TV REVIEWS
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: A Retrospecticus – Season 6 Pt 3
You know how many people look back on S6 as too much of a slow wade through misery? I think this chunk of episodes is a big part of why. While there's one episode [...]
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: A Retrospecticus – Season 6 Pt 2
It's almost time for the Buffy Musical and I'm fairly antsy to get there after all these years, so let's not waste any more time. Previously on Buffy the Vampire Slayer: A Retrospecticus⊠All [...]
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: A Retrospecticus – Season 6 Pt 1
The last time we saw the Scooby Gang was not exactly everyone's happiest day. The apocalypse was averted, yeah, but it was hardly their first and it came at quite a cost--the heroic death of [...]
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: A Retrospecticus – Season 5 Pt 4
The end BtVS & Angel's best joint year is nearly upon us. While it's a shame we couldn't ride this high for a while longer, nothing lasts forever--as Buffy (and everyone) learns the hard way. [...]
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: A Retrospecticus – Season 5 Pt 3
It's the halfway point of the year on Buffy the Vampire Slayer: A Retrospecticus and, as seasons go, both BtVS & Angel have had a pretty great run so far. Of the 22 episodes both [...]
Netflix’s “Wednesday”–An Interview with Editor Jay Prychidny
Wednesday, an Addams Family spin-off, is a smash hit, breaking all kinds of streaming records for Netflix, including the record for the most hours viewed in a week for an English-language series. The show [...]
CONVERSATIONS WITH A KILLER: THE JOHN WAYNE GACY TAPES Proves Clowns Can’t Get Away With Murder
Killer clown calamity causes a community conundrum constituting continuous confusion coinciding with the comprehensive case of clue collecting consequently cognizant of the culprit's conviction. Various interviews were conducted between November 1979 and April 1980 by [...]
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: A Retrospecticus – Season 5 Pt 2
Last time around Buffy finally learned Dawn's not her sister, but a magical doodad given human life, and Angel had a revelation of his own when it came to finding out Darla's alive & kicking [...]
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: A Retrospecticus – Season 5 Pt 1
The best joint season of the BtVS & Angel years begins, huzzah! BtVS rebounds after the whole Initiative arc with its most cohesive and mature season yet, while over on Angel they've largely figured out [...]
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: A Retrospecticus – Season 4 Pt 4
Here we are, the homestretch. The closer we get to "Restless" the more I look forward to it still, even after all these years. Before wrapping S4/S1 up, if you need a refresher for any [...]
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: A Retrospecticus – Season 4 Pt 3
We're halfway through BtVS S4 & Angel S1 now and you know what? Those first 11 episodes of S4 are a pretty solid chunk. There are some all time greats, underrated classics, and really only [...]
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: A Retrospecticus – Season 4 Pt 2
Since we're far enough in that Angel's been added to the mix, I'm going to go ahead and assume you know how Buffy the Vampire Slayer: A Retrospecticus works by now. On we go! Previously [...]
Weâre Not in Miami Anymore: An Interview with Dexter: New Blood Composer Pat Irwin
For Dexter fans who wanted a better ending than season 8's finale, which featured Deb's death just before Dexter drives his boat into a storm, only to resurface as a lumberjack in the closing minutes, [...]
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: A Retrospecticus – Season 4 Pt 1
New stages of life begin for the Scooby Gang. Between seeking to continue an education in college, getting work to make due, or taking time to figure out just what their next step is, everyoneâs [...]
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: A Retrospecticus – Season 3 Pt 2
Last time we tackled the first half of S3, so now Buffy the Vampire Slayer: A Retrospecticus - Season 3 Pt 2 will get to the second half followed by some stray thoughts on the [...]
Meiro Stamm On Composing Fallen Angels Murder Club
We had the chance to speak with the talented and award-winning composer, Meiro Stamm. Meiro has scored numerous award-winning movies, television shows, stage shows, and digital productions for over 20 years. Some of his notable [...]
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: A Retrospecticus – Season 3 Pt 1
Senior year of Sunnydale High. It's been a long road getting here. For you, for Sunnydale. There has been achievement, joy, good times. And there has been grief. There's been loss. One thing Iâm not [...]
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: A Retrospecticus – Season 2 Pt 2
Last time we plowed through the first half of S2, so now Buffy the Vampire Slayer: A Retrospecticus - Season 2 Pt 2 will get to the second half followed by overall thoughts of the [...]
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: A Retrospecticus – Season 2 Pt 1
What was it about the second year of this little WB series centered on a teenager fighting the forces of darkness that struck such a cord with viewers and critics alike? Buffy the Vampire Slayer: A [...]
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: A Retrospecticus – The Beginning
Sunnydale, CA. A town of less than 40,000 people with 12 cemeteries in city limits where the high school kept tabs on its annual mortality rate and residents long ago accepted all the bizarre occurrences [...]
CHUCKY 1.8 “An Affair To Dismember”–A Finale That Lacks Finality
Chucky wraps up its debut season like the last couple movies have ended, with more of a stopping point than a climax of the story. I donât want to say I was underwhelmed, but I [...]
Chucky 1.7 “Twice The Grieving, Double The Loss”–Down And Out In Hackensack
Life changes abound for pretty much everyone in the penultimate episode of Chuckyâs first season. Thatâs right, I said first as just the other day Chucky was renewed for another season of murder and mayhem. [...]
HORRIFIC ORIGIN: Creepypasta & The Fiction-Transcending Nature Of Collaboration
I donât remember how old I was when I first discovered creepypasta (internet-based urban legends), but I do remember I couldnât get enough of them. If I were to credit anything as my Horrific Origin, [...]
CHUCKY 1.6 âCape Queerâ–More Familiar Faces Appear As Bodies Hit The Floor
After last weekâs series low, Chucky course corrects with an eventful episode full of returning characters from the films, juicy family drama, relationship woes, and a couple deaths that should have quite the lasting impacts [...]
HORRIFIC ORIGIN: Pillars Of Queer Horror
Growing up as a bisexual kid in the midwest I didnât have a lot of connections to queer culture. I didn't know anyone who was queer and outside of comics, mainstream media was aggressively straight [...]
