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 watch this movie with my dad just about every year, and the “Put The Candle Back” scene never fails to make him keel over laughing. He tried to describe the scene to someone who had never seen the movie, and even then he laughed so hard he was almost in tears.
Even if it didn’t start that way, it turned completely into a Mel Brooks movie, and that’s really all you need to know, because Mel Brooks means greatness.
The unfortunate, dated inclusion of the comedy rape scene is the only reason Blazing Saddles beats Young Frankenstein out on my list of “favorite Mel Brooks movies” (High Anxiety takes third place, History of the World Part I a distant fourth, and it’s kinda downhill from there–he has good things outside of those, but those four are the ones that are all solid classics of comedy).
I watch this movie with my dad just about every year, and the “Put The Candle Back” scene never fails to make him keel over laughing. He tried to describe the scene to someone who had never seen the movie, and even then he laughed so hard he was almost in tears.
Even if it didn’t start that way, it turned completely into a Mel Brooks movie, and that’s really all you need to know, because Mel Brooks means greatness.
If you show this movie while hosting a wine & cheese party with a variety of crackers, what cheeses will you be putting on the Ritz?
Frankenstein’s Muenster
(Oh, come on, someone had to say it.)
The unfortunate, dated inclusion of the comedy rape scene is the only reason Blazing Saddles beats Young Frankenstein out on my list of “favorite Mel Brooks movies” (High Anxiety takes third place, History of the World Part I a distant fourth, and it’s kinda downhill from there–he has good things outside of those, but those four are the ones that are all solid classics of comedy).