Trauma For Nothing, Chucks For Free: Good Chucky and Transactional Trauma
The Kubrick method of sanitizing your trauma.
The only thing a PhD in Chuckiology leads to is pain, obsession, and an exclusion from a normative life.
Read MoreSchrödinger's Cat But Make it Rocket Man: Come to Daddy Review
Come to Daddy liberates us with existential freefall, showing us a more brutal world that’s still worth fighting through if only to embrace the strange love of unconventional relationships in lives that, let’s face it, could be better.
Read MoreSigns and Wagers: Saint Maud Review
Rose Glass’ inspired Saint Maud asks us to place our theological bets to define the film’s morality.
Read MoreBEST FRIENDS FOREVER Resurrects the Urban Legend
Best friend material (left to right): BFF stars Nicole Samantha Huff, Katelyn Wells, Addison Holley, and Michelle Coburn.
A short film written and directed by Emily Gagne and Josh Korngut, Best Friends Forever perfectly captures the atmosphere, tone, and pacing of a sleepover urban legend.
Read MoreTrue Detective Horror Diary: The Forest of Leng
In the first True Detective Horror Diary, presented in partnership with That Shelf, we examine the big Lovecraft reference from the season three premiere: the Forest of Leng.
Read MoreHannibal Rewatch Diary: Empathy and Aria in 'Apéritif'
It’s dogs.
In Apéritif, the first episode of Hannibal, empathy is served from the opening moments to the final shot.
Read More“Salvator Mundi”: The X-Files, ‘My Struggle IV’
If it truly is the end of 'The X-Files,' then we could not have asked for a more perfect season.
Read More“A Conversation”: The X-Files, ‘Nothing Lasts Forever’
Everyone is wondering what Scully whispers in Mulder's ear in that church. But will we ever find out?
Read More“Maybe it was the gates of Hell”: The X-Files, ‘Familiar’
"Familiar" toes the line between Satanic Panic and the effects of actual Satanic practices, while commenting on modern mass hysteria and mob justice.
Read More“Last Chance to Tip”: The X-Files, ‘Rm9sbG93ZXJz’
There's more than one ghost in the machine on this week's unsettling episode of 'The X-Files.'
Read MoreSplatter-Punk: Bruce McCulloch on THIS BLOWS
Aleita Northey as Anna Gowan, picking up guts in episode 4 of This Blows.
Bruce McCulloch (Kids in the Hall, Young Drunk Punk) talks about Satan, blowing people up, and This Blows, the new horror comedy streaming series on CBC.
Read MoreFear is a Man’s Best Friend: The X-Files, 'Kitten'
FBI Director Walter Skinner shows his quality in an 'X-Files' episode which furthers the idea that government conspiracies are real.
Read MoreIn This Borderland: The X-Files, ‘Ghouli'
"Ghouli" is a bittersweet episode of 'The X-Files' that's packed with narrative and a little bit of levity, thanks to Mulder.
Read MoreNobody Knows For Sure: The X-Files, ‘The Lost Art of Forehead Sweat’
“The Lost Art of Forehead Sweat” proves that 'The X-Files' is more relevant than ever and will likely go down as one of the series' top five episodes.
Read More“A Monstrous Sacrifice:” ‘IT’ as American Folk Horror
Not only is the 2017 cinematic adaptation of Stephen King's 'IT' scary, it also deserves a place in the American Folk Horror canon.
Read MoreThe Realm of Extreme Possibility: The X-Files, 'Plus One'
Mulder and Scully, confronted with their own mortality, do the deed in one of the most poignant 'X-Files' episodes yet.
Read MoreThe World is Different, Mulder: The X-Files, ‘This’
'The X-Files' is just as concerned with commenting on itself as it is with helping viewers make sense of the world we live in now.
Read MoreFar More Absurd Things: The X-Files, 'My Struggle III'
Making sense of 'The X-Files' in a post-Trump world.
Read More'Mr. Mercedes' Might Be the Best Genre TV Show You Didn’t See in 2017
Why doesn't 'Mr. Mercedes' appear on more "Best TV of 2017" lists?
Read More"What We Know is a Drop; What We Don’t Know is an Ocean”: Dark
“Be on guard! Be alert! You do not know when that time will come.” Mark 13.33
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