Horror Flick of the Week: Vicious Fun (2020)

 

I don't think it's an exaggeration to say that convincing me to try newer films sometimes can be a bit of a chore. I like older movies more, oftentimes, because I don't like to take risks. I don't like to invest 90 minutes or more of my time in a movie I think might potentially disappoint me. I think I'm mature enough to own up to that now. However, recently I really have been trying to approach newer films more openly. I'm not saying I never watched or was willing to watch a new horror film, it was just never at the top of my list.

Vicious Fun was a movie I threw on when trying to browse for a movie on Shudder that myself and others in the room could at least potentially enjoy together. The plot seemed interesting enough. A magazine horror writer accidentally stumbles into a serial killer self-help group? I mean that could be good. Or bad. It's at least original...

It was fantastic. Beginning to end. I loved everyone in this movie, and what's more, I didn't even realize Julian Richings was part of the cast! Every single one of the killers and heroes in this movie chews the scenery until it's raw around the edges, and I finished this flick hoping for a sequel almost immediately. If you get the chance, do not pass on Vicious Fun.

Vintage Magazine: Famous Monsters of Filmland #154 (Cover - Pg. 20)

 Browsing through archive.org, I was looking for a good October cooking magazine. Maybe something from the 1950-70s - - when in doubt, if you find the right recipe cards, any month in that era could be scary. The horrors wrought on this world by Jell-O are too numerous to count. Then I saw this, and I couldn't resist George Hamilton's grin. Love at First Bite is and always will be one of my favorite iterations of Dracula.

2024 October-Thon (...Working Title)

It has been a little over 3 years since I last put finger to keyboard here, and the same goes for tackling the podcast. I've been doing a lot of little things off and on, but it had become harder to find inspiration to write and chat about all things horror. Rather than expand on that and describe what is essentially a lot of personal career drama and stress, I just want to say I'm back. I'm happy if you're an old reader to see you return, and if you're new - - well, this won't feel like a pause at all. Also, my bad for those broken links on some of the Youtube playlists, bruh. (That word sort of started as a joke, and now I can't stop throwing it into conversations. I need help).

To celebrate my return, I've got my Legacy Universal Monster collection on my desk ready to burn away the daylight and nightly hours. I have no specific plans for what or how many posts I'm going to throw out today or this month -- the blog-a-thon is a lot of pressure, and had gotten to a point it was difficult to keep up with last time around. So I'm just going to start writing and posting, see where it takes us. Maybe I'll post several today, maybe I'll be responsible and schedule them out. Who knows? At any rate, I hope you enjoy the ride.

Just to have a picture thrown up, here's an AI rendering I had no part in drawing of Dracula in a rap battle. Honestly, I think the onlookers in the back are the creepier monsters in the photo. (I'd like to reiterate this  is AI, I did not draw it, I'm just in it for the dumb gag).