Author Archives: Mark
October 31, 2013 Nightmare On My Street
I was a sophomore in high school when I saw my first slasher movie: Nightmare on Elm Street 2. I was at an all-nighter at a friend’s house with a bunch of other guys and someone suggested we watch it. I remember being the main “yeah!” voice, but I couldn’t say exactly why I was. […]
Tags: Nightmare on Elm Street
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October 29, 2013 Tuesday 10: Funny Scary Movies
HalloweeK continues with this list of scary movies that are funny, with “scary” being a broad-ranging term that could mean “will traumatize children” or “might cause you to jump” but not necessarily “scary for you in particular.” I intended for the list to not go higher than PG-13, but I couldn’t make it work. 10. Return […]
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October 28, 2013 Welcome To My Nightmare
It’s Halloween Week (Halloweek?), so every post this week should be pictured in orange and black, asking you for candy, and jumping out at you when you close your fridge door or a bathroom mirror or something. I don’t have many traditions, but one I do have is to watch Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before […]
October 25, 2013 I’m Commander Shepard
I first became aware of the term “headcanon” because of the Mass Effect series. You can click that link for a more in-depth description of the term, but it’s the tendency for fans of something to create scenarios in their brains that explain or enhance things that happen in the actual story. “These two are […]
Tags: Mass Effect
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October 24, 2013 Second Favorite Seinfeld Scene
I love almost every episode of Seinfeld, all nine seasons-worth. I don’t like the first two seasons as much as the later ones, but there’s still a lot of great stuff in there. In fact, this video comes from the second season, episode eight, “The Heart Attack.” George watched a special about heart attacks on […]
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