If you spend enough time on this site, you’ll see that I’m a Christian who loves horror movies. Not everyone gets that, which I understand — horror movies are all about evoking fear, and the basic message of Christianity can be boiled down to “fear not.” But I also believe that learning to move past…
Review: Little Monsters Is a Big Bully of a Movie
In a 2009 episode of the comedy series Flight of the Conchords, New Zealand ambassador to the US Murray Hewitt (Rhys Darby) encounters representatives from the Australian consolate. The Aussies immediately begin ribbing Murray in an aggressive manner, but whenever Murray takes offense, they flash a self-satisfied smile and insist that they’re only joking. “We’re…
Bloody Disgusting: Meet the Monsters: Ranking the Monster Movies of Unlikely Horror Icons Abbott and Costello
Although my parents rarely let me watch scary movies as a kid, they did have one exception: Universal Classics. And there was no Universal Classic that I watched more than Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein. A full on Monster Mash celebration, with genuinely great scares and funny jokes, Meet Frankenstein is a horror comedy dream….
Tor.com: “Not My Batman” Is No Way to Go Through Life
I hate gatekeeping. I mean, I get it. I’m a straight white quiet nerdy guy born in the late 70s. I devoured Star Wars extended universe stuff, I played all the cool NES games when they were new, and I knew about Groot since before all he could say was “I am Groot.” The culture…
