“By the way, Billy and Stu fall in love. They adopt many stray dogs from Costa Rica and they rehabilitate small dogs. And then they slaughter people on the weekends.” Matthew Lillard
1. Train to Busan (2016) dir. Yeon Sang-ho 2. The 100 1x01 - “Pilot” (2014) dir. Bharat Nalluri 3. Manifest Destiny #5 (2014) written by Chris Dingess, art by Matthew Roberts & Owen Gieni / 4. The Low, Low Woods #1 (2020) written by Carmen Maria Machado, art by Dani 5. Hannibal 1x05 - “Coquilles” (2013) dir. Guillermo Navarro 6. Annihilation (2018) dir. Alex Garland 7. Princess Mononoke (1997) dir. Hayao Miyazaki 8. The Ritual (2017) dir. David Bruckner 9. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt illustration by Marek Madej / 10. Fallout 4 concept art by Ray Lederer 11. Hannibal 3x02 - “Primavera” (2015) dir. Vincenzo Natali 12. Get Out (2017) dir. Jordan Peele [Deleted Scene]
A desperate mother attempts to save her college-bound son from dying at the hands of a crooked police officer by using an old camcorder she recently discovered has the power to turn back time in this, the most topical, relevant, and important episode of THE TWILIGHT ZONE (2019).
Of all the different incarnations of this series, a series that so regularly calls the injustices of our society into question, this is the episode that deals with racism most directly. There is no ambiguity here. There are no space aliens or monsters that allow the writers to deal with issues of racism in a metaphorical way; there’s just an innocent black family and a police officer doing what police officers so often do to innocent black people. It’s so real that it feels genuinely prophetic of the mass protests that would occur only one short year after its initial airing. It’s a powerful episode and I encourage you all to watch it.
This series was received pretty poorly when it came out, and I believe that was because it had the intestinal fortitude to do exactly what the original series did: take a stand for what its creators believed in. It wears its beliefs proudly on its sleeve, and I hope it continues to do so in season two because stories like this are relevant and important in helping to open the eyes of people who may not understand just how serious and widespread issues like police brutality are.
When crooked, miserly funeral director Ezra Thornberry is forced to take in his well meaning nephew Bobby, they strike a deal: room and board in exchange for Bobby working for free as an apprentice mortician. Their personalities instantly begin to clash, with Bobby trying to make things work and his uncle constantly mistreating him. As tensions escalate, an expensive workplace mistake brings Ezra’s hatred for his nephew to murderous levels…
This is easily the bleakest episode of TALES FROM THE CRYPT (1989). It’s just so grim! It starts dark, with Ezra (excellently played by Moses Gunn) taking his stinginess so far as to literally rip the gold teeth from his corpses, and descends further and further into darkness with each passing moment. Ezra is just evil, and the lengths he’ll go to to save a penny become more sinister as the episode rolls on. When it’s time for the finale, which is one of the show’s very best, you just can’t wait to see him get his comeuppance. And, boy, does he ever get his comeuppance. Karma comes calling for him the way it comes calling for only the most wicked of characters, and what happens has to be seen to be believed.
Such an excellent episode. Well cast, well written, and directed to perfection.
When four teenagers break into a haunted house, they decide to play a game to see who scares the fastest. They sit in a circle and start conjuring up a scary story, taking turns by lighting matches and narrating until the flames die. It’s all fun and games until the story itself seems to come alive around them, thrusting the group into a hellish horror show of their own creation.
This episode is sogood!MONSTERS (1988) in general is vastly underrated, but this one stands out from other episodes of the series by going for actual scares. It features likable characters and great acting, with genre icon Ashley Laurence and television icon Tori Spelling both giving excellent performances that really bring home the horror of their situation. It also features fantastic creature effects; the fiend they run afoul of is worthy of a proper film, and its first appearance is genuinely startling. It’s a shame this one isn’t part of a more popular series because it’s one of the best horror anthology episodes ever made.
