Month: October 2023

Elvira, French Maid of the Dark

It’s October, which means Halloween, which means horror, which means Elvira, Mistress of the Dark. If there’s one thing that consumes my thoughts as much as Halloween and horror, it’s Elvira, aka Cassandra Peterson. A dream of mine came true earlier this fall when I actually met Cassandra herself!! At a big, east coast horror … Continue reading Elvira, French Maid of the Dark →

Rhonda Meets Jason: Up All Night on Friday the 13th

It’s not often that Halloween and Friday the 13th happen in the same month, but that’s exactly what we’re getting this October. This is as good as it gets for horror junkies. So, in honor of today being Friday the 13th, let’s take a look back to Friday, November 13th, 1992, when USA Up All … Continue reading Rhonda Meets Jason: Up All Night on Friday the 13th →

Bad Girls We Love: Tamara Mason from Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan

Lakeview High’s popular prom queen Tamara Mason has it all: beauty, brains, a body that won’t quit, and the respect of her peers. Okay, maybe Tamara’s fellow senior classmates don’t exactly respect her, but they sure fear her. She’s a selfish, snobby, and manipulative mean girl who snorts cocaine and flaunts her privilege. During the … Continue reading Bad Girls We Love: Tamara Mason from Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan →

Season of the Witch: Lords of Salem for Kindertrauma

Hey gang, just popping by for a quick note about a Halloween-season review of Rob Zombie‘s The Lords of Salem that I wrote last week for good ol’ Unkle Lancifer at Kindertrauma. Unk’s site is longtime horror royalty on the interwebs, so I’m always jazzed to contribute there. I had four horror movie reviews published … Continue reading Season of the Witch: Lords of Salem for Kindertrauma →

Traveling at the Speed of Love: Judgment Night at 30

Thirty years on, I can still recall how exciting it felt to sit in the theater and watch the opening scene of Stephen Hopkins’s urban paranoia classic Judgment Night (1993). A black screen fades to blue sky as the first notes of De La Soul and Teenage Fanclub’s “Fallin’” ring out, followed by the evocative … Continue reading Traveling at the Speed of Love: Judgment Night at 30 →

A Woman Possessed: Michelle Pfeiffer in What Lies Beneath

It’s October, so you know what that means: I’m back on my What Lies Beneath bullshit. It seems I’m beginning to make a habit out of posting about it every October. Well, that’s only natural because the 2000 supernatural thriller, directed by Robert Zemeckis, combines three of my favorite things: Michelle Pfeiffer, autumn in New … Continue reading A Woman Possessed: Michelle Pfeiffer in What Lies Beneath →