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I think we can all relate to having to fight off a supernatural demonic figure with your dad, can't we? buff.ly/5OmvnmP

Only @popheist.com would let me publish the 50 best Halloween sitcom episodes on the Tuesday before Halloween, instead of rushing through it and knocking it out in 24 hours a few weeks ago! I took my time! popheist.com/the-best-hal...

This was a feat to put together. 10 years in the making. I'm so tired.

Halloween provides situations ranging from spooky trick-or-treat adventures to mini monster movies that push the limits of network TV. buff.ly/bN6lml9

The players left in the game will surely realize they are going about finding the Traitors all wrong and change their strategy ... right? @goforgrace.bsky.social analyzes CELEBRITY TRAITORS as it nears the finale. buff.ly/EhWLni5

New at @popheist.com, I wrote about YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING, how documentaries actually work, and why much of the film's backlash is missing the point. (spoilers, lots of em)

Not much has changed since last week, aside from the Traitors taking out our #2 ranked Faithful from last week's rankings. buff.ly/VyX7Tmg

Various reactions to YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING points to an alarming lack of comprehension of a film like this — at a time when we need films like this more than ever. buff.ly/fdkBFuI

These five minutes pack in so much detail and characterization into a scene that basically plays like a waking nightmare. @awalrusdarkly.bsky.social's daily dissection of THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE continues, for members only. buff.ly/c3qib9T

Today in BIZARRE CRIMES: ESSAYS ON THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE, a little blood before dinner. 31 essays, 31 days, all for @popheist.com subscribers. Sign up for just 7 bucks a month to read 'em all!

Now this is that Good Halloween Shit.

Cooper, Audrey, and Diane's storylines all reach their climaxes in the antepenultimate episode of Twin Peaks Season 3, to an alternately euphoric and punishing emotional effect. My review is up at @popheist.com — gift link, but subscribe! I poured a lot into this one.

Del Toro asks a crucial question: If you're lucky enough to get hold of that Promethean spark, what do you do next? buff.ly/NmoBnia

This breath for simple contemplation feels almost revolutionary. @awalrusdarkly.bsky.social's daily dissection of THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE continues, for members only. buff.ly/FFufL9i

Remakes can be a mixed bag, but this new take on an old slasher seems to hit all the right notes, as the Fisherman returns to slaughter. buff.ly/FfNBp1T

It's a film about young people in America in 1973 learning that their country doesn't necessarily love them back. @awalrusdarkly.bsky.social's daily dissection of THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE continues, for members only. buff.ly/K1TxD8G

'Barbarian' was not a fluke when it comes to filmmaker Zach Cregger. buff.ly/sciNsSI

Sometimes Gene's costumes are very clever and sometimes they're very stupid. Either way, they are Halloween perfection. buff.ly/sjElT4p

Today in BIZARRE CRIMES: ESSAYS ON THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE, the Old Man drives home with a dinner guest. 31 essays, 31 days, all for Pop Heist subscribers. Sign up for just 7 bucks a month to read em all!

Chatting on @popheist.com slack about Eric Bauza's passing, and something crystallized for me: the feeling I have the majority of the time a talent - whether actor, filmmaker, screenwriter, author, musician, and so on - dies is gratitude for their work. With Bauza, I feel whiplash. Like: damn.

🪵 ALERT 🪵 @seantcollins.com's PRESTIGE PREHISTORY continues with recaps of TWIN PEAKS. 🍩 The world that the Bookhouse Boys once tried to keep out of Twin Peaks has only metastasized. 🔥 New recaps drop Mondays at 12 AM ET for subscribers 🔓 $7/mo, $70/year ✉️ buff.ly/gC0ndcr

This is not her scene. It's the Old Man's, and he seems to love that he's stolen it from her. It's a wonderful peek into his mind. @awalrusdarkly.bsky.social's daily dissection of THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE continues, for members only. buff.ly/vgtEKGX

Today in BIZARRE CRIMES: ESSAYS ON THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE, Sally realizes there is no escape. 31 essays, 31 days, all for @popheist.com subscribers. Sign up now for just 7 bucks a month to read 'em all!

It's October 25th. @popheist.com has published more than 70 pieces this month so far, including reviews, interviews, recaps, toy guides, essays, and more. We do all of this without ads and without corporate support. We are reader-funded, worker-owned, passion-driven. Join us. Seven bucks a month.

Who else but Sam Neill could make clawing out one's own eyes so endearing? popheist.com/heistoween-d...

Come for the nostalgia, stay through the coarse pacing. buff.ly/CSFZ5Zf

Those bad horoscopes were not worst case scenarios or warning of possibilities, but prophecies. @awalrusdarkly.bsky.social's daily dissection of THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE continues, for members only. buff.ly/EN6wgmc

Indy, an untrained dog actor in his film debut, makes fetch happen. buff.ly/0HawBuU

... aka the Herrmann/Elfman Clause, or the Vibes Rule buff.ly/Y9ekRhQ

Danger's out there, but something else too, and this is where Marilyn Burns' performance as Sally Hardesty reaches a new level. @awalrusdarkly.bsky.social's daily dissection of THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE continues, for members only. buff.ly/rYU2BFt

From hidden-movement horror to fang-tastic novelty games, the Prince of Darkness has been sinking his teeth into tabletop gaming for decades. buff.ly/KksZarF

One Week Left! Today in BIZARRE CRIMES: ESSAYS ON THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE, it's time to meet Grandma and Grandpa. 31 essays, 31 days, all for @popheist.com subscribers. Sign up for just 7 bucks a month to read 'em all!

Today at @popheist.com, Heistoween continues as @austingorton.bsky.social celebrates the Crestwood House monster books! I spent SO much time with these in my school library, and there's a good chance you did too.

Welcome to STC Sunday Morning! From "I've Been Loving You Too Long" to "Goodbye, Margaret," I wrote about Twin Peaks: The Return Part 15, one of the most moving episodes of television I've ever seen, for @popheist.com. (Gift link!)

It would have been easy for this 'V/H/S' film to coast by on vibes, but it delivers one of the strongest entries in the franchise thus far. buff.ly/iMtqVbp

It's not called "solarcy," you know. @awalrusdarkly.bsky.social's daily dissection of THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE continues, for members only. buff.ly/ukBjkTh

Despite bombing at the box office in 1996, there's actually a lot to enjoy about the Val Kilmer / Michael Douglas historical thriller. buff.ly/ARM4Sm5

The massacre takes its name from this moment, this primal shriek into the darkness, this spray of blood. @awalrusdarkly.bsky.social's daily dissection of THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE continues, for members only. buff.ly/2ivNRZJ

Vote now for the very best Halloween TV episode of all time! buff.ly/WtWK66e

Defying the logic that anthologies are uneven by nature, each short in this year’s 'V/H/S' ranks among the best in the series to date. buff.ly/Pyt2nh5

The film holds up to such scrutiny and deep analysis decade after decade because virtually every scene is doing more than one thing. @awalrusdarkly.bsky.social's daily dissection of THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE continues, for members only. buff.ly/tIRX8Ic

Despite being intended for an audience of 8-12 year-olds, the Crestwood House monster series is a stunningly thorough work of film theory. buff.ly/nYyF3Be

Hey, so @popheist.com got Dillen Danger to design cool Halloween stickers for every new and existing subscriber for the month of October! Check this out! Get one by signing up for just 7 bucks a month at popheist.com/products!

Thanks to Super7's incredible ReAction+ line of figures, the Universal Monsters can finally mix it up with G.I. Joe. buff.ly/jQQKf4T

Like Jane Schoenbruns' previous films, there's a sense of awakening that's explicitly queer and implicitly about the way that art changes us. buff.ly/aXasTuq

They have things to say, even if they don't have the words. @awalrusdarkly.bsky.social's daily dissection of THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE continues, for members only. buff.ly/QyOgZHV

Since biopics are defined as depictions of a person's life, do filmmakers have a moral obligation to be as accurate as possible? buff.ly/7AunzOS

Sally Hardesty is all flight, and that makes people think of weakness, but there's nothing weak about what she's going through here. @awalrusdarkly.bsky.social's daily dissection of THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE continues, for members only. buff.ly/IEKHm8U

What's the BEST Halloween TV episode EVER? We're trying to find out and we need your vote! VOTE: buff.ly/WtWK66e

I talked about the mentally healing properties of SAM NEILLOWEEN to my therapist yesterday, for a significant chunk of the session. popheist.com/heistoween-d...