On the other hand, that iguana is adorable.

Well-written review on "Toy Story of Terror," and while I found the first 15 minutes frightening, watching it again gave me more of an appreciation of the tropes they were playing around with (I for one enjoyed Mr. Pricklepants' narration throughout, mirroring every horror cliche you can imagine). I never really…

The music that closes out the movie and brings up the credits is a great sting, for sure.

That's probably the only way I could watch the entirety of "The Blair Witch Project." I tried to see it after The Dissolve did a fabulous write-up on it, but could only steel myself enough to flip around the movie via Scene Selection, occasionally turning on the Filmmakers' Commentary when it started getting too…

Well said. This is an 18-year-old entering adulthood. Not Jason Bourne.

Than boy, do I have a Pirates of Caribbean movie for you…

This is a good point, and definitely creates the sensation of It being a Sword of Damocles. Sure, one might ask why It decided it would be a good idea, logistically, to stay up on the roof of her house as a nude male, but who the hell cares? It's there, hanging over your head, omnipresent.

I wouldn't even say broken so much as it was…broken off.

I'd say the cumulative effect of that form and the form afterwards definitely solidified its whole freakiness for me. After that, I was all too ready to look around each frame, totally paranoid.

That score is still terrifying, even if I'm not watching the movie. Brrrrr. (Additionally, it also seems like the type of thing that can wreck your ears if listening to it at an unintentionally high volume. Double-trouble).

Agreed with you there, although Hannibal certainly allowed for a resurgence of the serial killer as artiste, but that's a (very minor, given its ratings) example.

Danke! Now for a follow-up question: Did you see "Kill List," and would you recommend it? (Knowing how you felt about "The Guest," I have a feeling you may not care for the genre-bending going on (from what I've read, I haven't seen it myself), or you'd be willing to embrace it.)

I think this is what has caused me to not tune in with as much regularity as the last two seasons (that and I'm crazy hella busy).

I can't help but wonder if the reason for its smugness regarding knowing its genre tropes stems from the lengthy legal troubles that led to its delay before release into theaters. It's possible the writers thought they were being clever, until their project got railroaded by the distributors, and as a result, was…

Where's the goat? Do you see the goat??

I dunno if I can speak for the masses, but I found "Shaun of the Dead," upon my first viewing of it, incredibly bleak up until that last-minute-save by the military. (Probably didn't help that I saw "Hot Fuzz" first, and therefore expected more of the same.)

Well said on how "The Babdook," and "It Follows" ends, as opposed to the endings of earlier horror films as sequel set-up. Definitely helps to preserve that sense of dread and constant foreboding, much like that of "The Blair Witch Project," where it creates the sense of the evil still out there, waiting in the wings…

Hey Miller! I was looking for your review of Oculus after you had seen it (which was posted on TOOS*), but couldn't find it. Glad you're talking it up here, snce I've been trying to find some new horror films I haven't seen.

I know this is the case for school shooters (sadly), although I never heard this for too many serial killers. Fictitious ones, sure, but no real deals (of course, it probably helped that these guys did their awful deeds before mass communication was well-democratized, as they weren't comparing notes online).

Or…what if Waterworld was more like Westworld? And had a serial killer?