#HalloweenAftermath 2025

This is an ambitious fan film with high production values set between Kills and Ends. Running at 2 hours and 15 minutes, this might seem excessive, and it is.

I hate to say it for all the hard work they put into it, but this movie is boring. It could be an hour shorter and it might still be too long. The pacing is a real problem as the dialogue scenes go on for too long and aren't interesting. The setting is good and reminiscent of Haddonfield, and I think some scenes are actually filmed in familiar locations. There are a few easter eggs, but they feel pretty forced. How many times do I have to hear "Don't Fear the Reaper" in a Halloween fan film? After appearing in 3 of the movies, enough is enough. The thorn constellation was okay, though.

They try to milk our sympathy gland too hard for all these mediocre characters. Myers is okay for the most part, but there are moments when he looks awkward and not appropriately shaped and he's got young person skin for being an old man.

I really wanted to like the movie, but it'll make all the haters appreciate Ends more. As far as fan films go, I much prefer Halloween: Inferno, an alternate reality version of Kills. That movie was dope.

Happy Charlie Kirk Day

A little over a month ago, Charlie Kirk was murdered by a radicalized leftist lunatic. I was busy working on this site when Der called me up and gave me the news. I didn't know what to think. I thought Charlie was great. I loved the way he pwned ignorant indoctrinated college liberals with common sense and mere facts, and I loved scrolling Facebook and coming across his videos in my feed. I think he was the first person I started following on X since the new administration kicked in at the start of the year and I got excited about twitter X again after 4 years of sleepy Joe bumbling around like Mr. Magoo. Charlie Kirk had strong morals and he believed in doing the right thing.

I couldn't talk about it when it happened because TE was in shambles, but his death hit me hard. I'll even go as far as saying it's the most impactful death of my lifetime. I could barely keep it together at home or at work. I was thinking about it 24/7 for almost 2 weeks, and every time I wasn't distracted enough by some menial task, I would find myself crying about it. Crying about how this family man who only every preached tolerance and tried to reason with the misguided youths was gunned down by another violent left-winged maniac who didn't know anything about the man or the cause he was so adamant about ending.

But there was a light at the end of the tunnel. We'd seen so many disgusting people celebrating his death, but we'd seen so many more people coming together because of him and everything he stood for. Not just in the states, but all over the world. London, Australia, Spain, South Korea... it opened so many people's eyes to what was happening in our country, and it caused so many people to leave the party of violence and finally begin to question all the bullshit the media has been spinning their way. People were going to church in record numbers. TPUSA grew 3 times larger than Charlie ever thought it would. It's awful that it took his death to wake people up, but I'm sure he would have loved knowing the reaction it caused, and how he affected so many people's lives for the better.

Charlie Kirk was awesome.

#WeAreCharlieKirk

#ExceptZed

Sorry guys being absent so long. Just got released from the hospital. Was in since 9/28th. Watched a lot of films but I usually list a film directly after I watch it. There's really isn't anything to do since you're bed ridden. I don't even know if I could remember all of em. Best FTV would probably be The Black Phone.

#RIP Ace Frehley!?

#ClownInACornfield 2025

Sounds like another dumbass DTV Asylum movie, but it wasn't bad. It had theatrical production values (including bigger names like Will Sasso and Kevin Durand) and it wasn't some supernatural crap either. There's a twist about halfway through, since the title is a bit of a mislead. It should actually be Clowns in a Cornfield, plural!

A girl and her dad move to a small farm town and she gets mixed up with a "bad crowd" with a shady past. This all ties back to some town festival and a local legend about a killer clown in the cornfield, but we all know it's more than just hearsay. Let's just say it's about cleansing the impurities of the town.

I was expecting a lot worse. The kills ought to keep you satisfied. Worth at least one watch. Don't be surprised if it becomes a franchise, because they already have 3 novels for it.

#TheStrangersChapter2 2025

The last one sucked, so why did I bother? Because it's October and I need to see a horror film in theaters, that's why!

Our film picks up right after the last one. The final girl is in the hospital and we waste no time getting to the nitty gritty. The whole movie is stalking and chasing, and it works. They put our girl through hell, and they give us just enough insight into our killers without ruining their mystique.

To confirm the timeline, this trilogy doesn't appear to be a prequel as one might expect based on the outcome of Prey at Night. We have too much modern technology and specific date references, which infers that our killers (while doing this for a long time) are most certainly not the same ones as the first two films, and are likely inspired by those killers. Fine by me, if that's the case. I prefer copycats as opposed to a convoluted or supernatural explanation.

As the events unfold, you find yourself rooting for the heroine, but the film does end on a "To Be Continued" note. Richard Brake has a slightly larger role, but they appear to be saving his main action for the finale, likely on the same team as the villains. I look forward to seeing the last "chapter", but I'm also worried by the track record of the series. First one sucked, second was great. Third one sucked, fourth was great. The fifth may very well suck again!

Hey @markus-san! How is The Long Walk? IMDb doesn't list it as a horror, and I know you're a stickler for rules.

#NightOfTheReaper 2025

Shudder gives us this 80s babysitter stalker movie that starts out promising, but takes a quick turn into a boring and convoluted revenge plot.

The 80s throwback genre is getting tired. I know it's a great way to write out cell phones and modern tech that's not conducive to horror story-telling, but enough is enough already! Here, we have VHS tapes that are integral to the plot, which relates to a contrived scheme to antagonize certain parties and present us with an unexpected twist that leads us to a generic motive with underwhelming execution.

It's not all bad, though. The film looks okay, it's cruel, the villain design is nice, and the tape stuff is okay. I think the movie would be better if it didn't try to have a hip story and was more shallow. The scenes where the killer is fucking around with the victims and re-arranging things should have been the whole movie. What we ended up with is something I just wasn't feeling.

#Pumpkinhead 1988

I finally revisited this one and it was better than I remembered. After Lance Henriksen's boy is killed in an accident by motorbiking teens, he has a witch cast a spell to help him get his revenge, awakening the demon known as Pumpkinhead. He has second thoughts when the demon goes on a killing spree, but can he stop what he set in motion?

This was one of those movies I'd see advertised a lot as a kid, but I was too scared to ever watch it. Was it scary, though? Not exactly, but the film does have a great look to it. Dirt-filled, orange-hued, tall grass and hillbilly woods. It's windy like a dust storm and always foreboding. Extremely moody. Plus, it has the greatest actor of all time in it, George Buck Flower.

Stan Winston was an effects guy, so visuals were essential. The main villain has a xenomorph quality to it, and Lance's hybrid makeup is also pretty fitting. That dude already looks like he can play a total creep even though he makes for a good relatable protagonist. I also like that the movie doesn't play fair. The guy from Slumber Party Massacre II who wasn't responsible and was the only dude trying to help is the first one to get it. Fuck 'em all, right?

One of these years, I'll check out part 3 & 4.

#RequiemForAVampire 1971

After their male partner gets killed in a getaway car chase, two young women dressed as clowns try to stay under the radar in the French countryside. They seek shelter in a castle and stumble upon a cult that is intent on turning them into vampires.

This movie is pretty good. The girls are very good looking, especially Marie-Pierre Castel, and there's a fair amount of nudity and gratuity at about the halfway point. Gotta love these foreigner directors. They masquerade the majority of the movie as an arthouse flick so they can squeeze in their sleaze and fetishes without it being a detractor to film snobs who prefer a classier touch to their cinema.

The French country looks quite beautiful. The vampire teeth are awkwardly far apart compared to most vampire depictions. The girls have guns that have infinite bullets for most of the movie, and they frivolously waste them on rotting cadavers. If you like hot little lesbians, give it a watch.