Film The Block Island Sound Review (Film, 2021) The Block Island Sound is terrifying because of its tone, but perhaps a bit muddled by too many competing ideas.
Film The United States vs. Billie Holiday Review (Film, 2021) The United States vs. Billie Holiday is an overwhelming exploration of a dark chapter in American history.
Film Slaxx Review (Film, 2021) Slaxx is a cursed fashion object film that points the satire at the corporation, not the consumers.
Reviews The Outer Limits: S1E08 "The Human Factor" We’re back with the newest The Outer Limits recap over at The Avocado. Today’s focus is “The Human Factor,” the first body swapping narrative of the series. There are some great ideas in play, but ideas alone can’t always carry a sci-fi story to the end. Read
News TikTok Getting Closed Captions Soon TikTok is finally rolling out a beta test for a meaningful closed captions system on their video app.
Games Competitive Gaming and Me There’s a world of difference between being good at something and being good at competing at something.
Books/Print The Invention of Ghosts by Gwendolyn Kiste Review (Book, 2020) The Invention of Ghosts is a novelette by Gwendolyn Kiste. I think this is one of the most unsettling pieces of horror fiction I’ve ever read because of its use of perspective.
Film Promising Young Woman & Defining Genre Promising Young Woman appears to have broken the record for how quickly a horror film can be rebranded as anything but thanks to awards attention. So let's dig into defining genre, shall we?
Film 93rd Annual Academy Award Nominations Here’s a rundown of the 93rd annual Academy Award nominations announced today, 15 March 2021.
Film Tentacles Review (Film, 2021) Tentacles is a psycho-sexual horror film, heavy on the former and light on the latter.
Reviews The Outer Limits: S1E07 "O.B.I.T." The new The Outer Limits article is up at The Avocado. This time, we’re exploring “O.B.I.T.,” a dystopian think piece about a computer that can monitor every scientist who works for the Defense Department within a 500 mile area. Read the full article at The Avocado.
Film The Ranger Review (Film, 2018) The Ranger is a slasher film that actually spends the time to build the world and character relationships so the shift to violence leading into the climax actually has meaning.
Books/Print Happy Read an eBook Week Read an eBook Week is a holiday celebrated during the first full calendar week in March each year. The goal is to get readers to try out eBooks. This year, the celebration runs from 7-13 March.
Film Teaching Jake about the Camcorder, Jan ’97 Review (Short Film, 2021) Teaching Jake about the Camcorder, Jan '97 is an experimental short horror film from Brian David Gilbert. Someone keeps rewinding a replaying a short home movie about a father teaching his son to use a camcorder.
Film 12 Hour Shift Review (Film, 2020) 12 Hour Shift is a horror/dark comedy film about an organ trade ring getting their supplies out of a hospital. I’ve never seen anything quite like it before.
Reviews The Outer Limits: S1E06 "The Man Who Was Never Born" The Outer Limits series continues at The Avocado with “The Man Who Was Never Born.” This episode just felt so familiar to me until I did a little digging afterwards. Turns out it is “inspired” by Jean Cocteau’s Beauty and the Beast. Read the full review at The Avocado.
Film Sound of Metal Review (Film, 2020) Sound of Metal tells the story of a heavy metal drummer who suddenly becomes deaf. There’s a lot to dig into about representation, disability, addiction, and metaphor.
Announcements Thank You I just wanted to come on and thank you all for the the support the past few weeks. The Take Out & Other Stories: A Collection of Weird Fiction relaunch has gone better than I expected. Many of you took the time to enter the giveaway and interact with my
Film Shook Review (Film, 2021) Shook is a slasher/deadly game film with some interesting style choices. Your enjoyment is going to come down to your tolerance for simulated animal cruelty, which dominates the opening sequences of the film.
Film The Outer Limits: S1E05 "The Sixth Finger" This week, we take a look at The Outer Limits episode “The Sixth Finger.” This is a hard sci-fi narrative about genetic research used to unlock the genes with the potential to evolve humankind thousands of years into the future. Read the full article at The Avocado [https://the-avocado.org/2021/02/2
Film No Escape Room Review (Film, 2018) No Escape Room is a made for TV movie playing on the escape room trends in the context of a haunted house story.
Film Nomadland Review (Film, 2021) Nomadland is a meditative drama about the year in the life of a woman who lives in a van working whatever seasonal jobs he can find in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis.
