My Thoughts While Watching… Child’s Play (1988) [Trigger Warning: Child Endangerment]

I've seen plenty of Buzzfeed posts floating around where people write a list of thoughts while watching a movie. I read some a few years ago where someone watched all of the Harry Potter movies for the first time while live tweeting and writing a post per movie. I still quote a lot of what …

My Thoughts While Watching… Men (2022) [Trigger Warning: Suicide, Violence & Nudity]

I've seen plenty of Buzzfeed posts floating around where people write a list of thoughts while watching a movie. I read some a few years ago where someone watched all of the Harry Potter movies for the first time while live tweeting and writing a post per movie. I still quote a lot of what …

Predictability in Horror Movies – Why Does It Bother Audiences?

This article was inspired by watching the 2020 movie Come Play; a movie about an autistic boy being followed by an invisible entity that just wants to be his friend. Poor Larry. About 20 minutes in, there is a scene where he is messing around with a camera app with filters. As soon as I saw …

Generic Horror Movies: Why?

One reason people dislike some horror movies, particularly slashers, is that they are generic and bring nothing new to the genre. This has become even more true post-Scream, which has caused fans to expect more meta and original horror that is clever in a way that it doesn't really have to be. If you prefer …

Why Are the British Desensitised? – My Theory

I've lived in Britain for 36 years—since I was born here in late 1986—and I can't help but notice that we're a lot harder to scare than some other nationalities. I've only really known three people who get even mildly scared at horror movies. One of them, whom I've known since we were 11, has …

My Thoughts While Watching… X (2022) [Trigger Warning: Drug & Alcohol Abuse, Sex & Nudity]

I've seen plenty of Buzzfeed posts floating around where people write a list of thoughts while watching a movie. I read one years ago where someone watched all of the Harry Potter movies for the first time while live tweeting and writing a post per movie. I still quote a lot of what he said …

My Thoughts While Watching… Paranormal Activity 2 (2010)

I've seen plenty of Buzzfeed posts floating around where people write a list of thoughts while watching a movie. I read one years ago where someone watched all of the Harry Potter movies for the first time while live tweeting and writing a post per movie. I still quote a lot of what he said …

My Thoughts While Watching… Urban Legend (1998)

I've seen plenty of Buzzfeed posts floating around where people write a list of thoughts while watching a movie. I read one years ago where someone watched all of the Harry Potter movies for the first time while live tweeting and writing a post per movie. I still quote a lot of what he said …

My Thoughts While Watching… Thir13en Ghosts (2001) [Trigger Warning: Child Death]

I've seen plenty of Buzzfeed posts floating around where people write a list of thoughts while watching a movie. I read one years ago where someone watched all of the Harry Potter movies for the first time while live tweeting and writing a post per movie. I still quote a lot of what he said …

My Thoughts While Watching… Birdemic: Shock & Terror (2010)

I've seen plenty of Buzzfeed posts floating around where people write a list of thoughts while watching a movie. I read one years ago where someone watched all of the Harry Potter movies for the first time while live tweeting and writing a post per movie. I still quote a lot of what he said …