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Made the mistake of telling classmates in a film studies class that I don't watch the opening credits in old movies.
January 27, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Made the mistake of telling classmates in a film studies class that I don't watch the opening credits in old movies.
Happy Holidays. Christmas is a time of hope and joy and togetherness; of loving your neighbors as yourself. But what if it’s not?
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The Reason for the Season
A Christmas Horror Story
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December 26, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Happy Holidays. Christmas is a time of hope and joy and togetherness; of loving your neighbors as yourself. But what if it’s not?
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Been feeling bad all week and this morning noticed my non-dairy creamer is chunky. Not sure how long it's been like that so this is your PSA to turn your lights on when you make coffee at 5:30 in the morning.
December 13, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Been feeling bad all week and this morning noticed my non-dairy creamer is chunky. Not sure how long it's been like that so this is your PSA to turn your lights on when you make coffee at 5:30 in the morning.
Watch me overthink the basic premise of Frankenstein and prove my general thesis. All horror is elevated if you think about it too much.
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November 23, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Watch me overthink the basic premise of Frankenstein and prove my general thesis. All horror is elevated if you think about it too much.
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Frankenstein is bad, but that doesn't mean it's not worth reading.
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Frankenstein is Bad Actually
So, Why Keep Reading it?
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November 18, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Frankenstein is bad, but that doesn't mean it's not worth reading.
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Feeling inspired after my last creative writing class for teens. Without a prompt every student wrote a piece where the character arc was becoming kinder, more thoughtful, and more empathetic.
Maybe there's hope for us yet
Maybe there's hope for us yet
July 26, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Feeling inspired after my last creative writing class for teens. Without a prompt every student wrote a piece where the character arc was becoming kinder, more thoughtful, and more empathetic.
Maybe there's hope for us yet
Maybe there's hope for us yet
Mr. Crocket is a fun, gory movie with an amazing performance by Elvis Nolasco.
It's also an exploration of how past childhood trauma affects adults and future generations of kids.
It's also an exploration of how past childhood trauma affects adults and future generations of kids.
Intersectional Incantations (@intersectionalincantations)
Mr. Crocket is a fun, gory movie with an amazing performance by Elvis Nolasco.
It's also an exploration of how past childhood trauma affects adults and future generations of kids.
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July 25, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Mr. Crocket is a fun, gory movie with an amazing performance by Elvis Nolasco.
It's also an exploration of how past childhood trauma affects adults and future generations of kids.
It's also an exploration of how past childhood trauma affects adults and future generations of kids.
Is there a term for when people immediately forget someone was a bad person the moment they die?
Seeing so many tributes to Hulk Hogan today after feeling certain everyone understood he was an A-hole yesterday
Seeing so many tributes to Hulk Hogan today after feeling certain everyone understood he was an A-hole yesterday
July 25, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Is there a term for when people immediately forget someone was a bad person the moment they die?
Seeing so many tributes to Hulk Hogan today after feeling certain everyone understood he was an A-hole yesterday
Seeing so many tributes to Hulk Hogan today after feeling certain everyone understood he was an A-hole yesterday
Things I learned today:
1. An enslaved child in a French colony (Edmond Albius) invented a process to artificially pollinate vanilla plants in 1841
2. Jim Crow banned black folks from eating vanilla ice cream in the Southern US
The world is horrible and ironic That's not #3, I knew that already
1. An enslaved child in a French colony (Edmond Albius) invented a process to artificially pollinate vanilla plants in 1841
2. Jim Crow banned black folks from eating vanilla ice cream in the Southern US
The world is horrible and ironic That's not #3, I knew that already
July 24, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Things I learned today:
1. An enslaved child in a French colony (Edmond Albius) invented a process to artificially pollinate vanilla plants in 1841
2. Jim Crow banned black folks from eating vanilla ice cream in the Southern US
The world is horrible and ironic That's not #3, I knew that already
1. An enslaved child in a French colony (Edmond Albius) invented a process to artificially pollinate vanilla plants in 1841
2. Jim Crow banned black folks from eating vanilla ice cream in the Southern US
The world is horrible and ironic That's not #3, I knew that already
There's a lot of talk about how men are incapable of talking about their feelings but I'm reading Raymond Chandler's "The Long Goodbye" and every guy in that is constantly divulging shameful secrets and talking about how it makes them feel.
It was published in 1953.
It was published in 1953.
July 23, 2025 at 12:25 AM
There's a lot of talk about how men are incapable of talking about their feelings but I'm reading Raymond Chandler's "The Long Goodbye" and every guy in that is constantly divulging shameful secrets and talking about how it makes them feel.
It was published in 1953.
It was published in 1953.
Luke 12:25 Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to your life?
The man who sees his doctor for regular checkups and has that weird lump looked at.
The man who sees his doctor for regular checkups and has that weird lump looked at.
July 19, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Luke 12:25 Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to your life?
The man who sees his doctor for regular checkups and has that weird lump looked at.
The man who sees his doctor for regular checkups and has that weird lump looked at.
The least subtle thing I think I’ve ever written. Flash fiction in conversation with John Martin's Pandemonium.
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July 18, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The least subtle thing I think I’ve ever written. Flash fiction in conversation with John Martin's Pandemonium.
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Joyeux Le 14 Juillet
14 HorrorFilmsforLeFeteNationale
Day 14
Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person
(2023)
Is it ironic that it's Quebecois or evidence I didn't research it before watching, and it's a great movie, so I'm including it anyway.
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14 HorrorFilmsforLeFeteNationale
Day 14
Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person
(2023)
Is it ironic that it's Quebecois or evidence I didn't research it before watching, and it's a great movie, so I'm including it anyway.
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A ★★★★½ review of Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (2023)
This movie is the reason I watch movies. It's so weird, and charming, and odd, and unlike almost anything else I've watched. Sasha is a vampire growing up in a world with vampire doctors and vampire c...
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July 14, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Joyeux Le 14 Juillet
14 HorrorFilmsforLeFeteNationale
Day 14
Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person
(2023)
Is it ironic that it's Quebecois or evidence I didn't research it before watching, and it's a great movie, so I'm including it anyway.
boxd.it/akiBs3
14 HorrorFilmsforLeFeteNationale
Day 14
Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person
(2023)
Is it ironic that it's Quebecois or evidence I didn't research it before watching, and it's a great movie, so I'm including it anyway.
boxd.it/akiBs3
14HorrorFilmsforLeFeteNationale
Day 13
Diabolique (1955)
A really effective thriller that falls apart in the last 3 minutes.
Christina and Nicole are great frenemies, and it's fun to watch them plotting.
This would be a fun pairing with Death Becomes Her.
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Day 13
Diabolique (1955)
A really effective thriller that falls apart in the last 3 minutes.
Christina and Nicole are great frenemies, and it's fun to watch them plotting.
This would be a fun pairing with Death Becomes Her.
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A ★★★★ review of Diabolique (1955)
A really effective thriller that falls apart in the last 3 minutes. I love Christina and Nicole plotting Michel's murder. They're frenemies in every way, and it's fun to watch. When Michel's body disa...
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July 13, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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Day 13
Diabolique (1955)
A really effective thriller that falls apart in the last 3 minutes.
Christina and Nicole are great frenemies, and it's fun to watch them plotting.
This would be a fun pairing with Death Becomes Her.
boxd.it/aiZo09
Day 13
Diabolique (1955)
A really effective thriller that falls apart in the last 3 minutes.
Christina and Nicole are great frenemies, and it's fun to watch them plotting.
This would be a fun pairing with Death Becomes Her.
boxd.it/aiZo09
Part 3 of my YA cross-country zombie novel is available on Substack.
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Dead Run
Part 3
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July 12, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Part 3 of my YA cross-country zombie novel is available on Substack.
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tinyurl.com/DeadRun3
14HorrorFilmsforLeFeteNationale
Day 12
Eyes Without a Face (1960)
A classic I wouldn't recommend to modern viewers unless you want to see the most inept cops put to film.
It's slow, moody, without any scares, and not enough character development to worry about the victims.
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Day 12
Eyes Without a Face (1960)
A classic I wouldn't recommend to modern viewers unless you want to see the most inept cops put to film.
It's slow, moody, without any scares, and not enough character development to worry about the victims.
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A ★★★ review of Eyes Without a Face (1960)
A classic for a reason but very slow by modern standards and not a lot happens. I do love a cops are bad at their jobs movie. Sir, this woman was found with her face cut off, you're a world renown exp...
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July 12, 2025 at 12:13 PM
14HorrorFilmsforLeFeteNationale
Day 12
Eyes Without a Face (1960)
A classic I wouldn't recommend to modern viewers unless you want to see the most inept cops put to film.
It's slow, moody, without any scares, and not enough character development to worry about the victims.
boxd.it/aiEFVJ
Day 12
Eyes Without a Face (1960)
A classic I wouldn't recommend to modern viewers unless you want to see the most inept cops put to film.
It's slow, moody, without any scares, and not enough character development to worry about the victims.
boxd.it/aiEFVJ
14HorrorFilmsforLeFeteNationale
Day 11
The Swarm (2020)
Less a creature feature than a film about coping with trauma and what happens to your ideals when capitalism gives you motivation to go against them.
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Day 11
The Swarm (2020)
Less a creature feature than a film about coping with trauma and what happens to your ideals when capitalism gives you motivation to go against them.
boxd.it/ahH07P
A ★★★★ review of The Swarm (2020)
The poster implies a creature feature about killer insects but the actual film is better. It's a film about coping with trauma and what happens to your ideals when capitalism gives you motivation to g...
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July 11, 2025 at 3:29 PM
14HorrorFilmsforLeFeteNationale
Day 11
The Swarm (2020)
Less a creature feature than a film about coping with trauma and what happens to your ideals when capitalism gives you motivation to go against them.
boxd.it/ahH07P
Day 11
The Swarm (2020)
Less a creature feature than a film about coping with trauma and what happens to your ideals when capitalism gives you motivation to go against them.
boxd.it/ahH07P
14HorrorFilmsforLeFeteNationale
Day 10
The Night Eats the World (2018)
A film about the horrors of isolation and loneliness.
Even post-COVID, this resonates in a world where we're isolated from IRL experiences. Talking to the internet often feels like a conversation with a zombie.
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Day 10
The Night Eats the World (2018)
A film about the horrors of isolation and loneliness.
Even post-COVID, this resonates in a world where we're isolated from IRL experiences. Talking to the internet often feels like a conversation with a zombie.
boxd.it/ahBPbr
A ★★★½ review of The Night Eats the World (2018)
I saw this and #Alive at around the same time and had conflated them in my mind despite this being considerably more bleak. The two titles should give that away. This isn't a zombie film but a film th...
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July 10, 2025 at 3:16 PM
14HorrorFilmsforLeFeteNationale
Day 10
The Night Eats the World (2018)
A film about the horrors of isolation and loneliness.
Even post-COVID, this resonates in a world where we're isolated from IRL experiences. Talking to the internet often feels like a conversation with a zombie.
boxd.it/ahBPbr
Day 10
The Night Eats the World (2018)
A film about the horrors of isolation and loneliness.
Even post-COVID, this resonates in a world where we're isolated from IRL experiences. Talking to the internet often feels like a conversation with a zombie.
boxd.it/ahBPbr
It's wild that we came up with the term "cost of living* to describe the minimum amount of money you need to stay alive but there's no term for the maximum amount before others start to die.
Nevermind, that term is billionaire
Nevermind, that term is billionaire
July 9, 2025 at 2:58 PM
It's wild that we came up with the term "cost of living* to describe the minimum amount of money you need to stay alive but there's no term for the maximum amount before others start to die.
Nevermind, that term is billionaire
Nevermind, that term is billionaire
14HorrorFilmsforLeFeteNationale
Day 9
Martyrs (2008)
I understood that Martyrs was going to be a tough watch, but I was not prepared. It's a mean movie and I don't think it justifies its meanness
I try to find the deep meaning in every movie; this one isn't as deep as it thinks it is
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Day 9
Martyrs (2008)
I understood that Martyrs was going to be a tough watch, but I was not prepared. It's a mean movie and I don't think it justifies its meanness
I try to find the deep meaning in every movie; this one isn't as deep as it thinks it is
boxd.it/agQvtB
A ★★★ review of Martyrs (2008)
I understood that Martyrs was going to be a tough watch, but I was not prepared. It's a mean movie and I don't think it justifies its meanness. Is it a movie about how hurt people, hurt people? Not if...
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July 9, 2025 at 12:28 PM
14HorrorFilmsforLeFeteNationale
Day 9
Martyrs (2008)
I understood that Martyrs was going to be a tough watch, but I was not prepared. It's a mean movie and I don't think it justifies its meanness
I try to find the deep meaning in every movie; this one isn't as deep as it thinks it is
boxd.it/agQvtB
Day 9
Martyrs (2008)
I understood that Martyrs was going to be a tough watch, but I was not prepared. It's a mean movie and I don't think it justifies its meanness
I try to find the deep meaning in every movie; this one isn't as deep as it thinks it is
boxd.it/agQvtB
14HorrorFilmsforLeFeteNationale
Day 8
Le Calendrier (2021)
One of my favorite Christmas movies.
It's moody, visually striking, and very bloody.
In the end, it's about what you would sacrifice to get what you want, or who you would sacrifice.
No gifts come without a price, even a Noel
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Day 8
Le Calendrier (2021)
One of my favorite Christmas movies.
It's moody, visually striking, and very bloody.
In the end, it's about what you would sacrifice to get what you want, or who you would sacrifice.
No gifts come without a price, even a Noel
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The Advent Calendar (2021)
Eva, an ex-dancer, is now living in a wheelchair, unable to walk. When her friend Sophie gives her an old wooden antique advent calendar before Christmas, she realizes each window contains a surprise ...
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July 8, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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Day 8
Le Calendrier (2021)
One of my favorite Christmas movies.
It's moody, visually striking, and very bloody.
In the end, it's about what you would sacrifice to get what you want, or who you would sacrifice.
No gifts come without a price, even a Noel
boxd.it/sDbW
Day 8
Le Calendrier (2021)
One of my favorite Christmas movies.
It's moody, visually striking, and very bloody.
In the end, it's about what you would sacrifice to get what you want, or who you would sacrifice.
No gifts come without a price, even a Noel
boxd.it/sDbW
14HorrorFilmsforLeFeteNationale
Day 7
Saloum (2021)
A Senegalese/French thriller more than a horror movie that plays on the dangers of vengeance, even if here revenge feels necessary, even at the cost
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Day 7
Saloum (2021)
A Senegalese/French thriller more than a horror movie that plays on the dangers of vengeance, even if here revenge feels necessary, even at the cost
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A ★★★★ review of Saloum (2021)
A Senegalese/French production that doesn't really feel like a horror movie. It's a thriller about mercenaries on the run, and the tension comes from wondering if they'll be found out or who they'll h...
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July 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Day 7
Saloum (2021)
A Senegalese/French thriller more than a horror movie that plays on the dangers of vengeance, even if here revenge feels necessary, even at the cost
boxd.it/afwACf
Day 7
Saloum (2021)
A Senegalese/French thriller more than a horror movie that plays on the dangers of vengeance, even if here revenge feels necessary, even at the cost
boxd.it/afwACf
14HorrorFilmsforLeFete Nationale
Day 6
La Tour (2022)
A film with the ethos that hell is other people.
We don't know what traps them in the tour but we do know what being trapped does to its residents.
Bleak and realistic.
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Day 6
La Tour (2022)
A film with the ethos that hell is other people.
We don't know what traps them in the tour but we do know what being trapped does to its residents.
Bleak and realistic.
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A ★★★★ review of The Tower (2022)
This movie is bleak. The horror isn't what's trapped them inside it's the people and what they do to each other. The horror of our real world are the people and what we do to each other. La Tour warns...
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July 6, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Day 6
La Tour (2022)
A film with the ethos that hell is other people.
We don't know what traps them in the tour but we do know what being trapped does to its residents.
Bleak and realistic.
boxd.it/acW7qT
Day 6
La Tour (2022)
A film with the ethos that hell is other people.
We don't know what traps them in the tour but we do know what being trapped does to its residents.
Bleak and realistic.
boxd.it/acW7qT
14HorrorFilmsforLeFeteNationale
Day 5
Lux Æterna (2019)
While filming a literal witch hunt, a metaphorical witch hunt is happening behind the scenes, targeting the female director.
It's a feminist horror film about the way even powerful women can be sidelined
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Day 5
Lux Æterna (2019)
While filming a literal witch hunt, a metaphorical witch hunt is happening behind the scenes, targeting the female director.
It's a feminist horror film about the way even powerful women can be sidelined
boxd.it/adT7dD
A ★★★★½ review of Lux Æterna (2019)
Somehow, this is my first Gaspar Noé film. It's brilliant. The lighting, split shots, and documentary style filmmaking all work to heighten what's happening. While filming a literal witch hunt, a meta...
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July 5, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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Day 5
Lux Æterna (2019)
While filming a literal witch hunt, a metaphorical witch hunt is happening behind the scenes, targeting the female director.
It's a feminist horror film about the way even powerful women can be sidelined
boxd.it/adT7dD
Day 5
Lux Æterna (2019)
While filming a literal witch hunt, a metaphorical witch hunt is happening behind the scenes, targeting the female director.
It's a feminist horror film about the way even powerful women can be sidelined
boxd.it/adT7dD
14HorrorFilmsforLeFeteNationale
Day 4
What I learned about women in 1970's France, according to this bad movie
1: Women don't need to speak
2: If a woman is walking near you, she's flirting and you should grapple her
3: Women like nothing more than having their breasts mashed
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Day 4
What I learned about women in 1970's France, according to this bad movie
1: Women don't need to speak
2: If a woman is walking near you, she's flirting and you should grapple her
3: Women like nothing more than having their breasts mashed
boxd.it/acIJAJ
A ½ review of Requiem for a Vampire (1971)
What I learned about 1970's France according to Jean Rollin 1: Women don't need to speak 2: If a woman is walking near you, she's flirting and you should grapple her 3: Women like nothing more than ha...
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July 4, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Day 4
What I learned about women in 1970's France, according to this bad movie
1: Women don't need to speak
2: If a woman is walking near you, she's flirting and you should grapple her
3: Women like nothing more than having their breasts mashed
boxd.it/acIJAJ
Day 4
What I learned about women in 1970's France, according to this bad movie
1: Women don't need to speak
2: If a woman is walking near you, she's flirting and you should grapple her
3: Women like nothing more than having their breasts mashed
boxd.it/acIJAJ