Essays and Ramblings Archive

Wherein I am needlessly verbose for your dubious benefit.

August 1, 2011: The Villain Must Die: A Brief Contemplation of Our Need For Terror

May 03, 2010: In Defense of Jump Scares (more rambling than essay)

April 22, 2010: The One I Might Have Saved (part of a floating blog-a-thon hosted by Arbogast)

April 13, 2010: A Study of the Family Dynamic in Spider Baby (my entry in the Final Girl Film Club of the moment)

March 27, 2010: On the Evolution of the Director's Cut

March 21, 2010: The Patterson-Gimlin Film as a Document of My Childhood