Games Dead by Daylight 4.6.0 Patch Review (Game Patch, 2021) From colorbind options to physics-defying snow, here’s a rundown of what went right and wrong in the new Dead by Daylight patch.
Film Spookier Times Episode 14: Killer Fashion & Slaxx Killer Fashion is a subgenre of the paranormal slasher where a fashion item--a dress, shoes, hair extensions, an accessory, etc.--gains the ability to kill.
Announcements Announcing SD Media Digest Hey everyone. I’m really excited to announce a new quarterly publication from Sketching Details.
Reviews The Outer Limits: S1E09 "Corpus Earthling" The new The Outer Limits review is up at The Avocado. This week, we’re looking at “Corpus Earthling.” This is the first stereotypical black and white sci-fi episode in all its silly glory. Read the full article at The Avocado [https://the-avocado.org/2021/03/31/the-outer-limits-s1e09-corpus-earthlin
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 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
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 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.
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 A Nightmare Wakes Review (Film, 2021) Writer/director Nora Unkel’s debut feature-length film uses the story of Mary Shelley writing Frankenstein to craft a horror film about the expected roles of women in society.
Games Dead by Daylight Mid-Chapter 4.5.0 Patch Review Dead by Daylight is now a broken game after the 4.5.0 mid-chapter patch. Broken enough that I’ve uninstalled it.
