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The Ninth Year: The Haunting of Swill House

The Thing

For as long as I can remember, I have used things to keep me safe from the way I feel.

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American Horror Story S8E8: Sojourn

The question I think I have after this episode, Sojourn, is (for once this fucking season) not about the quality of the episode as a whole. It’s why, eight episodes in, Apocalypse has decided to tell its story the way it has.

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An Alternative Halloween Movie Guide

Still time to squeeze in something spooky!

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How To Write That Damn Book

Well, here we are again: at the end of October, just about to tip over from “spooky season” into “really terrifying season”, thanks to the fact that many of us will be taking up the hallowed mantel of National Novel Writing Month and putting our stories to the page over the course of November.

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Franchise Fanatic: A Nightmare on Elm Street

Finally, some gay shit

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Doctor Who: Tosh Actually Rollicking Despite Inherent Silliness

Look, right, okay, I get it. I know that this is an episode a lot of people are going to dislike, and I totally accept that – Arachnids in the UK, this week’s outing of Doctor Who, was about as far removed from the artful, powerful Rosa we saw last week as it could possibly be. It was silly. It plucked a plot straight from a B-movie. It featured some truly terrible exposition. The CGI was duff, the music was dumb, the moralising was stuffy.

And yet.

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Do Horror Movies Have to Be Scary?

So, do they?

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ALPHA FEMALE Part Six!

Welcome to the weekend, one and all! Thanks for stopping by.

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Riverdale S3E3: As Above, So Below

Well, dammit, Riverdale might on on a roll.

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