Rom-coms doubled their audiences with the bromance. Scifi and fantasy have reached unprecedented levels of popularity in recent years, now serving far more than just the “geek squad.” Everyone has always loved a good action hero. But in many ways, horror is still defined by who it is NOT for.…
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: The only thing creepier than movies with possessed kids is a really solid haunted house movie. And the only thing creepier than a haunted house movie is a haunted house movie with possessed kids. You may disagree, but my particular kryptonite…
Among the many legends about mandrake, cousin to potatoes and member of the nightshade family, are images of fertility, delirium, magic, ritual, pain, sin, and death. So feared were the strangely human-shaped roots, that they featured numerous times throughout Shakespeare’s works. It was said that dogs had to be “sacrificed”…
There are movie reviews that help you decide if you want to somehow drop $27 for a matinee showing or wait until it’s streaming for free. And there are movie reviews that help you unpack the cinematographic madness that you just witnessed so your head doesn’t feel like it’s been…
From the Oscar-winning mind behind Juno comes the touching story of a demon cheerleader and the best friend who swears revenge for eating her boyfriend! I have to admit: When it came out in 2009, I didn’t think Jennifer’s Body was my thing. I was just far enough removed…
As a white girl, I always thought I had a healthy enough aversion to garden parties full of rich old white people. But Jordan Peele has proven that there’s a whole level of psycho crazy that I’ve never even imagined. In Get Out, Chris Washington (Daniel Kaluuya) packs up his…
There are only three rules to Ouija, the beloved Parker Brothers board game: Never play alone. Never play in a cemetery. Always say goodbye. While it’s pretty easy to make it through a game of Monopoly without really abiding by the rules (be honest—have you ever read them all the…
If horror movies have taught us anything about the world, it’s that nature is terrifying. And you shouldn’t mess around with it. Seriously. Don’t do it. Don’t spend your life trying to “cure death” by piecing dead criminals back together. Don’t build matter transportation pods in your fly-infested living room.…
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Featuring movie essays from the Head Monsters of SML and others that explore our love for horror cinema! Published by the Collinsport Historical Society.
