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Zeke Gonzalez
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Scientist, Game Designer, Queer AF 🌈 On here I mostly talk TTRPGs and horror movies! (he/him)

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Heeheehee Shelob, Dread Weaver got to eat a lot of creatures. I also got to play Demolisher Spawn this game!!!
A table covered in Magic the Gathering cards in the middle of a 5-way commander game. In front of the photographer is a Shelob, Dread Weaver with a massive stack of 12 creatures exiled underneath her.
July 21, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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Oddity (2024) is a supernatural horror movie with a simple plot (that never slips into cliches) and extremely well-executed tension and scares. It’s creepy and esoteric, with delightful and harrowing patience with its scares.
The movie poster for Oddity (2024) is almost completely dark except for the title. Floating in the dark is a young white woman with platinum-blonde hair in a blue dress with her arms outstretched. Reflected in the exact same pose underneath her is a horrible shadowy puppet-figure with its mouth stretched wide in a scream.
July 8, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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My new Swarmweaver deck made an absolute MOUNTAIN of bugs! First time playing paper Magic in months and months 🥰
Four paper decks for Magic the Gathering lie on a table around a haphazard pile of poorly hand-drawn tokens for food, insects, Daleks, angels, and more. The commanders for the decks are: The Swarmweaver, Licia Sanguine Tribune, Rocco Street Chef, and Narci Fable Singer.
July 5, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Caveat is a creepy horror movie with a claustrophobic setting that captures the same feeling as a survival horror game. It answers the most pressing elements of its mystery, but leaves the rest up to the audience's imagination after a chilling climax.
The movie poster for Caveat (2020) is entirely black, with the looming face of a ratty bunny-like toy in the bottom right corner. The bunny's eyes are wet and look awfully human. The title of the movie is scratched onto the black background as if with smudged chalk.
July 1, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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Red Rooms (2023) is a horror movie that comments on obsession, true crime, the internet, society, and more. The atmosphere and performances slowly ratchet the tension to unbearable levels. A bleak, multi-faceted, and riveting movie that defies easy answers and begs thought-provoking questions.
The movie poster for Red Rooms (2023) depicts a white woman whose dark hair is partially obscuring her face turning to look at the viewer while a glitching digital effect slightly distorts the rest of the poster. The poster is in black-and-white except for the bold, glowing red letters of the movie's title.
June 23, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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28 Years Later (2025) is half zombie horror blockbuster and half coming-of-age Film. It has some big ideas that mostly work, but it's also full of dreamlike whimsy that just didn’t land for me. I was entertained but found it head-scratching & often hollow or silly when it was trying to be profound.
The movie poster for 28 Years Later is an entirely red poster with the title set against the radioactive symbol. Set in the curve of the three branches of the symbol are three human skulls staring at the viewer with empty sockets.
June 20, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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28 Weeks Later (2007) is a zombie movie that leans much more into over-the-top action sequences and big explosions than the powerful themes of its predecessor. Nevertheless, it’s an exciting movie that’s well-made with a cast jam-packed with big name actors. Good old-fashioned blockbuster fun!
The movie poster for 28 Weeks Later depicts the movie's title on a radioactive symbol on a medical mask over the mouth and nose of someone looking up and off-screen. The entire poster is completely red except for the whites of the character's eyes and their heterochromatic irises: one blue and one brown.
June 20, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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28 Days Later (2002) is a zombie movie that explores themes around humanity, society, and survival. It has nice moments of suspense and the characters are crafted so precisely and so well (in even such a short time) that it allows for a surprisingly thoughtful examination of its ideas.
The movie poster for 28 Days Later is completely red, with the title of the movie in the center against a radioactive symbol. In the background, a pair of massive, bloodshot eyes hover over a sketchy, collage-like outline of a lone man walking across the empty London skyline.
June 20, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Bring Her Back (2025) is an atmospheric supernatural horror movie that grabbed me quickly and held me ruthlessly captive. The filming style and acting is spectacular; I was totally enthralled while the awful horrors of its eerie and occult story unfolded.
The movie poster of Bring Her Back depicts a young boy, his eyes uncanny marbles swirling with blood and other color, looking upwards at someone out of frame. A hand descends from above, putting their thumb on his shaved head such that we can see the chipped purple nail polish on the finger. A halo of smeared blood is behind the boy's head. The image has a very unsettling feeling.
June 20, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Invasive (2024) is a cat-and-mouse style reverse-home invasion movie with a plot structure and story that will be familiar to horror fans. However, don’t let that dissuade you: Invasive has incredible pacing, protagonists with pathos, and an overall very modern feel that I enjoyed immensely!
The movie poster for Invasive (2024) depicts a close-up on the face of a frightened young Black woman cast partly in shadow. She's looking upward at something out of frame and her brow is furrowed with tension.
June 17, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (2000) is an animated science fantasy horror movie that is packed to the brim with high-octane action and visually stunning tableaus in a pulpy, enticing post-apocalyptic setting.
The broody, gothic watercolor poster for Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (2000) is almost entirely black-and-white with little pops of color to emphasize the contrast. It depicts the brooding figure of the titular D, tall and beautiful with pale skin wielding a long sword and wearing his iconic broad-brimmed hat and black cloak. A single cross-shaped tombstone stands in the background and bats flutter in a messy swoop around his head. The "t" in "Vampire Hunter" is stylized as a massive Catholic cross.
June 3, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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Last Night in Soho (2021) is a flashy supernatural horror movie that hardcore genre fans will find somewhat predictable, but it is exciting and stylish. The themes on belonging and nostalgia are a little shallow, but the performances and fantastic and there are some really cool visuals.
The watercolor poster for Last Night in Soho depicts a blonde white woman with bright red lips in a pink jacket looking over her shoulder at the viewer. Emerging from the bright reds to her right is a young man in a suit while the blue on her left feels rainy and drab, capturing a young woman looking shocked as a young man looks on in surprise.
May 28, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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Dead Talents Society (2024) is a vivacious and refreshing horror-comedy. What starts as comedic worldbuilding about the afterlife develops into a grounded examination of family, celebrity, capitalism, and achievement. I highly recommend checking it out while it's on Netflix!
The graphic movie poster for "Dead Talents Society" shows a pale woman in a bloody schoolgirl uniform attempting to raise her arms to "frighten" the viewer, but a passerby's hair is wafting in the way, blocking out her mouth and torso.
May 20, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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The Clown in a Cornfield movie didn't really hit for me, so instead of reviewing it I HIGHLY recommend you go pick up the novel! It's by Adam Cesare and is a love letter to slashers that does its own thing w/ a great cast of modern characters. I can't wait to get my hands on the sequel!
The cover of Clown in a Cornfield by Adam Cesare depicts a farm doused in the light of a red moon. The corn rises in the outline of a grinning, malevolent clown's face with a big round nose and expressive eyebrows. It reads "the kids are not all right."
May 15, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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1408 (2007) is a psychological horror movie about a writer being tormented by an evil hotel room. It’s a dramatic, entertaining, and VERY Stephen King-y flick that sneaks in some pretty good scares and genuinely creepy moments among its bigger, more emotional themes.
The movie poster for 1408 depicts two men's faces peering out of bloodstained grime, divided in half by an old-fashioned and ominous key emblazoned with the movie's title.
May 6, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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Sinners (2025) is a supernatural action horror movie set in the 1930s American South and packed with gorgeous visuals, fantastic dialogue, and great characters. It is spectacular entertainment from top to bottom and explores themes on belonging, race, music, and more. This was fucking CINEMA!
The movie poster for Sinners depicts an ensemble cast of characters in 1930s garb in various emotional states ranging from calm and serious to laughing and enraged over a burning barn surrounded by dark figures. Above this is a pair of twin brothers, one dressed in a dapper suit and grinning at the viewer, while the other looks stoically down the barrel of a gun. The entire poster is cast in the dark reds, oranges, and yellows of a setting sun.
April 18, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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The Church (1989) is a supernatural horror movie that has a few great ideas and fantastical visuals, but they are buried in a muddy narrative. I really wanted to like this for the physical effects alone, but it had absolutely no stakes and barely any story.
The movie poster for The Church (1989) depicts a gothic cathedral besides skyscrapers, towering over the viewer. Bright light and mist emanates from the church's open doors to silhouette a person. It reads "You haven't got a prayer."
April 14, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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WOW. Guess Arena really wants me to play Jeskai??? Did anybody’s else’s free packs do this or was I just hitting the crazy coincidence button?? #TarkirDragonstorm
A pack opening on Magic the Gathering Arena: the rare is the card Jeskai Revelation. A pack opening on Magic the Gathering Arena: the rare is the card Narset, Jeskai Waymaster. A pack opening on Magic the Gathering Arena: the rare is the card Shiko, Paragon of the Way.
April 9, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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The Stylist (2020) is a killer POV movie (like Maniac or Peeping Tom). It has pacing issues common with features derived from shorts, but it successfully develops an uneasy tone using a combination of gruesome violence and social discomfort to explore themes of belonging, identity, and loneliness.
The movie poster for The Stylist depicts a woman's face shrouded in blue light holding a pair of trimming scissors at eye level while bright red blood runs down the opposite side of her face at high contrast to the blue.
April 8, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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Cuckoo (2024) is a stylish supernatural horror movie about the unsettling goings-on at a remote German mountain resort. Although the pacing stumbles a bit, the movie takes huge, weird swings that are fresh and interesting!
The movie poster for Cuckoo shows a close-up of a young woman's face looking back at the camera with a startled, somewhat wide-eyed expression. Blood trickles into her forehead from a bandage wrapped around her forehead which spells out the movie's name in dried crimson.
April 1, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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Where the Devil Roams (2023) is a supernatural horror movie set in Depression-era America. Although it is beautifully made for its budget and the creative team shows serious artistic chops, the story meanders quite a bit and I struggled to make much thematic sense of its bits and pieces.
The movie poster for Where the Devil Roams is a black-and-white photograph of a broken porcelain doll resting besides a pair of scissors on a black background.
March 25, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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I brewed up a (pretty bad) Mindskinner deck in Arena. It’s SO COOL, but just not very strong. I’m going to try dropping some of the tempo stuff for high-power fliers and evasive creatures!

Anybody have card recs for this one (beyond the obvious mill stuff)?
The Mind Skinner is a Magic the Gathering card from the Duskmourne set. It’s a 10-1 Legendary Enchantment Creature - Nightmare that costs three blue. It has “The Mindskinner can’t be blocked. If a source you control would deal damage to an opponent, prevent that damage and each opponent mills that many cards.”
March 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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The Ruins (2008) is a horror movie that uses the structure of a single-location slasher movie and the tropes of a creature feature to produce a lean and mean movie that is perfect for a gross and gory movie night!
The movie poster for The Ruins (2008) depicts a hand desperately reaching for the cloudy, stormy sky as it bursts free of a seething mass of flowering vines.
March 18, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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Never Hike Alone (2017) is a Friday the 13th fan movie that is a strong showing and pretty impressive for a crowd-funded independent project. It’s super short, fast-paced, and full of loving homage to the original franchise that I love so much! 7/10
The movie poster for Never Hike Alone (2017) is a beautiful painting of a man standing on a rocky outcropping overlooking a blue-grey lake while the towering spectre of hockey-masked Jason Vorhees towers in the background against a black sky.
March 8, 2025 at 6:03 AM
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Slugs (1988) is an absolutely ridiculous Piranhas-style creature feature that makes for a fun and absolutely ludicrous movie night. Just turn off your brain and watch as the horniest small town in middle America are devoured by mutant slugs.

CW movie poster including blood!
The movie poster for Slugs (1988) depicts a man in green coveralls in front of a gray brick wall. The man is screaming and tearing open his shirt to reveal slugs feasting on his face and chest, revealing exposed bone.
March 4, 2025 at 6:53 PM