Nobody puts baillee in the corner

I’ve only been home for one of the past seven Christmases. As most of you know, working in the service industry often times doesn’t allow for a lot of time off at the holidays, if it allows for any at all. Sure, there are one or two others in there where I could take a…

During my Thanksgiving vacation, I watched a TON of ABC Family holiday movies. I also haven’t been dating recently or, more accurately, at all during this entire year. With those two forces combined (and with how my brain operates), I came up with a challenge for myself. I’ve always had a negative attitude about dating…

Tw: eating disorders  If you’ve been here before, you know we speak candidly here. If you’ve never been here before, hello! Just so you know, I speak very candidly here.  For those who don’t know, I have been in recovery for EDs for about five or so years now, and I struggled with anorexia and…

As most of you know, KP (my mom) is the big reason I’m into horror movies because we constantly watched them while I was growing up. Another thing you should know about KP is that she gets inconceivable joy from scaring people. This is exactly what leads into today’s story.  Carrie wasn’t my first horror movie,…

I’m not sure if it’s because I watched both Cabin by the Lakes as part of my mom and I’s Syfy Sunday movie marathon tradition multiple times growing up or what, but both of them hold a soft spot in my heart. It’s almost Pavlovian, but whenever I start this movie, I immediately start drooling for…

From the open chord of Bowling for Soup’s cover of “Little Red Riding Hood” to the gratuitous low-rise jeans, this movie is so 2004 it hurts. However, the little winks to the horror genre and how everyone and their mother managed scored a part in this movie make it worth while.  We start with a…

Hell Fest, Blood Fest, and Haunt make up my 2018/2019, masked killer with some slightly paranormal undertones trifecta. I chose Hell Fest because it was the first one I saw of the three, and the ending is just :chef’skiss:. Hell Fest focuses on Natalie, who after returning home on a break from college, reunites with her friends and potential love interest…

One Dark Night is like a mix of the final act of The Craft sans the group being witches,  Phantasm, and the gooey-ness of Prince of Darkness but with really cool jackets and complete that quintessential, easily-80s, funky orchestral soundtrack. This was another first time watch for me, and I dug it! (Pun intended)  One Dark Night serves as a cautionary tale…

It should come as absolutely no surprise that I’m a massive John Carpenter fan (I even have the Laurie Strode tattoo to prove it). I love Body Bags because it’s like the camp and twisted humor Tales from the Crypt found their way into an Adam Wingard joint that they let early Tim Burton have major creative control with…

Recently, I was on a friend’s podcast, and we spoke briefly about an old October tradition my mom and I had. You see, there was a video store in the Kroger in my hometown, so we would rent Elvira, Mistress of the Dark and The Halloween Tree from the video store, and we would grab a pack of these…