Category: Movies & TV

Revisiting Thriller with Boris Karloff: Season 2, Episode 9 – “A Third for Pinochle”

July 31, 2025

Jumping back into season two of Thriller, we’ve come to episode nine, “A Third for Pinochle,” directed once again by Herschel Daugherty and written by Mark Hanna and Boris Sobelman. This installment, another one based around a murder plot, is far more comedic than most of the episodes so far, recalling both Arsenic and Old … More Revisiting Thriller with Boris Karloff: Season 2, Episode 9 – “A Third for Pinochle”

My Favorite Horror Movies from Every Year Since I Was Born: 1985

July 3, 2025

The year I turned thirteen was another great year for horror, and yet again, I have an equal number of honorable mentions as top five picks, making this technically a top ten. Oh well. My honorable mentions include: The Bride: Loosely based on The Bride of Frankenstein (so, y’know, based on Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein) and … More My Favorite Horror Movies from Every Year Since I Was Born: 1985

Revisiting Night Gallery: Season 2, Episode 14 – “The Different Ones/Tell David…/Lagoda’s Heads”

March 23, 2025

When we last left Night Gallery, we were discussing episode 13 of season 2, so let’s move on to episode 14, which consists of three stories, none of which are particularly memorable (though the middle one is the best and is actually pretty good). The Different Ones The first tale, written by Rod Serling and … More Revisiting Night Gallery: Season 2, Episode 14 – “The Different Ones/Tell David…/Lagoda’s Heads”

Movies: Fright (1971)

March 20, 2025

The small but potent “babysitter in peril” subgenre was cemented into the horror lexicon by 1978’s Halloween and 1979’s When a Stranger Calls; but what many might not realize is that way back in 1971, the UK produced what is widely considered the first full-length example of the form, Fright, directed by Peter Collinson (most … More Movies: Fright (1971)