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.
I -love- vampire fiction, but consider ‘Interview’ a complete piece of dreck. Fingernail made of glass offended me, as did other descriptive terms used to describe her vampires. Sexy guys nibbling each other couldn’t get me to stomach reading past the 2nd chapter. [I finally did go back to slog through it when ‘Lestat’ was published & a fun read.
My opinion is that the movie is leagues better than the book. [Kind of like how ‘Jaws’ is a better movie than book.] I am lukewarm about Cruise, but -adored- him in the movie as Lestat. It’s almost my favorite Tom Cruise film [fave goes to ‘Collateral’].
If anyone’s curious, Claudia got her own book–the graphic novel Interview With The Vampire: Claudia’s Story. Made me feel even sorrier for her after I read it, honestly…
When my wife and I saw this in the cinema, and we were walking out, two girls in front of us wondered where the heck Tom Cruise was during the movie, as they had not see him at all…
I -love- vampire fiction, but consider ‘Interview’ a complete piece of dreck. Fingernail made of glass offended me, as did other descriptive terms used to describe her vampires. Sexy guys nibbling each other couldn’t get me to stomach reading past the 2nd chapter. [I finally did go back to slog through it when ‘Lestat’ was published & a fun read.
My opinion is that the movie is leagues better than the book. [Kind of like how ‘Jaws’ is a better movie than book.] I am lukewarm about Cruise, but -adored- him in the movie as Lestat. It’s almost my favorite Tom Cruise film [fave goes to ‘Collateral’].
If anyone’s curious, Claudia got her own book–the graphic novel Interview With The Vampire: Claudia’s Story. Made me feel even sorrier for her after I read it, honestly…
When my wife and I saw this in the cinema, and we were walking out, two girls in front of us wondered where the heck Tom Cruise was during the movie, as they had not see him at all…