time: 1 hour 18 minutes Plot: Interface follo...
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June 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Our next 1985 slasher on the chopping block is INTERFACE, a truly bizarre techno-thriller from the era when we thought computers were basically just magic. Read my review:
jiffypopculture.blogspot.com/2025/06/cens...
jiffypopculture.blogspot.com/2025/06/cens...
New slasher review! This time I take a look at 1989’s POST MORTEM - RETURN TO CARNAGE HALL, a microbudget shot-on-video movie made by college students which is a sequel to a film that’s impossible to find. But I kinda had a really good time?
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Census Bloodbath: Let There Be Carnage
Year:
1989 Director:
John Harvey Cast:
Rhett Pennell, John Harvey, Kevin Schmidt Run Time:
1 hour 49 minutes Plot: Post Mortem - Return...
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June 23, 2025 at 3:24 PM
New slasher review! This time I take a look at 1989’s POST MORTEM - RETURN TO CARNAGE HALL, a microbudget shot-on-video movie made by college students which is a sequel to a film that’s impossible to find. But I kinda had a really good time?
jiffypopculture.blogspot.com/2025/06/cens...
jiffypopculture.blogspot.com/2025/06/cens...
The next 1985 slasher on the chopping block is FORMULA FOR A MURDER, a movie that is too late to be a proper giallo, but too giallo to be a proper slasher.
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jiffypopculture.blogspot.com/2025/06/cens...
Census Bloodbath: Marriage Can Be Murder
Year:
1985 Director:
Alberto De Martino Cast:
Christina Nagy, David Warbeck, Carroll Blumenberg Run Time:
1 hour 36 minutes Plot: Formul...
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June 18, 2025 at 2:53 PM
The next 1985 slasher on the chopping block is FORMULA FOR A MURDER, a movie that is too late to be a proper giallo, but too giallo to be a proper slasher.
jiffypopculture.blogspot.com/2025/06/cens...
jiffypopculture.blogspot.com/2025/06/cens...
My latest 1985 slasher review is up now! Today we’re taking a look at the Mexican genre mashup CEMETERY OF TERROR!
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Census Bloodbath: La Forma
Year:
1985 Director:
Rubén Galindo Jr. Cast:
Hugo Stiglitz, René Cardona III, Eduardo Capetillo Run Time:
1 hour 28 minutes MPAA Rating:...
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June 16, 2025 at 2:54 PM
My latest 1985 slasher review is up now! Today we’re taking a look at the Mexican genre mashup CEMETERY OF TERROR!
jiffypopculture.blogspot.com/2025/06/cens...
jiffypopculture.blogspot.com/2025/06/cens...