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.
A totally amazing disturbing film. Brilliantly constructed, particularly the way it draws the viewer along with the protagonist into the heart of the plot.
I’ve read the residents of the island where it was filmed were freaking out both because of the nudity and because they were beginning to think the film crew were actual cultists and were preparing to sacrifice live animals if not people.
This is another where I’ve only seen the remake. I can only imagine how much better it would be with Christopher Lee in it.
I also now kind of want to see an edit that cuts the two together, alternating scenes between them as best it can while still maintaining the plot, just for extra weirdness.
A totally amazing disturbing film. Brilliantly constructed, particularly the way it draws the viewer along with the protagonist into the heart of the plot.
I’ve read the residents of the island where it was filmed were freaking out both because of the nudity and because they were beginning to think the film crew were actual cultists and were preparing to sacrifice live animals if not people.
This is another where I’ve only seen the remake. I can only imagine how much better it would be with Christopher Lee in it.
I also now kind of want to see an edit that cuts the two together, alternating scenes between them as best it can while still maintaining the plot, just for extra weirdness.
The remake was misogynistic?
The remake was basically a morality play on the danger of women with societal power.
Neil Labute has some seriously deep-seated issues with women.