The Haunting of Hill House

What I like about Mike Flanagan is the delicate line he balances.  Something that’s irritated me as a horror fanatic in the past few years has been the trend of horror fans calling certain movies or shows “elevated” horror. Movies that fall under this category of “elevated” horror are Ari Aster’s films Hereditary and Midsommar, and arguably the movie that started this trend is Robert Eggers’ The V...[Read More]

South Park: The Complete Twenty-First Season

Season 20 fell on hard times. Equating the effective and humorous 19th batch was a lofty proposition.  Worse yet, funny was sacrificed for the progression and contemplative nature of exhaustive storytelling. There weren’t any chapters that could be considered stand alone to an appreciable mark. All ten steps relied heavily on the last. Creations like Member Berries and continued President Ga...[Read More]