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• The Jonah Treatment

  

  A kayak on the ocean might’ve seemed to be a safe place during a pandemic.  In November of 2020, however, two women ended up getting the Jonah treatment. Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Unexpected Gifts

  

  Sometimes horror movie therapy doesn’t go the way expected. (No surprises there, so no snarky comments, please. No therapy is “one size fits all.”) This was... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Obscure Subjects

  

  The world is so full of things that require further explanation that I can’t believe there aren’t more universities.  No, seriously. Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Mystery of Poe

  

  I’ve read my fair share of books on Edgar Allan Poe, but I have to say that Mark Dawidziak’s A Mystery of Mystery: The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe is... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Asking Questions

  

  Strangely appropriate pareidolia is one of those oddly specific things that generates a lot of internet interest.  I was late to find out about the “question... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Enabling Vampires

  

  I was skeptical at first. Nicolas Cage as Dracula? How could this possibly work? Nevertheless, Renfield works. A box office flop, I suspect that audiences may... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• The Good Lurid

  

  It takes a lifetime to make a reputation.  In high school my teachers and classmates knew mine well: religious and full of integrity. Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• All of Us

  

  All Souls is a democratic holiday.   Since Halloween is really the start of the holiday season, we really should keep it, together with All Saints and All Souls... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• November Nightmares

  

  Music videos weren’t really a thing then. And “Welcome to my Nightmare” was theater as well as rock. I knew a movie of it existed, but I only made an effort to... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Halloween Spirituality

  

  October, well September and October—actually June through October, took many unexpected twists this year.  I’ve had to lean heavily on Halloween spirituality... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• October’s Child

  

  The thing about films is that there are so many of them, and they come into existence in so many ways. Back when I was a kid, you learned about movies through... Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• With Spiders

  

  It gets October right, but Cobweb leaves quite a few unanswered questions. One of the queries I always bring to movies is “where did it happen?”. This isn’t,... Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Halloween Tale

  

  Halloween movies are hit or miss. Anthology movies are the same. My interest in holiday horror keeps me coming back for more nevertheless. Tales of Halloween ha... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Witching Season

  

  I can’t be sure I understood White Is for Witching, but Helen Oyeyemi’s novel grew on me once I started to piece together what was happening. A long sit in a... Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Learning Too Late

  

  Threads of this, crumbs of that.  My life has been a grasping at small bits.  I know the things I like, but which circumstances keep me from.  Nobody is paid... Read more

  Posted on 26 October 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Ginger Wolves

  

  I’ve known about Ginger Snaps for years but the reason I finally watched it was a rainy fall weekend. The kind of day that suggests imminent winter and you... Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Please Slow Down

  

  I’m always happy to respond to emails from friends.  Lately, however, my account has been so cluttered that emails fall off the top page as more and more... Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Not Grant

  

  Grant Wood’s painting, “American Gothic,” is undoubtedly his most famous work. The image is so evocative and suggestive that countless interpretations have... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• An EAP

  

  It may be superstitious, but one of the best ways to assure something else going wrong is to say, “I need something to go right just now.”  This year, since... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• What Message?

  

  The search for autumnal horror movies is a never-ending one. Can it really be that auteurs just don’t—drenched in the California sun—get that October feeling? Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY