Don’t go camping at Camp Crystal Lake. Take a second this weekend to watch the first film in this series this weekend while we are in the fervor of Halloween. That isolated feeling of being out by the lake in the country was attached to horror in this telling of teenagers not paying attention to…
Tag: horror
Halloween: The Franchise
This last weekend I got to see the newest in the Halloween Franchise. This is one of the best, calling back and forth between the past and the future, films that has rocked the horror genre. Although intriguing questions were not answered, the portrayal of Laurie Strode by Jamie Lee Curtis is perfect and believable…
The Forever Greatness of The Great Gatsby
My love of literature and the pursuance of striving for the best in life yet simultaneously knowing that pursuance could lead to my demise, is something that will always be stitched to me via the words of F. Scott Fitzgerald in The Great Gatsby. Fitzgerald’s beautiful language is a lens of focus that reveals not…
Castle Rock is Retro?
I would say, yes! Pulling from all of the characters from Stephen Kings previous works of art, Castle Rock reigns supreme in creepiness and artistic styling. I also love that the audience is kind of in on the joke yet at the same times can’t predict where the story will go next. For instance, when…
1984
“Big Brother is watching you.” With the President’s emergency alert going out last week, I felt it was appropriate to look at the novel 1984. As Orwell wrote this novel in the 1940s, during and after the World War II, he warned of thought police and screens that watch and communicate to people. I had…
Freddy Krueger Haunts My Psyche
As a nine year old, I watched too many horror films too soon. Many did not scary me, but those that featured a burned child molester with razors for fingers who stalked and killed you in your dreams may have been one step too far. I remember watching this in my basement by myself on…
Urban Legend: The Film
Ending the week on a “freaky” note is a great way to go into the weekend. Take some time tonight to re-watch this classic 90’s horror film. What happens when a killer starts basing all their killings on urban legends. Well, let’s just say that Tara Reid doesn’t last long. Enjoy the original ending and…
Retro Pop 