New Horror 2023 – Day 31

“Why are you in such a hurry to be old?”

“Bloodchild” by Octavia Butler (1984)

Doesn’t take much to just roll with it, does it?

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“So, who d’you want done?”

“Fair Ground” by Jo Duffy, Mike Manley, Jackson Guice, James Fry, Kevin Cunningham (1992)

Something always catches up.

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“We could’ve helped that child.”

Bedevil dir. Tracey Moffatt (1993)

We need more surreal expressionism in set design. That alone lends a movie those spooky vibes.

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“This one’s gonna make you have to change your chonies.”

Regular Show – “Terror Tales of the Park” I-VI (2011-2016)

I’ve never watched a regular episode of Regular Show, but I get the sense that the Halloween specials aren’t all that out of the ordinary.

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“Oh, you know kids. Still missin’.”

The Simpsons – “Treehouse of Horror Presents: Not It” (2022)

Hm, sticking too close to the source material is a longtime problem with their parodies, and this one certainly suffers for it.

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“C’mon, how powerful could a god from a dump like this be?”

Silent Hill 3 dev. Konami (2003)

The first half kind of drags before it finally gets to the titular setting, then it’s surreal melty wall terror. That makes up for the slow start and cements it as another great entry. I’ll be back for the next one in 2024.

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“So, just be aware, the characters do tend to wander a bit.”

Five Nights at Freddy’s dev. Scott Cawthon (2014)

I always avoided this one because the jumpscare gameplay wasn’t for me, but I figured I had to at least see the first one through to the end. I don’t know that I can recommend it what with Cawthon’s problematic nonsense, but it’s an interesting product from an indie dev of the time.