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LSJTD: Attack The Block (2011)
Once a month, Kelly dares Jessica to watch a film surrounding the monthly theme. These challenges are meant to scare, or unsettle,...
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Dec 14, 20202 min read


Kelly’s Monthly Pick: The Fourth Kind (2009)
There are three things that legitimately scare me, both in real life and in film, and they are: demonic possession, found footage, and...
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Dec 6, 20203 min read


Perfect Blue: The Mental Price of Fame
Blog Post by Jessica The first time I saw Perfect Blue (1997) I was too young to fully understand the underlying messaging. I recorded it...
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Nov 29, 20206 min read


The Monstrous Women of Buffy and Angel: Nina & Veruca
I recently read an article called “20 Years Later, and the Women of Angel Still Deserve More” by Lindsay King-Miller. She describes the...
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Nov 24, 20208 min read


Faith - The Feminist Monster & Tragic Femme Fatale
When Faith blew onto the Sunnydale scene in season three of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, I was immediately enamoured. She was exactly the...
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Nov 24, 20207 min read


Kelly’s Taboo Terrors: Extreme Anime Part I
My introduction to Japanese animation was through Studio Ghibli’s Nausicaa and the Valley of the Wind (1984), or as a kid in Canada it...
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Nov 22, 20206 min read


Monstrous Women with Bite! The Vampiric Women of Buffy & Angel Part III
The Modern Woman Women of the 21st century, thankfully, have to deal with vastly reduced gender expectations, and long have they outgrown...
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Nov 15, 20208 min read


Monstrous Women with Bite! The Vampiric Women of Buffy & Angel Part II
The 16th Century Woman Life for women in 16th century Europe was very similar to those of the Victorian era (~1837-1901); they mainly...
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Nov 15, 20208 min read


Monstrous Women with Bite! The Vampiric Women of Buffy & Angel Part I
For as long as I can remember I have been fascinated by vampires. I would read novels about them, watched any vampire movie I could get...
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Nov 15, 20208 min read


“I’m not your sidekick!”
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the woman (and the show) are some of my favorite things in life, not to mention an important part of creating...
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Nov 15, 20207 min read


LSJTD: FAN PICK - Begotten (1990)
Once a month, Kelly dares Jessica to watch a film surrounding the monthly theme. These challenges are meant to scare, or unsettle,...
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Nov 14, 20202 min read


Jessica's Monthly Pick - Parasyte (1988-1995)
My introduction to Japanese anime was 100% all because of Sailor Moon in 1995 and to this day it remains my favourite anime series. Not...
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Nov 4, 20204 min read


The Devil's Daughter (2015): A Reflection of Loneliness
To be lonely is different from being alone. To be alone is to make the choice to create distance from people for comfort, self-care, and...
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Oct 18, 20206 min read


A Spinster Halloween: Pandemic Style!
For us hardcore horror fans, the month of October leading up to Halloween is a sacred time filled with celebrations of everything that we...
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Oct 14, 20207 min read


LSJTD: Kill List (2011)
Once a month, Kelly dares Jessica to watch a film surrounding the monthly theme. These challenges are meant to scare, or unsettle,...
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Oct 11, 20202 min read


Kelly's Monthly Pick: Hail Satan?
"With unprecedented access, HAIL SATAN traces the rise of The Satanic Temple: only six years old and already one of the most...
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Oct 7, 20202 min read


Metalhead: Heavy Music as Catharsis
Blog Post by Jessica When we hit on hard times in our lives we look towards things that bring us comfort. This often shows up in the...
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Sep 27, 202011 min read


LSJTD: Possession (1981)
Once a month, Kelly dares Jessica to watch a film surrounding the monthly theme. These challenges are meant to scare, or unsettle,...
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Sep 14, 20202 min read


Kelly's Taboo Terrors: Brutal (2018)
Follow Kelly’s exploration into the darkest recesses of horror. Once a month she takes a twisted turn and dissects the most graphic,...
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Sep 13, 20206 min read


Jessica's Monthly Pick: My Best Friend’s Exorcism
Synopsis: The year is 1988. High school sophomores Abby and Gretchen have been best friends since fourth grade. But after an evening of...
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Sep 3, 20203 min read
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