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.
And the birthday of Goth/Punk songstress Siouxie Sioux of Siouxie and the Banshees. What an awesome day, with all these cool scary people all having been born on the same day!
For bonus points, Little Nell and Patricia Quinn of Rocky Horror Picture Show fame have birthdays this week (Little Nell on the 24th, Pat Quinn on the 28th), and Danny Elfman (of Oingo Boingo and too many Tim Burton movies to mention) on the 29th! What an awesome seven days!
Sounds good, a shame they never have a scene together though.
It is also Linnea Quigley’s birthday today, one of the all time great “scream queens”! Christopher Lee and Vincent Price are cool though.
And the birthday of Goth/Punk songstress Siouxie Sioux of Siouxie and the Banshees. What an awesome day, with all these cool scary people all having been born on the same day!
For bonus points, Little Nell and Patricia Quinn of Rocky Horror Picture Show fame have birthdays this week (Little Nell on the 24th, Pat Quinn on the 28th), and Danny Elfman (of Oingo Boingo and too many Tim Burton movies to mention) on the 29th! What an awesome seven days!