Category Archives: Sparkly Vampires
Horror Makes for Good Social Commentary – Except When it Doesn’t
Horror has always been a vehicle for social commentary. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is a metaphor for how our prejudices and moral failures create our own monsters in our own image. Invasion of the Body Snatchers is a famous metaphor for … Continue reading
Bella and Jacob and the Magical Twilight Pizza Wrench
at this point the phrases “TWILIGHT series” and “ridiculous bullshit” are pretty much synonymous. last year i listed the top five silliest things about TWILIGHT, but that didn’t begin to scrape the surface of the levels of absurdity in that … Continue reading
Sparkly Dinosaurs
i recently found a year old forums thread on somethingawful.com unambiguously titled “screenshots from twilight with raptors photoshopped in!” you need an archive forums account at the site to view that thread, but i’ve reproduced some of my favorites of … Continue reading
The Best of Twilight Rifftrax
buy the twilight commentary track at rifftrax.com/rifftrax/twilight
Golden Turkey: Top Five Silliest Things About Twilight
there is a lot of hatred in the horror community for the film adaptation of stephenie meyer’s tale of brooding, day-walking and oh-so-glittery vampires. but, i have a confession to make. i like twilight. before you strip me of my … Continue reading
Horror Community Highlights – August 14, 2009
The Sun Goes Down Friday Night The Horror Section A list of “dark”-themed movie posters. “The Town that Dreaded Sundown” is my favorite. Putting the “Nails” in the Coffin: Jason Voorhees Femme Fright Check out this adorable how-to video from … Continue reading
Twilight: The Broodening
Buffy vs Twilight: Buffy meets Edward
Vampire Showdown: Twilight vs Let the Right One In
A few weeks ago @DVDSnapshot stated on twitter that he believed Let the Right One In was the most over-rated film of the year, while he was very fond of Twilight (see his reviews here and here). @DVDSnapshot runs a … Continue reading