Tag: Franco

New Horror 2023 – Day 15

“The family curse that condemned them to be eternal renters.”

“Señor Ligotti” by Bernardo Esquinca (2020)

Real estate horror is some prime and extremely relevant storytelling (also see Dream Home). This one hits in a certain way that ya gotta have the experience to understand.

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“Ahhh! Why did you tell me that?”

“The Fisherman” by Franco, Tressina Bowling, Wes Abbott, Sara Richard (2022)

Oh man, this is fun but too short! I need a part 2.

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“You can buy these, but it’s on your head.”

Piggy dir. Carlota Pereda (2022)

I loved this. It’s unsettling and choices are made that leave you questioning just where the story’s going to go, and it’s always nice to find something that twists and turns that way. Beyond that, it just lands for anyone who was glad to get the fuck away from childhood horrors.

New Horror 2022 – Day 24

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“Turn Out the Light” by Penelope Love (2015)
“The distance they had struggled with all their lives was now made infinite by death.”

The horror of a gulf between mother and son.

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“The Cemetery” by Franco, Abigail Larson, Wes Abbott, Sara Richard (2022)
“Don’t you just want to get this over with?”

How do we learn to navigate the scary stuff? And why do some of us make it while others don’t?

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Trouble Every Day dir. Claire Denis (2001)
“Do you believe in loyalty, Mr. Brown? What about betrayal?”

This pendulum swings from horrifying to erotic and back again so many times it made my head spin. I had to look up what the hell was going on afterward. I’m certainly learning a lot about the New French Extremity this month.

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Halloween Forever dev. Imaginary Monsters (2016)
“Our butternut hero returns to his life as a mundane carved gourd.”

A cute Halloween platformer that hits many horror monster tropes. These sorts of games tend to lean into that “Nintendo hard” mentality but the developers are thankfully lenient and keep it a short and sweet experience.