Film Watch: Bedfellows by Drew Daywalt [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6flB0XvmTo?rel=0&w=640&h=360] "Bedfellows" is a short film by Drew Daywalt.
Film Saw VI Review (Film, 2009) Saw VI might be my favorite film in the entire series. It takes everything Saw V did right and adds on a politically and narratively relevant series of traps. The head of the insurance company that denied John Kramer's, aka Jigsaw's, petition to try an experimental
Music Watch: Thriller in the Style of Broadway Greats http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1Christine Pedi performs Michael Jackson's "Thriller" in the style of some of Broadway greatest performers. And a few others.
Film Saw V Review (Film, 2008) Hear me out, good people. Imagine an alternate universe where the Saw series ran like this. The first and second film remain the same. The third expands the universe by being a one room thriller with no outside influence; just Jigsaw, Amanda, and the good doctor fighting against time for
Film Saw IV Review (Film, 2007) I've had a debate with myself for a few years now over which entry is the worst in the Saw series: IV or VII/3D. After rewatching all the films in a three day period, I can safely say the fourth film is the absolute worst. Jigsaw is
Books/Print Watch: Authors and Editors on Patricia Highsmith [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADbCWudvYx4?rel=0&w=640&h=360] Patricia Highsmith is one of the best horror/suspense/crime writers of all time, responsible for Strangers on a Train, The Talented Mr. Ripley, and Little Tales of Misogyny. You can't go
Film Saw III Review (Film, 2006) It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. It was a time of great acting and a time of face-pulling (not literally, mercifully). It was a time of wonderful tension and literal pig slop in faces. Saw III is everything right and wrong with the rest
Books/Print Watch: The Empty House by Algernon Blackwood [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WH8BOutzVk?rel=0&w=640&h=360] Story by Algernon Blackwood Film by Adam Howe Music by Kevin MacLeod Read "The Empty House" by Algernon Blackwood
Film Saw II Review (Film, 2005) The Jigsaw Killer, finally known as Jigsaw, is now big news. A huge police task force is trying to track him down and succeeds in locating his latest hideout. He runs two games at once. In one game, the son of a corrupt detective is placed in a house with
Books/Print Watch: The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ewLvOAibDk?rel=0&w=640&h=480] Story by Charlotte Perkins Gilman Animation by Jess Sealey Music by Agnes Obel Read "The Yellow Wallpaper"
Film Horror Thursday: The Final Such high hopes for this one. The Final starts out really strong. Too bad it can't stay that way. Full Review
Film Saw Review (Film, 2004) Saw is the film I revisit more than any other in the long and wildly successful series. Compared to the later entries, it is a masterclass in subtlety and minimalistic horror. Two strangers wake up in an abandoned bathroom, each chained by the ankle to opposite sides of the room.
