The Cutprice Guignol

The Ninth Year: The Haunting of Swill House

Ratched is a Complete Fucking Mess

Well, hey, there! Sorry for the radio silence over here at the Guignol; if you happen to follow me on social media, you may already know the reason, which is that I bought a house (!) and had to spend a lot of time pretending to be a real, functioning human adult instead of a Fall Out Boy fan with the hair and common sense to match. Oh, and, like, building furniture and stuff. You know how it is. Things will be a little slower over here for the next few weeks, probably, as I’m still painting and generally getting stuff set up, but spooky season is upon us and you know that I will not be passing up the chance to indulge myself.

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Des and the Stories We Tell About True Crime

When it comes to true crime, there’s something we have to admit upfront: it’s pretty fucked-up that we find it so entertaining.

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Jericho S1E9/10: Crossroads/Red Flag

So, in a move that seems very anti-Jericho, let’s talk a little about love.

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Compulsory Femininity, Womanhood, and Me

So, a big part of the last eighteen months or so, I have been asking myself a lot of questions about my gender identity.

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I Hate Suzie and the Deconstruction of Female Identity

You know, a few years ago, I wrote an article wondering what it would look like for a show to deconstruct femininity the same way that so much contemporary television has deconstructed masculinity. At the time, I couldn’t come up with an answer to that question, but little did I know that it was on its way – specifically, in the form of 2020’s I Hate Suzie, created by Lucy Prebble and Billie Piper, and starring the latter.

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Jericho S1E7/8: Long Live the Mayor/Rogue River

You know, if there’s one thing that Jericho does right (who am I kidding, there are so very many things), it’s horror.

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The X-Files and the Monsters of That Week: The Entire Rest of Season Nine

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Jericho S1E5/6: Federal Response/9:02:00am

Thank you so much for bearing with me during this short break – things have been enormously and unexpectedly busy the last couple of weeks, and, much as I love the chance to talk to you lovely people about this lovely show, I have mostly been lying face-down in piles of pillows and eating crisps by the multipack.

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Murder in the Haunted Farmhouse: The Horror at Hinterkaifeck

via Murder in the Haunted Farmhouse: The Horror at Hinterkaifeck

Every Good Thing Eating Disorder Recovery Has Done For Me

Remember when I said that I wasn’t going to talk much about my eating disorder recovery? What a gag. We’re back, bitches, and I want to talk to you recovery.

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