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Staying Off Social Media is Always a Good Idea; It's Essential Right Now
Staying Off Social Media is Always a Good Idea; It's Essential Right Now

Social media has been a flaming garbage fire for a long time now. It’s somehow gotten MUCH worse since Charlie Kirk was killed.

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The Big WhoopNathan RabinSeptember 16, 2025
Jamie Lee Curtis Returned for the Post-Scream Mediocrity Halloween H20: Twenty Years Later
Jamie Lee Curtis Returned for the Post-Scream Mediocrity Halloween H20: Twenty Years Later

After Scream, slashers were hot, so Jamie Lee Curtis returned as Laurie Strode in the slickly forgettable 1998 legacy sequel Halloween: H20 Twenty Years Later

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Halloween in SeptemberNathan RabinSeptember 15, 2025Jamie Lee Curtis, LL Cool J, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michelle Williams, Josh Hartnett, sequel, Film, Halloween, legacy sequel, Steve Miner
Rob Zombie's Halloween 2 Was the Most Disappointing Movie By That Name Since the 1981 Original
Rob Zombie's Halloween 2 Was the Most Disappointing Movie By That Name Since the 1981 Original

Rob Zombie’s jumbo-sized Michael Myers returns. But was that really necessary?

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Halloween in SeptemberNathan RabinSeptember 12, 2025Rob Zombie, Malcolm McDowell, sequel, Film, Halloween, horror, John Carpenter
Rob Zombie's 2007 Halloween Remake Gives Us an Origin Story for Michael Myers And Not Much More
Rob Zombie's 2007 Halloween Remake Gives Us an Origin Story for Michael Myers And Not Much More

My journey through the Halloween films continues with a mortified look back at Rob Zombie’s muddled 2007 reboot.

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Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinSeptember 10, 2025Brad Dourif, Rob Zombie, Halloween, Film, John Carpenter, Malcolm McDowell
Michael Myers is Controlled by an Evil Druid Cult in the Marvelously Misguided Halloween 6: The Curse of Michael Myers
Michael Myers is Controlled by an Evil Druid Cult in the Marvelously Misguided Halloween 6: The Curse of Michael Myers

Michael Myers is the pawn of a Druid cult in the marvelously misguided 1995 stinker Halloween 6: The Curse of Michael Myers. Plus Paul Rudd as Tommy Jarvis in his film debut!

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Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinSeptember 8, 2025Donald Pleasance, sequel, cult, Film
The Third Season of the Cult British Science Fiction Sitcom Red Dwarf Ends on a Characteristically Darkly Funny Note with "Timeslides" and "Last Day"
The Third Season of the Cult British Science Fiction Sitcom Red Dwarf Ends on a Characteristically Darkly Funny Note with "Timeslides" and "Last Day"

The third season of the cult British science-fiction Red Dwarf closes on a darkly comic note with “Timeslides” and “Timeslides.”

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Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinSeptember 5, 2025
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Nathan RabinSeptember 4, 2025
Watching a live taping of the prison-themed podcast in the era of Trump is a profoundly bittersweet experience
Watching a live taping of the prison-themed podcast in the era of Trump is a profoundly bittersweet experience

Attending a live show of the prison-themed podcast Ear Hustle had me feelings all kinds of feelings, primarily bittersweet and sad.

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The Big WhoopNathan RabinSeptember 3, 2025
The Shudder Pick of the Month is the Wonderfully Insane Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
The Shudder Pick of the Month is the Wonderfully Insane Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers

Michael Myers returns (again) in a wonderfully terrible stinker with a crazed performance by Donald Pleasance as an utterly unhinged Dr. Loomis.

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Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinSeptember 3, 2025Halloween, Film, horror, sequel, Danielle Harris, camp
The Deeply Disturbing Reason Donald Trump Thinks that "Everyone" Agrees He's the Best President Ever and Deserves the Nobel Peace Prize
The Deeply Disturbing Reason Donald Trump Thinks that "Everyone" Agrees He's the Best President Ever and Deserves the Nobel Peace Prize

The disturbing part of President Trump continually insisting that “everyone” thinks he’s the best president ever, anointed by God to save our country and someone who should win the Nobel Prize is because he genuinely believes that to be true.

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The Big WhoopNathan RabinSeptember 2, 2025Donald Trump, ego, narcissism
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