Took a trip to @moviemadness.org to see the new @portlandcritics.bsky.social shelf with a recommendation from yours truly! Be sure to go check out the PCA shelf while it’s up and rent a movie or ten.

"Wildling women are wild and capable – they don’t need men to protect them, provide for them, or control them." One of my favorite things about working with @mollyhenery.bsky.social is that she really gets our niche of 2000s and 2010s horror criticism. So many movies in these decades need champions.

After my usual Fall break, I’m back with a new #UterusHorror piece at @certifiedforgot.bsky.social!

AVAILABLE ON VOD: This Too Shall Pass is a wonderful update to the classic 80s, coming-of-age adventure with plenty of heart and important life lessons. Go to thebloggingbanshee.com/2025/11/16/t... for my review. #movie #film #review #ThisTooShallPass #RobGrant

2025 Fantastic Fest Review: Camp creates a dreamily haunting coming-of-age tale with teeth. Go to thebloggingbanshee.com/2025/11/09/f... for my review. #FantasticFest #FantasticFest2025

2025 Fantastic Fest Review: Mārama is a cinematic masterpiece, using gothic horror to tell a breathtaking, heart-wrenching tale of self-discovery and retribution. Go to thebloggingbanshee.com/2025/11/08/f... for my full review. #FantasticFest #FantasticFest2025

2025 Fantastic Fest Review: Mother of Flies is a deeply personal film for the Adams family, using folk horror to tell a beautiful story of life and death. Go to thebloggingbanshee.com/2025/11/07/f... for my review. #FantasticFest #FantasticFest2025

"EVE'S BAYOU is a wonderful film in how it shows Eve and Cisely and their equally compelling, yet quite divergent, roads to adulthood." EVE'S BAYOU celebrates its 25th anniversary today. Here's @mollyhenery.bsky.social on the film's haunting coming-of-age story.

2025 Fantastic Fest Review: Whistle brings brutality back to teenage horror, delivering a nostalgic feel with modern sensibilities. Go to thebloggingbanshee.com/2025/11/06/f... for my review. #FantasticFest #FantasticFest2025

IN THEATERS FRIDAY: Predator: Badlands is a bold, wild swing for the franchise that delivers sci-fi action alongside a fascinating expansion of Predator lore. Go to thebloggingbanshee.com/2025/11/05/p... for my full review. #Predator #PredatorBadlands

2025 Fantastic Fest Review: Primate is a white-knuckle throwback to animal attack films of yore, made for modern audiences. Go to thebloggingbanshee.com/2025/10/30/f... for my full review. #FantasticFest #FantasticFest2025

COMING FRIDAY: Queens of the Dead is an outrageously entertaining romp pitting glamorous drag queens and queer club kids against the rotting undead. Go to thebloggingbanshee.com/2025/10/22/q... for my review. #horror #movie #film #review #QueensoftheDead #TinaRomero

New Hell House LLC inspired nails for Halloween! #nails #nailchurch #nailchurchpdx #hellhousellc #horror

2025 Fantastic Fest Review: Sirât is a spiritual experience, taking the audience on an unrelenting ride filled with tension, love, and music. Go to thebloggingbanshee.com/2025/10/19/f... for my review. #Sirât #FantasticFest #FantasticFest2025

2025 Fantastic Fest Review: SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT is a delightful update to the classic 80s film, delivering gore, laughs, and plenty of heartfelt holiday camp. Go to thebloggingbanshee.com/2025/10/16/f... for my full review. #SilentNightDeadlyNight #SNDN #FantasticFest #FantasticFest2025

Dan and I were just discussing actors who could play Freddy Krueger and these are the ones we agreed on: Paul Dano, Jesse Plemons, Bill Hader, Willem Dafoe (not right age though), Alan Tudyk, Cillian Murphy, Matt Smith, Domhnall Gleeson, Robert Pattinson.

2025 Fantastic Fest Review: THE CREEP TAPES season 2 has all the insanity, laughter, and bloodshed Creep fans expect and more. Go to thebloggingbanshee.com/2025/10/16/f... for my review of 3 episodes from the new season. #TheCreepTapes #Shudder #FantasticFest #FantasticFest2025

2025 Fantastic Fest Review: BUGONIA is a brilliant, satirical sci-fi thriller placing the darkest parts of humanity under a microscope. Go to thebloggingbanshee.com/2025/10/15/f... for my full review. #Bugonia #FantasticFest #FantasticFest2025

2025 Fantastic Fest Review: SHELBY OAKS is a mixed-media mystery that delivers shock, gore, and terror throughout this tale of two devoted sisters. Go to thebloggingbanshee.com/2025/10/15/f... for my review. #FantasticFest #FantasticFest2025

Yesterday’s pumpkin patch outing was great. First time at this patch since moving to Portland and aside from not having apple cider donuts (I guess they only have them on weekends) it was great! #halloween #pumpkinpatch

A (small) selection of photos from our early anniversary trip to Universal Orlando and HHN.

Just drove by a house where an older man with a waist-length, salt and pepper ponytail was standing on the side walking with cigarette in hand, just staring at the house. Did I just witness the beginning of a horror movie?

"It’s no wonder a murderous serial killer would see Laurie, all alone and dressed up in a borderline infantile costume, and perceive her as the perfect victim. Too bad for the killer; he’s just falling right into a trap." Here's another October favorite, this time from @mollyhenery.bsky.social.

2025 Fantastic Fest Review: BLACK PHONE 2 adds plenty of terror and new lore to thrill audiences, but doesn't quite capture the magic of its predecessor. Go to thebloggingbanshee.com/2025/10/03/f... for my review. #FantasticFest #FantasticFest2025

2025 Fantastic Fest Review: IF I HAD LEGS I'D KICK YOU is a panic attack in film form, adding dark humor to a truly stressful cinematic experience. Go to thebloggingbanshee.com/2025/10/02/f... for my review. #FantasticFest #FantasticFest2025

Thank you AMC for this awesome #FearFest care package! Let the Halloween festivities begin! #fearfest #amc #shudder #halloween #horror

2025 Fantastic Fest Review: BEAST OF WAR delivers an intimate character study soaked in the bloody carnage of shark attack horror. Go to thebloggingbanshee.com/2025/10/01/f... for my full review. #FantasticFest #FantasticFest2025

2025 Fantastic Fest Review: VICIOUS is a frightening examination of anxiety, brilliantly using horror to convey just how damaging those feelings can become. Go to thebloggingbanshee.com/2025/09/30/f... for my review. #FantasticFest #FantasticFest2025

2025 Fantastic Fest Review: V/H/S/HALLOWEEN is another hit for the franchise, bringing to life stories from every horror fan's favorite holiday that will shock, disturb, scare, and deliver plenty of laughs. Go to thebloggingbanshee.com/2025/09/27/f... for my review. #FantasticFest #FantasticFest2025

Scenes from Fantastic Fest 2025!

It must be so embarrassing for Jack Quaid to be related to Dennis.

2025 Fantastic Fest Review: THE STRANGERS: CHAPTER 2 is a welcome improvement over the first film, upping the intensity as it adds to the lore in unexpected ways, but will certainly polarize audiences. Go to thebloggingbanshee.com/2025/09/22/f... for my review. #fantasticfest #fantasticfest2025

2025 Fantastic Fest Review: DOLLY is a gruesome, shocking thriller that brings to life an iconic new horror villain to haunt your nightmares. Go to thebloggingbanshee.com/2025/09/22/f... for my review. #FantasticFest #FantasticFest2025

2025 Fantastic Fest Review: COYOTES mixes comedy, thrills, and deadly animals into a heartwarming tale of a family trying to reconnect. Go to thebloggingbanshee.com/2025/09/21/f... for my review. #FantasticFest #FantasticFest2025

2025 Fantastic Fest Review: BAD HAIRCUT is a funny, anxiety-filled thriller with an unexpectedly gooey, heartfelt center. Go to thebloggingbanshee.com/2025/09/20/f... for my full review. #horror #movie #film #review #BadHaircut #FantasticFest #FantasticFest2025

2025 Fantastic Fest Review: THE CRAMPS: A PERIOD PIECE is a retro, campy horror comedy that sheds the lining to tell a compelling tale of self discovery, counterculture, and found family. Go to thebloggingbanshee.com/2025/09/20/f... for my review. #FantasticFest #FantasticFest2025

In love with my new HELL HOUSE LLC tape from Frightgasm! #hellhousellc #frightgasm #vhs #horror

Was “Change (In the House of Flies)” by Deftones always the sexiest song to exist or did it become the sexiest song because of how it was used in Queen of the Damned?

If you have a Prime account, there's a coupon to purchase the queer horror movie encyclopedia to which I contributed for 45 dollars (normally 75 dollars!). #queerhorror #LGBTQhorror #gayhorror a.co/d/6ca4CTD

IN THEATERS FRIDAY: The Long Walk is a bleak, emotional gut-punch of a film that still finds hope in a dismal world. Go to thebloggingbanshee.com/2025/09/08/t... for my full review. #horror #movie #film #review #TheLongWalk #StephenKing #FrancisLawrence #JTMollner #CooperHoffman #DavidJonsson

My stupid phone never notified me this went up! While BEAUTIFUL CREATURES is certainly a flawed film, it still has some pretty compelling messaging at its core. Be sure to check out my latest Uterus Horror piece!

I think if I ever happen to meet Henry Cavill my opening line will be “I loved you in Hellraiser: Hellworld.”

Only two more posters to complete my holy grail collection. #themummy #paulmann #movieposter #collection

Happy HELL HOUSE LLC: LINEAGE day! Do my earrings and shirt give away how excited I am? Be sure to see the film exclusively in theaters and check out my review on thebloggingbanshee.com.

IN THEATERS TOMORROW: WITCHBOARD might be uneven at times, but it still delivers an unexpected, thrilling tale of injustice and magic dripping with 80s nostalgia. Go to thebloggingbanshee.com/2025/08/14/w... for my review.

HELL HOUSE LLC: LINEAGE is a bold change for this beloved horror franchise, staying true to its roots even as it delivers exciting new scares, lore, and shocking twists. Go to thebloggingbanshee.com/2025/08/10/h... for my full review. #HellHouseLLC #HellHouseLLCLineage #Shudder #TerrorFilms

IN THEATERS TOMORROW: WEAPONS is an unexpected, ambitious horror mystery that will have people laughing through the graphic terror. Go to thebloggingbanshee.com/2025/08/07/w... for my review. #horror #movie #film #review #Weapons #ZachCreggers #JuliaGarner #BenedictWong #JoshBrolin

2025 Fantasia International Film Festival Review: TOUCH ME is a singular film of trauma and addiction that delivers laughs, horrors, and tentacled alien sex. Go to thebloggingbanshee.com/2025/08/06/f... for my full review. #Fantasia2025 #fantasia #fantasiainternationalfilmfestival

2025 Fantasia International Film Festival Review: LURKER is a tense, anxiety-filled tale shining a spotlight on the disturbing lengths some people will go to just to be close to their favorite celebrity. Go to thebloggingbanshee.com/2025/08/06/f... for my review. #Fantasia #Fantasia2025

2025 Fantasia International Film Festival Review: BUFFET INFINITY is a quirky, cosmic horror comedy oozing with analog nostalgia. Go to thebloggingbanshee.com/2025/08/01/f... for my review.