HALLOWSTREAM Series Sorry for the delay on this one! Turns out watching 9 1-hour episodes of a mini-series is difficult to do quickly when you have a full-time job, and for some reason my boyfriend didn't want to stay up until 3am watching every episode back to back (what a killjoy). However, I have finally …
Continue reading FlixChatter Review: Netflix’s The Haunting of Bly Manor (2020)
HALLOWSTREAM Series I grew up in the golden age of Disney Channel shows. As a tween, I would have killed to trade my middle school uniform for Lizzie McGuire's bedazzled jeans and flashy tops, I would have ruled the world with Raven Baxter's precognitive powers, and I totally would have been best friends with Ren …
Continue reading HallowStream Edition – Disney’s SO WEIRD series (1999–2001)
HALLOWSTREAM Series Shirley Jackson's 1959 novel The Haunting of Hill House is a classic work of horror literature. Eerie, atmospheric, and poignant, this ghost story has been adapted on more than one occasion with varying degrees of success: the 1963 film The Haunting is a mostly faithful adaptation and a classic in its own right, …
Continue reading FlixChatter Review: Netflix’s The Haunting of Hill House (2018)
Directed by: Alessio Liguori Written by: Daniele Cosci In Shortcut, five students (Jack Kane as Nolan, Zak Sutcliffe as Reggie, Sophie Jane Oliver as Bess, Zander Emlano as Karl, and Molly Dew as Queenie) are thrown into a nightmare when, after their bus is highjacked my an escaped criminal (David Keyes), they break down at the entrance …
Hey, FlixChatter readers! As the blog's resident horror reviewer, it's probably obvious that Halloween is my favorite holiday. I love all things spooky, and a holiday that celebrates spook is tailor-made for me. Unfortunately, Halloween will probably be a little different this year, what with a raging pandemic going on. No big costume parties, no …
Continue reading FlixChatter Halloween Special – Introducing ‘HallowStream’
Road rage can be a scary thing. From angry drivers dangerously tailgating or cutting off the targets of their fury to actually pulling weapons on them, you never know when someone is going to snap. That said, I don't think anyone has seen the level of road rage one man brings to this latest thriller. …
When Ruth asked me if I wanted to cover The Rental, I said yes as soon as I saw that Dan Stevens was in it; I enjoyed him in 2017's Beauty and the Beast, and my boyfriend and I have been on a Downton Abbey kick (we just finished season three and I am HEARTBROKEN), …
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