I select a thematically appropriate horror movie for each day of the year and tell you about it.
Why?
It seemed like a good idea at the time.
How do you get to decide what qualifies as a horror movie and where each one goes on the calendar?
I am the Mayor of Horror Movies.
Are all these movies good?
Oh gosh no. But I recommend all of them to the adventurous viewer.
What’s with the CWs?
In horror movies, disturbing material is part of the entertainment package. But for some viewers, elements like sexual violence or bigotry ruin the fun. For those folks, I include content warnings. That said, the warnings are based on my personal reactions and should not be expected to cover all potential cinematic skeeviness, so proceed with caution.
Who are you, aside from the mayor?
I’m Shaenon K. Garrity. I’m mostly a cartoonist. I watch a lot of scary movies while I draw cartoons.
It’s the town square permanent outdoor set on the Universal backlot! The Universal Studios theme park tour trams go through it during the day. Or they did last time I went, which I’ll admit was… way back in the mid-nineties, I think. Kind of a trip, as there’s a collection of small “blocks” surrounding it that are each a different setting theme (an NY-style brownstone row, a old-time Mexican village, etc.) that you end up super recognizing from/in all kinds of other movies once you’ve seen them in person.
Though my fav example is actually one where it’s completely unrecognizable. The street exteriors in “Blade Runner” were filmed on a HEAVILY redecorated chunk of one of the streets that branches directly off the town square.
Useless Trivia Department: in Chinese mythology, a “mogwai” is a type of gremlin or goblin which loves to make mischief and terrorize people. Wonder where the film writers dug that up?
It’s the town square permanent outdoor set on the Universal backlot! The Universal Studios theme park tour trams go through it during the day. Or they did last time I went, which I’ll admit was… way back in the mid-nineties, I think. Kind of a trip, as there’s a collection of small “blocks” surrounding it that are each a different setting theme (an NY-style brownstone row, a old-time Mexican village, etc.) that you end up super recognizing from/in all kinds of other movies once you’ve seen them in person.
Though my fav example is actually one where it’s completely unrecognizable. The street exteriors in “Blade Runner” were filmed on a HEAVILY redecorated chunk of one of the streets that branches directly off the town square.
You know, part 2 gets a lot of crap, but I really liked it.
The Tony Randall Gremlin in 2 was so freakin’ BRILLIANT!!!!
Useless Trivia Department: in Chinese mythology, a “mogwai” is a type of gremlin or goblin which loves to make mischief and terrorize people. Wonder where the film writers dug that up?