by Court | Oct 28, 2025
Usually around this time of year I’m putting out horror movie recs and tired Gen X jokes about being traumatized walking the mean streets of FOSTER CITY CA on Halloween, but I’m taking it in a darker direction this year. The horrors persist and so do I, so let’s talk...
by Court | Sep 15, 2025
The reputation of cute cuddly exorcists Ed and Lorraine Warren has grown outsized in 21st-century pop culture. That’s mainly thanks to the juggernaut Conjuring franchise, loosely based on their lives, with Vera Farmiga playing Lorraine and Patrick Wilson playing Ed. ....
by Court | Jun 19, 2025
This post has been languishing in my drafts, but now that WWIII is like, MAYBE kicking off in the Middle East, I guess I have to write it! I recently listened to the incredible audio book of Nuclear War: A Scenario by Annie Jacobsen. Jacobsen’s work is a minute by...
by Court | May 29, 2025
Have you heard the latest insane haunted conspiracy theory – that ANNABELLE THE HAUNTED DOLL burned down a PLANTATION IN LOUISIANA? Two of my favorite pieces of American ghost canon have come together in the mashup of the century, so here’s a couple thousand...
by Court | May 12, 2025
Have you seen Sinners???? I’m OBVIOUSLY obsessed, and I’ve been deep into the TikTok convo and listening to lots of interviews with Ryan Coogler. I have watched a pirated copy of the Irish vampire dance a hundred times. The movie is full of folklore and symbolism, so...
