I forgot to mention that several years prior to this experience I convinced my dad to buy me a copy of the Creepshow graphic novel, replete with EC Comics-style artwork by Bernie Wrightson who also created Swamp Thing. That book was unadulterated nightmare fodder for my 9-year old self. These panels were particularly…

I forgot to mention that several years prior to this experience I convinced my dad to buy me a copy of the Creepshow graphic novel, replete with EC Comics-style artwork by Bernie Wrightson who also created Swamp Thing. That book was unadulterated nightmare fodder for my 9-year old self. These panels were particularly…

I read Watchers in high school when someone tried to turn me on to Dean R. Koontz as an alternative to Stephen King (not). While it was a bit more thrilling than it was scary, it's one of few books I've read that gripped me from the very first page. And as much as I enjoyed that book, I haven't been able to get into…

I read Watchers in high school when someone tried to turn me on to Dean R. Koontz as an alternative to Stephen King (not). While it was a bit more thrilling than it was scary, it's one of few books I've read that gripped me from the very first page. And as much as I enjoyed that book, I haven't been able to get into…

If done well, that could be one of the most grueling cinematic experiences one could ever hope for, in the best way.

If done well, that could be one of the most grueling cinematic experiences one could ever hope for, in the best way.

That story and The Twilight Zone adaptation are both scary as fuck and should be left alone. 'Nuff said.

That story and The Twilight Zone adaptation are both scary as fuck and should be left alone. 'Nuff said.

I was in my 8th grade English class taking a final. After turning in the test and with time still left in the period, I sat back down at my desk and took out my copy of The Shining which I'd been making my way through for the past week or so. I happened to be on the part of the book where Danny is playing in the…

I was in my 8th grade English class taking a final. After turning in the test and with time still left in the period, I sat back down at my desk and took out my copy of The Shining which I'd been making my way through for the past week or so. I happened to be on the part of the book where Danny is playing in the…

This is not innuendo. Yeah, right. How stocked are you? In your pants, I mean.

This is not innuendo. Yeah, right. How stocked are you? In your pants, I mean.

Wonder all you want, but you're making a lot of assumptions about people's value systems, not to mention what indignities the homeless have the stones to endure.

Wonder all you want, but you're making a lot of assumptions about people's value systems, not to mention what indignities the homeless have the stones to endure.

Hence "hyperbolic and presumptive." I'll admit that I could have been more measured in my response to @avclub-22eda830d1051274a2581d6466c06e6c:disqus and selective with the like button up above. I just don't understand how one could not give a shit either way.

Hence "hyperbolic and presumptive." I'll admit that I could have been more measured in my response to @avclub-22eda830d1051274a2581d6466c06e6c:disqus and selective with the like button up above. I just don't understand how one could not give a shit either way.

Are you proud of yourself? You were much more astute up above when you said that these rich and famous scumbags probably self-identify as liberal. I'm not saying that some of the responses here don't border on the hyperbolic and presumptive, but at least they are visceral responses to witnessing pure exploitation of…

Are you proud of yourself? You were much more astute up above when you said that these rich and famous scumbags probably self-identify as liberal. I'm not saying that some of the responses here don't border on the hyperbolic and presumptive, but at least they are visceral responses to witnessing pure exploitation of…

I dare you to watch the very last episode of The Cosby Show where Cliff and Clair dance to the doorbell chime rigged to play Miles Davis's "If I Were a Bell" and then waltz right through the fourth wall to take their bows in front of the studio audience and NOT get choked up.

I dare you to watch the very last episode of The Cosby Show where Cliff and Clair dance to the doorbell chime rigged to play Miles Davis's "If I Were a Bell" and then waltz right through the fourth wall to take their bows in front of the studio audience and NOT get choked up.