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What is this?

  • I select a thematically appropriate horror movie for each day of the year and tell you about it.

Why?

  • It seemed like a good idea at the time.

How do you get to decide what qualifies as a horror movie and where each one goes on the calendar?

  • I am the Mayor of Horror Movies.

Are all these movies good?

  • Oh gosh no.  But I recommend all of them to  the adventurous viewer.

What’s with the CWs?

  • In horror movies, disturbing material is part of the entertainment package. But for some viewers, elements like sexual violence or bigotry ruin the fun.  For those folks, I include content warnings.  That said, the warnings are based on my personal reactions and should not be expected to cover all potential cinematic skeeviness, so proceed with caution.

Who are you, aside from the mayor?

  • I’m Shaenon K. Garrity.  I’m mostly a cartoonist.  I watch a lot of scary movies while I draw cartoons.

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Shaenon.com

My home site.

Skin Horse

My daily comic strip.

Monster of the Week

The strip where I recap X-Files episodes.

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October 2

by shaenon on October 2, 2018 at 12:01 am
Chapter: October
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  1. Jim Phillips
    October 2, 2018, 2:20 am | # | Reply

    Currently on Netflix, so adding it to my list (lots of horror gets added in October)

  2. DemetriosX
    October 2, 2018, 9:11 am | # | Reply

    So, is Irish horror a full-on thing, or have you just happened to hit on two Irish films in a short space of time? Admittedly, 90% of my experience with Irish TV/film is Father Ted, so what do I know.

    I’m also impressed at how you’ve managed to stay current with horror films — and very broadly so — with a small child at home.

    • jjjdavidson
      October 2, 2018, 12:50 pm | # | Reply

      What DX said. The variety you’ve posted is amazing. All these new movies, the Oz and European movies, and yesterday a classic nearly seventy years old that I’ve never even heard of. You really are the Mayor of Horror Movies.

      • Shaenon
        October 2, 2018, 4:29 pm | # | Reply

        I take my position seriously.

    • WestRider
      October 2, 2018, 4:28 pm | # | Reply

      Irish Horror is definitely at least becoming a thing, if not already there. I haven’t seen many of them, but it’s mentioned as a category in many of the reviews I’ve read.

    • Kitirena
      October 3, 2018, 7:38 am | # | Reply

      Irish horror is definitely a thing. Look around for some of the older Irish fairy tales–the ones from the Middle Ages, not the sanitized and kid-safe versions from the Victorian era. The Fair Folk could be REALLY nasty when they wanted to be…
      And also keep in mind that Bram Stoker, author of Dracula, was Irish, and when Dracula was first published, it was some seriously scary stuff!

  3. WestRider
    October 2, 2018, 4:30 pm | # | Reply

    I didn’t really care for this one. Too much of the tension stemmed from the trope of “enlist someone who’s supposed to be an expert, and then ignore their warnings and question everything they say”, which is one that always bugs me.

    • JW
      February 18, 2019, 7:17 am | # | Reply

      Sounds realistic enough to me. People have no respect for expertise these days, and not enough sense to know they’re ignorant.

  4. Jim Phillips
    October 4, 2018, 6:51 pm | # | Reply

    Okay, just saw this on on Netflix. I am a big sucker for redemption movies, so I have to give this one high marks. Very nice atmospherics as well, nice and scary without resorting to cheap tricks. I spent too much time trying to read the angel’s lips, but ultimately realized it wasn’t important what the angel said – the smile at the end said it all.

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