Reviews

Reviews, anecdotes, and the like related to Halloween, horror, sci-fi, fantasy, or the bizarre.

[Horror, But Not Horror]

Horror, but Not Horror: Room 104

Anthology storytelling, for decades, has been kept almost exclusively for horror and sci-fi (with a few rare exceptions like Four Rooms), but lately, there seems to be a higher emergence of non-horror anthologies. Notably, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, The Romanoffs, and Room 104 are recently released and well-crafted anthologies whose horror and sci-fi elements

[Horror, But Not Horror]

Horror, but Not Horror: Homecoming

Wow. Homecoming is a masterpiece, and I almost passed it over. From the trailer (the one I had seen at least), and from the description, it really didn’t do it justice. My expectations of what this was going to be were wildly wrong. I only decided to give it a chance because it was new,

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Cam Explained

Nothing supernatural is going on in Netflix’s new horror movie Cam. No ghosts in the machine or doppelgangers it turns out. However, it’s not science fiction either, a “what if” as our technology continues to evolve. No, what’s most terrifying about what happens in Cam is that technically, everything that we see happen is already

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5 Facts from Walking Dead Episode “What Comes After”

1. Rick is still alive. Despite this episode being highly rated among critics and fans alike, many fans in the community are still pretty upset. A lot of people feel duped, with the whole red herring that Rick was going to finally meet his ultimate demise, though we find out that isn’t the case after

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Reviewing The Council: Part Four

See all parts of review here. At this point, I’m not sure that I’ve ever played a game with as many possible choices as this game has, that can take you in completely different narrative directions. I didn’t expect that, nor did I expect that this game might have any replayability. Though, I think I

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Review of Canterberry Gifts Halloween Gift Basket

Sometimes when I host giveaways, like in the case of the current Halloween gift basket giveaway that I’m hosting, I think “Hey, I kind of want one of those too :(.” After all, I’m just a fan as well and like to get in on the fun. So, I asked Canterberry Gifts if they’d send

[Contests and Giveaways]

Ash vs Evil Dead Review + Giveaway

How strange it is to be discussing Ash vs Evil Dead in retrospect, something that was so surreal to have ever existed in the first place. After the show ended, I already shared my thoughts pretty thoroughly. The show itself was amazing, from beginning to end, but my biggest take-away personally, was that I really

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Let’s Purge!

Wow, am I out of the loop. I had only seen the first one, The Purge (2013), and now I’ve just watched the prequel, The First Purge (2018), but I did not realize how much of a horror franchise it had become: The Purge (2013) The Purge: Anarchy (2014) The Purge: Election Year (2016) The

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Reviewing The Council: Part Three

See all parts of review here. Oh boy, this episode has some major consequences based on the choices you make and there’s no do-overs. And I don’t mean something just like the fate of side characters; I mean the disfigurement of my own character. I got the major puzzle at the end of this episode

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Castle Rock Season Finale: Is “The Kid” Good or Evil?

At the end of the season one finale of Castle Rock, we’re left with two options that the creators of the show leave to our own interpretation: Option A. He’s evil. After being forced into the woods at gunpoint by white Henry, black Henry is able to overtake him and get the gun. We then