A24's The VVitch is close to a perfect witch story. It's dark, it's really dark, it's sad, and it has witches on broomsticks (or sticks, but in my mind their brooms). The film is quite sinister, and I learn more about the story with each successive watch. First things first, the twins. The twins are pieces of shit. These two kids (Mercy and Jonas) deserved to get, well, not what they got. But they deserved an ass-kickin'. These two kids are little pieces of shit. They do make me laugh though, because the girl in particular is such a lil shit. Mercy spends so much time accusing Thomasin of witchcraft even before Thomasin becomes a freakin' witch. The Billy goat Black Phillip should have bounced these two a long time ago, but I think he was trying to lure the twins to the dark side until he found Thomasin would be the easiest target. I'd like to take a moment of silence for young Samuel. Samuel is the infant son of William and Katherine, brother to the twins,...

Finally finished putting Margeret together and got her put up out front this evening. For the past few years, I've been trying to make my own bespoke Halloween decorations. I've been trying to put together pumpkin headed scarecrows on a T-bar but just couldn't find the right pieces to use. But then I ran into a black skeleton at Michael's the other day and thought that this would work. However, I've also been stuck on what to use for my witch decoration. I was stumped trying to make an upper torso witch and hang her from a 6- or 7-foot wooden stake. It was just a struggle. So I put my old Grim Reaper costume robe from the 1980s on the skeleton, along with a witch mask I had and I found a witch hat at Spirit Halloween. And she was done. Quick and easy. Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge was my first real introduction to Freddy Krueger. At that point in time it was only the three movies. After we watched the sequel one dark and stormy night, ...

Here we are again, folks! Another October, or Halloweentober, as we like to call the month round here. I started watching monster movies a little early in late September this year, but that will be our little secret. Got it? I'm in a werewolf and witchy mood this spooky season! So I walked through the Scream Factory aisle tonight and picked a movie that goes way back to my childhood. One of my favorite movies of all time, let alone werewolf movie, is Teen Wolf . I saw this when it had just come out on VHS. I've been in love with this movie most of my life. I'm watching the movie today on my Scream Factory Blu-ray. Michael J Fox is one of the most likable characters in the world as Scott Howard. His dad Harold is pretty great, too. But Styles was always my favorite character. The kid is so cool and entrepreneurial. As soon as he sees Scott transform, he's not petrified, he's not pissed - he sees opportunity. And he gets to work making Scott the Teen Wolf....

I finally picked up an increasingly hard to find copy of My Mom's a Werewolf (1989) on DVD, from Rhino no less (who became Shout Factory!) and a snap case. The movie is actually hard to watch. It's quite boring, and never quite feels like anything's going to happen at all that we the viewer would care about. And the movie really does not know what it wants to be. Satire, dark comedy, funny horror film? It tries to be all things and succeeds at none of them. It could have done for werewolves what Fright Night or My Best Friends a Vampire did for vampires. But no, it was not to be. Now the movie is mostly forgotten, save for fans like me who want to keep its memory alive if only as a time capsule of a perfect time in Hollywood where anything could get made, especially monster movies. John Saxon is one of the standout characters in the movie. I mean, he is in everything he's in, right? From some massive hits (maybe his biggest being A Nightmare on Elm Street...

I found Sleepy Hollow High (1999) one day at some store or other, I dont remember anymore. I picked it up because it had a cool jack-o'-lantern on the cover and I like the town of Sleepy Hollow. This is a different Sleepy Hollow. At least it appears to be. Especially with the cars having MD plates. This is a local film, filmed near Baltimore in Sykesville, Maryland. And while the killer wears a jack-o'-lantern on his head this has nothing to do with the beloved Washington Irving story. No, this is set in Sleepy Hollow, Maryland, in Calvert County I imagined. Though its never said as much, thr plates on the cars are MD, so I'm going with this setting. Thing is, the characters act like they are in Sleepy Hollow, NY, you know -- the one with the headless horseman legend an all... Written by a certain Washington Irving. I could have this all wrong, and they just ignore the part where they're in MD and filmed here instead of traveling to NY. Who knows, who cares?...

T and I waited for autumn to drop before watching this sequel. The first film is a cute, lovable Halloween monster movie with really likable characters. The monster - Crom - looks like a hanging Halloween decoration, and that's a big part of its appeal. So when the Kickstarter for the sequel popped up I wasted no time in securing my part in the film. My copy arrived with a poster, and a small floating skull-spirit from the film in his own little Wings Chinese carton! Rob York, the director and producer, even included a time-stamped card when "your" ghost pops up. Stuff like this could be the future of movies. And being a Kickstarter backer my name is in the credits. Such a small benefit and it makes you feel really good. We ordered sweet and sour chicken w/white rice, watched the film and waited for the credits to roll and for my name to appear. It was a lot of fun, and I am stoked to play some (very) small part in bringing it to life. I don't ...