Horror Month 2023 Episode 8: “Howling Village” (2019)

There is a red bridge that leads to a red telephone. They say the phone rings at 2 am and if you answer the phone, you will be able to find a tunnel leading to an abandoned village that had vanished off the map. Those who happen upon the village are doomed to be cursed... …

Horror Month 2023 Episode 7: “Uzumaki” (2000)

Something is strange in the Japanese town of Kurouzu-cho.  Kirie Goshima notices something off when she encounters her boyfriend’s father staring intently and filming a snail on a wall.  Soon, it becomes clear that something is dreadfully wrong.  Spirals… it seems as if spirals seem to be infecting the town.  For Kirie, it seems as …

Horror Month 2023 Episode 5: “Lake Mungo” (2008)

Sixteen year-old Alice Palmer tragically drowned in a lake in Australia in the summer of 2005. She leaves behind her mother, father, and younger brother Matthew. She was described as vibrant and full of life. She deeply touch a great many people, and will be missed by everyone who loved her. Watch the first minute …

Horror Month 2023 episode 3: “It Lives Inside” (2023)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5xUbuYHdi8 It Lives Inside is a 2023 horror film directed by Bishal Dutta and starring Megan Suri. Suri plays Sam, a second generation Indian teenager trying to fit into her American life. She pushes back against her much more conservative mother as Sam wants nothing more than to fit in, but her mother wishes that …

Horror Month 2023 episode 2: “Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark” (2019)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vlya92LZqZw&pp=ygUhc2Nhcnkgc3RvcmllcyB0byB0ZWxsIGluIHRoZSBkYXJr Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019), the adaptation of Alvin Schwartz’s seminal children’s horror stories (and illustrated by Stephen Gammell) directed by André Øvredal tells the story of Stella, Ramon, Auggie, and Chuck as they try to keep from being killed by the stories written by a vengeful spirit. Set in the …

Horror Month 2023 episode 1: “Talk to Me” (2023)

Wow. I can’t believe that it’s been this long since I’ve written anything on the blog. You’d think that I’d forgotten about it. On the contrary, I’m presenting my attempt at Horror Month 2023 for your consideration. I expect my writing will be a touch rough, but I hope that I can find my groove. …

Scary Movie Month 2021: Jacob’s Ladder

Welcome to day 3 of Scary Movie Month. Today, I’m looking at something a little different than the previous two days. We are going to look at the 1990 psychological horror film, Jacob’s Ladder. Directed by Adrian Lyne and starring Tim Robbins and Elizabeth Peña, Robbins is a former Vietnam Vet who begins to have …

Scary Movie Month 2022: Dark Water (2002)

So it begins. The first entry into the third annual attempt to write about something scary every day during the month of October. For the first entry, we are going to take a look at the 2002 Japanese adaptation of a short story written by Koji Suzuki… Dark Water. Early 2000’s Asian horror (most notably …

Scary Movie Month 2020 Day 3: Perfect Blue

Scary Movie Month 2020: “Phone” (폰) 2002

For day two of Scary Movie Month 2020, I turned on the 2002 Korean horror film, Phone (폰).  Starring Ji-Won Ha, Yu-mi Kim, and Woo-jae Choi, and directed by Byeong-ki Ahn, it’s the story of investigative journalist, Ji-won, a woman who broke open a sex scandal involving some very powerful people.  After receiving constant death …