“Some Wes Carpenter Flick” (#7)

Hello, Sidney. Do you like scary movies? What’s your favorite scary movie?

When We Were Young: The Best Pop Culture Of The 80s & 90s

We’ve now aired multiple episodes of the When We Were Young podcast, which means it’s officially time to start uselessly ranking things. That’s right — because I am a millennial (barely), I am obsessed with ranking things that are not terribly similar in any way, and chances are, you are obsessed with it, too. (Thanks, […]

In Memoriam: 8 Horror Blondes Who Didn’t Deserve To Die

You’ve seen it countless times. The ditzy blonde girl in a horror movie goes wandering around in the dark wearing something skanky, only to meet a gruesome end. Such scenes are half the reason most people watch horror movies to begin with, which is why they’re often cast from the D-list. Does anybody mourn Paris […]

The Movies That Made Me: Teen Screams

I wasn’t what you’d call a “normal” teenager — if there is such a thing. See, most teens watch a movie like I Know What You Did Last Summer eagerly awaiting the bloody kills, rooting for the bad guy to gruesomely dispatch his sinful adolescent targets. Me? I cried when they died. When asked how […]

Meta 4: Wes Craven Takes Another Stab At ‘Scream’

The tagline for the original Scream is: “Someone has taken their love of scary movies one step too far.” I’m about to do the same.