For The Love Of Gods

Hey everyone, its time for another little life update with the fun things I did in October and this month. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Hello my friends,For those of you who might be new to my blog, I like to pop in and tell you a little about my life about every 6 months.  After an eventful October, I think its time to pop in an say hello.  First and foremost, I want to let you know that I will be taking a brief hiatus.  Starting today, the blog will go dark until the new year. Think of this as a little hibernation.  It is a…

Black: Panther: Wakanda Forever is a film you are going to want to see if you are a Marvel fan. Though it falls short of the first film, this movie is worth the cost of admission. Major spoilers ahead, 4/5 stars. More in the link.

Starring: Angela Bassett, Letitia Wright, Lupita Nyong’o, Tenoch Huerta, Danai Gurira, Winston Duke, Florence Kasumba, Michaela Coel, Dominique Thorne, Martin Freeman, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Mabel Cadena My Rating: 4/5 Stars Rotten Tomatoes: 84% Critics, 95% Audience Rotten Tomatoes Description: “In Marvel Studios’ “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” Queen Ramonda (Angela Bassett), Shuri (Letitia…

The Underground Railroad is a visual treat and incorporates elements of magical realism that really bring Cora's story to life. 3.5/5 stars overall. More in the link.

Rating: 3.5/5 Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 94% Critic, 74% Audience Overview:  When Cora flees from the plantation in the Georgia where she has been a slave since birth, she is startled to find the Underground Railroad is in fact a railroad, complete with trains, conductors, and tracks to take you better places, and worse ones, and perhaps, if she’s lucky, it might take her all the way to freedom,…

With season 5 now airing, I thought it might be time to reminisce about last season, and discuss where "The Handmaid's Tale" might be going. Do you have any theories?

Rating: 3.5/5 Stars Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 68% Critic, 70% Audience Overview: June Osbourne continues her fight to free her children and herself from Gilead, but after a disheartening encounter, and time in hiding with her fellow handmaids, June alone makes it to Canada, where her fight continues, complicated by the fact that the Waterford have entered the country as well, in the custody of…

My favorite new release is "Midnight Club", a Mike Flanagan project that comes close to the magic of "Hill House". Overall, I though this was a story with an unexpected amount of heart, humor, and a little horror. 4/5 stars overall. More in the link.

Starring: Iman Benson, Igby Rigney, Ruth Codd, Annarah Shephard, William Chris Sumpter, Adia, Aya Furukawa, Sauriyan Sapkota, Samantha Sloyan, Heather Lagenkamp, Zack Gifford My Rating: 4/5 Stars Rotten Tomatoes: 89% Critics, 56% Audience Description: “At a manor with a mysterious history, eight members of the Midnight Club meet each night at midnight to tell sinister stories — and to look for…

By far the best horror movie of the year, "Nope" is a must-watch for horror fans. It is smart in its structuring and its scares, hands down a 5/5 star film. More in the link.

Starring: Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer, Steven Yeun, Michael Wincott, Brandon Perea, Barbie Ferreira, Donna Mills, Keith David, Wrenn Schmidt My Rating: 5/5 Stars Rotten Tomatoes: 81% Critics, 70% Audience Rotten Tomatoes Description: “Two siblings who run a California horse ranch discover something wonderful and sinister in the skies above, and the owner of an adjacent theme park tries to…

Malignant is a movie that surprised me this year, with a twist I didn't see coming, it defines itself from other horror movies by simply being surprising. 4/5 stars. More in the link.

Rating: 4/5 stars Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 76% critic, 52% Audience Overview: When a woman finds herself plagued by one of her childhood inventions, a boy named Gabriel, she becomes embroiled in a string of murders that she witnesses as they occur, even though she never leaves home.  The story, though, is much more complex, and who determines what is imaginary? Best elements: The twist!  I am…

Freaky was a surprising film from this years selections, equal parts humor and horror, this movie sang. 5/5 stars. More in the link.

Rating: 5/5 stars Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 83% Critic, 80% Audience Overview: When the town serial killer finds a body-swapping dagger, a teen girl gets more than she bargained for during your garden-variety murder attempt.  Cue a ticking timeclock to switch back before time runs out to make the swap, or the body count gets too high. Best elements: So this film is fantastic, all the comedy of…

"Them" is an Amazon original series focusing on the horrors of desegregation white suburbia through a lens of horror. It's main issue is that it chooses to import the paranormal which cheapened the reality of the story. 2/5 stars. More in the link.

Rating: 2/5 Stars Rotten Tomatoes/Goodreads Rating: 60% Critics, 65% Audience Overview: A black family moves into the all-white neighborhood of East Compton, and find themselves at the mercy of neighbors who want them out, and even more malevolent forces that seek to break their family apart, or simply break them. Best element: When the show focused in on the family, and how they fought…

I fell in love with the podcast "Old Gods of Appalachia". It is a horror anthology podcast based in folklore from the Appalachian region, and swimming vivid description, interesting characters, and spine-shiver stories, this was a 5/5 stars.

Rating: 5/5 stars Spotify Rating: 4.9/5 stars Overview: A horror anthology following the oral storytelling practices of Appalachian culture, Old Gods weaves a story of the magic and the mirth of the mountains in chapters that weave into one big, beautiful, and often bloody story. Best elements: The thing I like most about this podcast is the language and description.  The writers for this…

Scream Queens invokes the slasher genre of the 90 with a sorority twist that invokes "The Heathers". 3/5 stars for the fact that the Chanels might grate on more nerves than just mine. More in the link.

Rating: 3/5 Stars Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 77% Critics, 75% Audience Overview: A slasher series that follows a sorority as they try to survive a masked killer intent on picking them off.  Who will be the final girls or will the killer prevail? Best elements: The twists and inversions in the plot keep the story from falling flat by keeping you invested in who might die next, and who is doing the…

Rings (2017) is the final film in "The Ring" franchise, and though it put an unceremonious end to any further franchise potential, it does follow the franchise format well and has some decent scares. 2/5 stars. More in the link.

Rating: 2/5 stars Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 8% Critics, 23% Audience Overview: The killer tape resurfaces over a decade after we last saw it, and it falls into the hands of a college professor intent on finding out if the afterlife is real, with the tape as his proof.  But it all spins out of control with Julia sees the tape, and a second video is discovered in the file.  Can Julia figure out the…

For my birthday I am sharing one of my favorite new horror movies. From the beautiful aesthetics to the surprising twist, this is the type of horror that keeps me a fan of the genre. 5/5 stars, more in the link. Have you seen Last Night in Soho?

Rating: 5/5 stars Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 76% Critic, 90% Audience Overview: A young fashion student moves into a London flat, only to find herself haunted by the history of the room in which she sleeps.  While struggling to define herself from the dreams she has as “Sandie” Collins, Ellie fights to make her dream of designing a reality.  But what happens when she and Sandie are no longer…

The Ring was one of my first horror movies, and might be better in hindsight than it was on a second watch. 2.5/5 stars. More in the link.

Rating: 2.5/5 stars Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 71% Critics, 48% Audience Overview: After a videotape that kills its watchers falls into the hands of a journalist, she has seven days to save herself and her family from its sinister curse before the tape comes to kill them all. Best elements: The way this film uses foreshadowing is my favorite part of the film.  There is a very intentional lack of…

Ma (2019) continues the Halloween Haunt, though Octavia Spencer gives a stellar performance, the film cannot seem to find the tone it wants to strike. 2/5 stars. More in the link.

Rating: 2/5 stars Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 56% critic, 64% audience Overview: When a middle-aged woman buys booze for a group of kids, a friendship turns dangerous when “Ma” turns out to be the victim of their parents’ bullying, but who will pay the price for past transgressions? Best elements: The escalation in this film helps keep the stakes rising and the danger aspect pumping.  Ma is…

"Limetown", the series is a new interpretation of the Limetown story. Following the same plot, we watch Leah as she investigates the limetown disaster but with more insight into our main character and the stakes she encounters. 5/5 stars. Link for more.

Rating: 5/5 stars Rotten Tomatoes Rating: Overview:  A new iteration of the Limetown story, this series shows us Leah, and all the drama that happens off-air as she seeks the truth about what happened to the people of Limetown, including her own lost uncle. Best elements: The cinematography in this series is brilliant.  The way they stitch shots together, then overlay the audio before blending…

This year I started listening to podcasts again, and I am including a few in this month's Halloween Haunts. "Limetown" is the story of a town whose residents mysteriously disappeared, and it is an enthralling listen. 5/5 stars. More in the link.

Rating: 5/5 stars Spotify Rating: 4.6/5 Stars Overview: A podcast detailing the fictional tragedy of Limetown, a gated community whose residents  mysteriously disappeared after a night of chaos.  Now the niece of a survivor is trying to find out the truth behind this mystery, but she may be uncovering more than she bargained for. Podcast is fully released with 2 seasons. Best elements: So…