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.
The “Red Shoes” ballet sequence is, far and away, the scariest dance number I’ve ever seen. And the story behind it, like a lot of Andersen’s, is essentially a horror tale. Second time Shaenon’s evoked The Red Shoes here.
It also owes a lot to Satoshi Kon’s Perfect Blue. Aronofsky not only admitted this but Kon gave his blessing and years later Aronofsky wrote the forward to Kon’s art book following that directors untimely passing
In my book, The Red Shoes definitely was a horror film. at least, it scared the crap out of me as a kid.
The “Red Shoes” ballet sequence is, far and away, the scariest dance number I’ve ever seen. And the story behind it, like a lot of Andersen’s, is essentially a horror tale. Second time Shaenon’s evoked The Red Shoes here.
It also owes a lot to Satoshi Kon’s Perfect Blue. Aronofsky not only admitted this but Kon gave his blessing and years later Aronofsky wrote the forward to Kon’s art book following that directors untimely passing
So, here we are a few years later and I was wrong. Kon more or less politely said “this dick stole my movie” or at least that’s how I now interpret it