Is it truly the season of the witch? Me and Donovan are in agreement on that one. What witch-related songs do you have on your Halloween playlist? Here are the ones on mine*: Season of the Witch - Donovan; Witches' Rave - Jeff Buckley; Witchy Woman - Eagles; I Put a Spell on You - Nina Simone; Black Magic Woman - Santana; Burn the Witch - Radiohead; Waking the Witch - Kate Bush; The Wind - PJ Harvey; Rosemary - Sierra Ferrell Despite their healthy representation in

With all of the great new horror coming out, I have to remind myself to check in on some of that sweet, eighties nonsense from time to time. This one checks all the boxes. In between the genre-defining sci-fi horror of Alien and The Thing , Roger Corman produced this far less esteemed foray into the terrors of space. If you are familiar with the Corman ouvre, you know what to expect: Unpredictablity, gratuitousness, and a tiny budget. It isn't difficult to surmise what types

Let’s see what happens when you smash together two of the most formulaic movie genres into the same film. Did I end up with hearts in my eyes, or ‘X’s? All styles of film have their conventions and tropes. They are actually really helpful for storytelling, because they grant creators a form of shorthand so they don’t have to expend as much energy establishing the rules and boundaries of their worlds. They also establish expectations, which are a prerequisite if you want to ge

If you are blessed with a local haunted house attraction in your area, might I suggest a better use of your two hours would be to go and experience the real thing? Ah yes, we've now reached the part of the marathon where a movie defies me to have a strong opinion about it. I can usually avoid this type of thing at the start of the month, because I'll just skip movies like that, but as time ticks away and the jack-o-lantern candle burns low, it becomes harder and harder to tos