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The Devil's Candy Review (Film, 2015) #31DaysofHorror

The Devil’s Candy is a possession/haunted house film with a metal soundtrack and edge. A family moves into their dream house, even though they are told their dream house just had two people die in it a few days before. The father starts to exhibit the same signs and troubles of the surviving member

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Prodigy Review (Film, 2018) #31DaysofHorror

A psychologist is brought into a secret government facility to perform an evaluation. The subject is a nine year old girl tied to a chair with a straight jacket and kept in a locked room. Her appearance belies a genius intellect and a sadistic streak that led her to kill her own mother with no remor

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Dead by Daylight Mid-Chapter Patch 2.3.0 #31DaysofHorror

Behaviour Interactive, the developers behind asymmetrical 4v1 survival horror game Dead by Daylight, are consistently making good on a series of promises they made half a year ago. Once they made an agreement to buy back full rights to their own game, they promised to roll out regular updates to imp

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Tales of Halloween Review (Film, 2015) #31DaysofHorror

Tales of Halloween is an anthology horror film with 10 segments all set in the same town on Halloween night. To say the concept is ambitious is an understatement. The framing device is a radio broadcast (performed by Adrienne Barbeau, a wonderful piece of casting) describing all the dangers of Hallo

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Fear, Inc. Review (Film, 2016) #31DaysofHorror

Scream [https://sketchydetails.us/sketchy-details/film/film-review-scream-4-2011?rq=scream] sent the American horror industry in a very different direction upon its release. Forget about the resurgence of teen slashers in its wake or the stunt casting of a bigger name for the sole purpose of a shock

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Malevolent Review (Film, 2018) #31DaysofHorror

Sometimes, a film makes so many mistakes, it’s actually impressive that it managed to be finished at all. Malevolent is one of the most misguided, unfocused, and just plain poorly planned horror films I’ve encountered in a long time.

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Five Nights at Freddy's: The Silver Eyes Review (Book, 2015) #31DaysofHorror

The Five Nights at Freddy’s phenomenon is a game series that just took on a life of its own. The concept is simple: you are a security guard watching over the animatronics at a family restaurant. The animatronics are capable of walking on their own, but due to accidents are only permitted to walk at

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Raw Review (Film, 2017) #31DaysofHorror

I’m going to level with you. It takes a lot for me to want to tap out of a horror film. I grew up on the genre. The owners of the local VHS shop down the street loved my interest in the genre and would rent me horror films far beyond what I should have been watching in elementary school. My family f

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What We Do in the Shadows Review (Film, 2015) #31DaysofHorror

I have a soft spot in my heart for horror mockumentaries. There’s just something so enjoyable for me about a horror film that takes the extra step of setting itself up as an investigation of elements of the genre. I like the terrifying, serious ones like Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer or hybrid

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Truth or Dare Review (Film, 2017) #31DaysofHorror

Do not be confused or mistaken by the following phenomena. Have you ever come across a horror film that looks just like another horror film you know is coming out? It has a similar (if not identical) title, a similar poster, and even a similar plot, but it’s not the same film. It’s a separate film t

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Don't Kill It Review (Film, 2017) #31DaysofHorror

Content warning: Don’t Kill It features violence against animals in its opening scene. Action/horror is one of those combinations we just don’t see too often on film. Action films tend to have a higher budget than what’s typically allocated for horror just to account for the amount of extra staff a

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The Cleanse Review (Film, 2018) #31DaysofHorror

Some of the simplest sources for a horror film are different or twisted perspectives on common occurrences. Gremlins is ultimately a film about bringing home a pet as a gift for a loved one. The Conjuring is about the fear of the monster hiding in the closet. The Shining is about anxiety from stayin

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Venom Review (Film, 2018) #31DaysofHorror

Venom, as a film, is a lot to process. It’s sensory overload even by the loud and special effects heavy standards of the superhero genre. It shares more with the horror genre, specifically the old fashioned Universal-style monster movie, than it does with the modern superhero film, yet it’s clearly

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Headless Horseman Hayrides and Haunted Houses 2018 #31DaysofHorror

Tis the season. Aside from running my own yard haunt going on 16 years now, I love going to haunted attractions. They are staffed and fun by my people. I may not always agree with design choices or how they’re run, but the goal is ultimately the same. We all want people to have a good time being sca

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The Midnight Man Review (Film, 2018) #31DaysofHorror

The Midnight Man is a horror film inspired by a creepypasta. I went into that idea a little bit yesterday, but it’s essentially urban legends created online. Some might be inspired by real events, or preexisting urban legends/myths, but they gain their popularity online. There’s a fascinating discus

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Blair Witch Review (Film, 2016) #31DaysofHorror

We’re at an interesting time in horror. The genre has always been a profitable mainstay for studios. The films do not have to cost much money or even be particularly good to turn a strong profit at the box office. Now, it seems easier than ever to launch a horror franchise. From Insidious pounding o

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It Comes at Night Review (Film, 2017) #31DaysofHorror

For his second feature length film, writer/director/editor Trey Edward Shults shifts genres but sticks with the same subject matter as his breakout critical hit Krisha [https://sketchydetails.us/sketchy-details/2016/12/27/krisha-review-film-2016]. It Comes at Night sees different people with differe

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Terrifier Review (Film, 2018) #31DaysofHorror

From the opening credits sequence, you know you’re in for something authentically 70s with Terrifier. The whole film is set up like the sequel to a slasher that never existed. We see a blurry news report on an old tube television describing a massacre by Art the Clown the previous year. A reporter i

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Hereditary Review (Film, 2018) #31DaysofHorror

There are times where I need to take a step back and remind myself how what we watch influences how we respond to films. What seems novel or innovative to someone who doesn’t watch a lot of horror can seem tired or even poorly done to someone who watches a lot of horror. Horror has the added element

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Great Games Done Slow: 15-21 September

I’m always a fan of inspiration in unexpected places. There’s a wonderful organization called Games Done Quick [https://gamesdonequick.com/] that hosts massive speedrunning marathons to raise money for charity. Gamers register to show off their skills beating games at breakneck speeds. This gameplay

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Where We Are Now

The past few days have been an unpredictable explosion of emotional intensity and range for people in the United States of America. Any presidential election will create tension, but the intensity of this campaign--the baggage it brought up from the past, the rhetoric of a candidate and his supporters, the

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Halloween 2015: Haunt Video and Lessons Learned

First, the super spoopy nighttime video with awesome music. This is for the competition I enter (and lose) every year. Someday. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTSr9g08Tcg] And the multitude of lessons learned for moving forward with haunting, decor, and art: * I can still bang out most of

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Yard Haunt 2015: Broodhollow & The Last Halloween: Daytime Tour

The yard haunt is almost done for Halloween. Very close. I have close to two dozen little votive holders and ceramic pieces to scatter throughout the graveyard with LED tealights when it's going to get dark. But, yes, this is it. I'm proud. No other way

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Drawlloween 2015: Day 26-28: Rat, Witch, Black Cat

I've been working a lot--Halloween stuff, theater stuff, subbing stuff, family stuff. I've been sketching the past three days on the go to keep up with Drawlloween. Day 26: Rat Day 27: Witch Day 28: Black Cat

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#Drawlloween Day 23-25: Gore, Skeleton, Mummy #31DaysofHorror

The TL:DR is that I hurt my back while sleeping on Thursday night and have had intermittent levels of pain all weekend. I'm feeling a little better, but sitting too long is a no-no right now. This digital mixed media gore painting I did while subbing on