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.
I can’t help but wonder if the idea of a language that overwrites your brain and slowly drives you mad wouldn’t make a wonderfully Lovecraftian idea, now that I think of it…
I think Snow Crash was the first place I ran across something like that. This seems like another good one to check out when I get the chance.
I was just thinking of Snow Crash myself!
I can’t help but wonder if the idea of a language that overwrites your brain and slowly drives you mad wouldn’t make a wonderfully Lovecraftian idea, now that I think of it…
Check out Alan Moore’s ‘The Courtyard’. Overtly Lovecraftian, although I wouldn’t say that the Aklo drives you /slowly/ mad.
The first lines of this movie, about the lost cat, make up one of the best openers I’ve ever seen.
Wow, that reminds me of Max Barry’s book “Lexicon”. I wonder if he saw the movie.
A masterpiece I cannot scrub from my mind! The kind of cosmic horror that’s truly terrifying, even years later.