Tag: Halloween
Halloween Ends, Evil Never Does
A year after the events of 2018’s (rather lackluster) Halloween Kills, mild-mannered Corey Cunningham (Rohan Campbell) is asked to babysit a boy named Jeremy (Jaxon [Read More…]
“Thriller”: Michael Jackson’s Admission of Being a Monster Hiding in Plain Sight
The simultaneously sexless and hyper-sexual persona of Michael Jackson reached a peak in December of 1983, when the video for “Thriller” was released. Directed by [Read More…]
In A More Evolved World, Christine and the Queens’ La Vita Nuova Could Act As the New “Thriller”
Each year around Halloween, in spite of Michael Jackson being a pederast, the same obligation to dredge up the “Thriller” video arises. With almost as [Read More…]
Hocus Pocus Still Accents the Reality That People Would Rather Be The “Pretty Girl”
Although Sarah Jessica Parker may have naturally crone-like features, she was the obvious “pretty girl” of the Hocus Pocus trio when the movie came out [Read More…]
“The 80s Will Live on Forever”–Unfortunately Freshest in People’s Minds in the Version Presented in the Finale of AHS: 1984
Seeing as how the ninth season of American Horror Story—1984—started out with such satirical wryness, maybe it can be no surprise that it had to [Read More…]
In AHS: 1984, The Decade of Excess is Nothing to Romanticize
Every time you think Ryan Murphy and co-writer/creator Brad Falchuk couldn’t possibly come up with another concept for American Horror Story, lo and behold, we [Read More…]
Generational Trauma, the Continued Immovability of Fate Pervade Halloween Reboot
“Haven’t you ever liked a girl that didn’t like you back?” asks Oscar (Drew Scheid), the predictably disposable friend zoned male of Allyson Nelson (Andi [Read More…]
The Case for Nancy Downs As The New Goddess of Halloween (Over Elvira)
Elvira, Mistress of the Night. It’s a title that most of us slores can relate to (or at least slores by men’s definitions). The character [Read More…]
