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.
Yeah, it looks like that to me, too. I have no idea why anyone would have a scythe with a handle that short, but that does seem to be what she’s holding.
Also, I really need to check this one out, I think.
Just saw this on Shudder, where it just popped up – very good movie, must have been very shocking at the time (Hell, *I* was shocked and I’m a somewhat jaded 50-something year old).
At first glance, I thought it was a sword of some sort. After getting a good look (imdb.com has a great image when you click on it), it’s definitely a scythe, although she’s not using it right (not that I’m an expert or anything). It’s too bad she wasn’t wearing a cape in the movie like the one on the poster – it would have looked great.
…Is that a golf club she’s swinging in the poster?
I…I don’t even know.
It looks like a short-handled scythe. Looking at the scene on the poster, maybe the artist got this movie confused with the Book of Judith.
Yeah, it looks like that to me, too. I have no idea why anyone would have a scythe with a handle that short, but that does seem to be what she’s holding.
Also, I really need to check this one out, I think.
Millie Perkins was good in Monte Hellman’s The Shooting, sort of as a sympathetic villain in that too
Just saw this on Shudder, where it just popped up – very good movie, must have been very shocking at the time (Hell, *I* was shocked and I’m a somewhat jaded 50-something year old).
At first glance, I thought it was a sword of some sort. After getting a good look (imdb.com has a great image when you click on it), it’s definitely a scythe, although she’s not using it right (not that I’m an expert or anything). It’s too bad she wasn’t wearing a cape in the movie like the one on the poster – it would have looked great.