Snipes gets his Wings: PASSENGER 57

|Jake Rudegeair| It’s DIE HARD on a plane (or a boat, a bus, a mountain, etc.). This is the Mad-Libs elevator pitch that launched a thousand films (ooh, DIE HARD on an elevator? I guess DIE HARD had elevators, never mind). Of the “DIE HARD on a …” Continue reading

Birds of a Feather Hate Surprises and Don’t Cope with Change Very Well Together

|Lucas Hardwick| ***No surprises here: spoilers ahead.*** In the broad scope of the human struggle, few things are as relentless as the churning juggernaut of unwashed laundry. Every day, we peel off layers of clothes only to put on more layers of clothes that we eventually peel off… Continue reading

Hitchcock Astrology: Under Capricorn Inspires a Misguided Trip Through the Zodiac

|Andrew Neill| I have never seen the 1949 film Under Capricorn, directed by Alfred Hitchcock. I freely (and quite bravely) admitted this in my pitch to the benevolent editors of this blog. On April 10th, when the film screens at the historic Heights Theater, I will be sitting… Continue reading

He Knows When You’re Awake: (Re)Visiting the History of Santas in Horror

|Finn Odum| Eons ago (in 2019), when I was but a spritely, youthful child (20 and in college), I wrote about the 1984 controversial Claus classic Silent Night, Deadly Night. Back in the days of zinger conclusions and quippy comments on Santa Claus’s sanctity, I had dreams… Continue reading