Last year, we began the Halloween season on September 21st. Fright-A-Thon is the highlight of Halloween season, and the annual Halloween Movie Marathon is an important part of that. This year, we're not messing around, Halloween season starts on September 1st. Starting today, and going all the way
Fright-A-Thon is turning three years old this year. It started as a way to get around the doldrums and real fear of 2020. That evolved into a sequel of epic proportions that started on September 1st and went all the way to October 31st. Here's the rationale from last year on why we expanded to a
Well this is it. The Final Friday of Fright-A-Thon. This time around we're going back, way back. All the way to 2007. Growing up, horror icons like Jason Voorhees, Freddy Krueger, Michael Myers, and more scared the crap out of me. It wasn't until I found a content creator that did horror content
How many times did you watch your favorite horror movies on TV? For a lot of us, programming blocks like AMC's Fear Fest, or 31 Days of Halloween on ABC Family/Freeform were the backbone of horror for us growing up. For people who are a little older, you probably got something like this: For all
I'm pretty sure I've mentioned to everyone I know this month, "go watch Demon Knight, it's batshit insane in all the best ways". Tales From The Crypt Presents: Demon Knight was supposed to kick off a Tales From The Crypt cinematic experiment. The film is followed by Bordello Of Blood (decent movie,
Growing up in the 90's with video rental stores and cable TV movie marathons, it was hard to deny the charm and allure of the Friday The 13th franchise. You saw enough and were definitely too young to be watching, but you were entranced. So when I finally got to watch the movies I was hooked. 25
Joe Bob Briggs and Darcy the Mail Girl returned for The Last Drive-In: Joe Bob's Halloween House Party, delivering a double feature built around two very different approaches to Halloween horror. This time, the legendary horror host paired Body Bags (1993) with WNUF Halloween Special (2013),
George Carlin told perhaps the greatest joke on football ever told in his 10/11/1975 SNL monologue, where he contrasted the pastoral nature of baseball with the warlike sport of football. To quote one segment among many, “In football the object is for the quarterback, also known as the field
The term "crowd pleasing" or "crowd pleaser" has found itself layered with some derogatory undertones among critic circles. Broad appeal seems immediately discounted, as if populist filmmaking is somehow lesser than when compared to auteurs and hidden indie gems. I've always maintained that there
