@avclub-792b765aa995daf26cf6f17f519c949d:disqus Actually, Alan Moore did a pretty bang-up job of adapting "The Horror at Red Hook" in The Courtyard.  He didn't shy away from the racism, but instead made the main character just as racist as you would expect Lovecraft to be.

@avclub-792b765aa995daf26cf6f17f519c949d:disqus Actually, Alan Moore did a pretty bang-up job of adapting "The Horror at Red Hook" in The Courtyard.  He didn't shy away from the racism, but instead made the main character just as racist as you would expect Lovecraft to be.

I'm pretty sure you can use magnets to do that, but I don't know exactly how.

I'm pretty sure you can use magnets to do that, but I don't know exactly how.

Er, did you not see the part in the article where they are sending out Nathan Rabin to cover it?  It's only two paragraphs long!

Er, did you not see the part in the article where they are sending out Nathan Rabin to cover it?  It's only two paragraphs long!

It's true - they wouldn't be chaps otherwise, they'd be pants.

It's true - they wouldn't be chaps otherwise, they'd be pants.

@avclub-8b7f16bef41992eea9090b2cf28c25ae:disqus Most likely spelled 4orty

@avclub-8b7f16bef41992eea9090b2cf28c25ae:disqus Most likely spelled 4orty

Sure, it's not needed, but it's accepted, and I like it.  There are various other style guides that advocate it too.  I don't remember the CMS being required in the AV Club Onion Comments Section syllabus.

Sure, it's not needed, but it's accepted, and I like it.  There are various other style guides that advocate it too.  I don't remember the CMS being required in the AV Club Onion Comments Section syllabus.

@avclub-4755f8d41e42650ebe11db78d6a331f2:disqus It's not a possessive apostrophe, it's one of the kind that are used to pluralize numbers. Go ahead, ask it.

@avclub-4755f8d41e42650ebe11db78d6a331f2:disqus It's not a possessive apostrophe, it's one of the kind that are used to pluralize numbers. Go ahead, ask it.

Nope. Late 80's.

Nope. Late 80's.

Then there's the prequel: PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 0: NORMAL ACTIVITY

Then there's the prequel: PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 0: NORMAL ACTIVITY

I enjoyed them, but I went into the first one expecting it to be sub-direct to DVD schlock. As long as you keep your expectations in check I actually think all three are pretty decent at doing what they set out to do, which is basically slow-burn tension followed by a few jump-cut scares.  That their main focus is in…

I enjoyed them, but I went into the first one expecting it to be sub-direct to DVD schlock. As long as you keep your expectations in check I actually think all three are pretty decent at doing what they set out to do, which is basically slow-burn tension followed by a few jump-cut scares.  That their main focus is in…