We don’t get many speculative fiction about pre-colonial villages, which is it a shame, because when it’s down well, (see: The Witch and The Crucible, it’s a master piece of terror and storytelling. That time period is rift with subject to illicit fear, because the settlers and pilgrims were literally scared of everything, every thought,…
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Who’s Watching American Horror Stories?
The creators of American Horror Story have decided that the fad of episodes confined to a season’s theme was so yesterday. Usher in American Horror Stories (#ahstories or #AHSs), one off stories connected to the bigger FXmultiverse. I’m glad American Horror Story is back. It’s absent during this pandemic was felt. The original anthology series…
Read moreFear Street Part 2: 1978 Review
Premise: The trilogy continues where it left off. There’s even a ‘previously on’ montage. The survivors of the massacre back in 1994 continue their quest to break the Curse of the Witch of Shadyside by speaking to one woman who survived a previously mentioned massacre at Camp Nightwing in 1978. This is her story. DUHDUH!…
Read moreAstro City: Black Horror Webseries, Ep 9 “Truth” Act 5
ACT 5, SCENE 1 INT: SISTER’S HOME – BASEMENT – NIGHT SISTER struggles to pull a lifeless LEIGH up the steps. SISTER (mumbling to herself): Son of a…What the hell did I do? We had a plan, Sister. Right? Sister? What the hell did I do! CUT TO, ACT 5, SCENE 2 INT:…
Read moreAstro City: Black Horror Webseries Ep 9 “Truth” Act 4
ACT 4, SCENE 1 – VARIOUS – VARIOUS VARIOUS NEWS CASTERS: Breaking news tonight at 10. Mayor Apostolou is a victim of a home invasion. MAYOR: I’m safe. My wife’s safe, but the crime in Astro City is out of control. I’m not leaving office, until I’ve done everything in my…
Read moreAstro City: Black Horror Webseries Ep 9 “The Truth”Act 3
ACT 3, SCENE 1 INT: SISTER’S HOME – AFTERNOON LEIGH comes in through the front door rubbing her eyes. From her POV, the FOYER fades in and out in opaque color. SISTER NETTA pokes her head out of the living room with a broom in her hand. She is sweeping up the masks into a…
Read moreAstro City: Black Horror Story Ep 9 “The Truth” Act 2
ACT 2, SCENE 1 INT: MAYOR’S HOME – DAY BANGING on a door wakes the MAYOR from a sleep on his desk with a gun in his hand. He’s head is pounding and he is confused. The door burst open. It is the POLICE GUARD stationed outside followed by his wife, CHRISTINA. POLICE OFFICER:…
Read moreAstro City: Black Horror Story Ep 9 “The Truth” Act 1
TEASER ACT 1, SCENE 1 INT: MAYOR’S HOME – NIGHT The other MASKED MEN walk into the room and corner in the MAYOR APOSTOLOU. MAYOR: If you hurt me, they’ll never stop gunning for you. You’ll die. You hear me? Do you want to die? Huh! Or do you want money? I got…
Read moreAstro City: Black Horror Webseries Ep 8 Final Acts
Act 4, SCENE 1 EXT: AC HIGH – NIGHT RICKY runs outside with the rest of the boys and LOCO laughing. They run into the DEATH CAR. They start piling into the car quickly. RICKY: You got the whip tonight? LOCO: Move your ass! Let’s go! Once inside the car, they…
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You Got to Watch Fear Street Part 1: 1994
The premise: A group of misfit teens from the wrong side of town find themselves trying to survive a bloody night that has ties to a decades spanning town mystery. This NOT your PG-13 Goosebumps. Before I launch into what I liked and what I didn’t about this film, a massive shout out to R….
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