Victoria Hood (she/her)

so excited about this essay, eat first then give it a read 🖤

ROOTED IN SPIRIT – THE POWER OF ABORIGINAL FAITH: THE NEW BOY (Review) Warwick Thornton’s The New Boy is a quietly powerful spiritual fable about faith, colonization, and the supernatural through the eyes of a mysterious Aboriginal child in 1940s Australia.

A mysterious child, a haunted monastery, and a clash of worlds: The New Boy is a striking meditation on belief, spirituality, identity, and resilience. @toriiellen.bsky.social dives into The New Boy for #NightTideMag.com
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Death of a Unicorn movie poster: title and tagline - Payback is a Beast; a young girl is looking frightened looking into the mouth of a unicorn with sharp teeth, a scenery of green trees and mountains is in the background.

3.8/5; absolutely amazing kills, I can respect the plot but I don’t love it, the unicorns rock

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Promising Young Woman movie poster. “Promising young woman” written in lipstick with a kiss imprint in the foreground. Behind the words is a blonde woman holding lipstick.

5/5; one of my all time favorite movies, a harrowing revenge film, absolutely amazing acting, the character building and dialogue are done flawlessly. I love the choice to cast well beloved male actors to demonstrate that anyone can do harm.

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Movie poster for Nosferatu; a young woman with dark hair is laying down with the long hand of a creature on top of her. Tagline reads “succumb to the darkness”.

5/5; absolutely stunning movie, beautiful atmosphere, amazing story and acting

Movie poster for Your Monster; heart behind a young couple comprised of a young woman and a monster

I can’t believe I didn’t watch this sooner! 5/5; so fun and charming, I absolutely adored it ❤️

amazing story 💚

Movie poster for Krampus. A long fingered hand with claw like nails holds a snowglobe.

happy scaremas!! 4/5; fun and terrifying creatures, good kills, cool ending!

Movie poster for The Thing. A blue background with snow at the bottom, a man dressed in winter coat is standing over title.

5/5; always an absolutely amazing movie, great acting, great ending!

Movie poster for I’m Thinking of Ending Things. A girl sits at a table with ham, carrots, and mashed potatoes surrounding her with a glass on wine in hand.

happy scaremas eve! 3.8/5; an interesting watch, not sure how I feel about the ending, but the weaving of the narrative was interesting

Movie poster for Let Me In. Let Me In is centered, above is a close up of the two main characters: a young boy and girl. Underneath the title is a body hanging upside down in a forest with a man walking away.

scaremas day twelve! 3.2/5; not as good as the original movie adaptation of Let The Right One In, but still an entertaining movie; flatter characters, but good kills

Movie poster for Jack Frost. Close up of a snowman’s face with green eyes and sharp teeth.

scaremas day eleven! 3.65/5; this was highly and widely recommended to me and I see why, so funny, wild kills!

Movie poster for The Advent Calendar (translated from French Le Calendrier). Woman in a wheel chair with a wooden box on her lap rolls forward on a white surface with a trial of blood following.

scaremas day ten! 4/5; great plot with a great ending, loved the creature, a surprise highlight so far!

Movie poster for Heretic. In background is a man with glasses reaching forward to two wooden girl figures.

scaremas day nine! 4/5; great performances from everyone, love how the storyline unfolds, holds up on rewatch!

Movie poster for Silent Night; at the forefront is a husband, wife, and child all with dark brown hair. In the background is a table with four people sitting at each side staring at the camera or at one another.

scaremas day eight! 4/5; an absolutely horrifying concept, great character building and humor, definitely recommend!

Movie poster for Terrifier 3. Art the Clown (painted all white with black smile over lips and mouth area, blackened teeth, one dot on tip of nose, black eye liner and clown paint) holding an axe staring into camera. Blurb from Dread Central reads “Art is as much of a horror icon as Michael, Jason, and Freddy.”

scaremas day seven! 4/5; consistently fun and visually interesting kills, didn’t love that Art kinda(ish) talks, fun movie all around!

Movie poster for Better Watch Out. Blonde girl and younger boy are crouching behind Christmas tree with lights, the girl is holding a knife.

scaremas day six! 3/5; not the best acting, fun twists, worth a watch

Movie poster for Gremlins, small furry creature with a shadow of a larger scarier creature

scaremas day five! 3.5/5; first time watching and these little guys are just having so much fun, don’t feel compelled to return but a good watch

Movie poster for Black Christmas (2019), four sorority girls stand next to each other with various weapons (baseball bat, lights, axe) with “Slay Girls” displayed as tag line.

scaremas day four! 3.3/5; weak in the franchise, not the best kills, fine plot point hits, but nothing super exciting.

Movie poster for The Snowman. All white snow with white car under snow, snowman framed in center of roof with words “soon the first snow will come and then he will kill again”

scaremas day three! 2.1/5; truly boring, beautiful atmosphere, hard time keeping my attention on the movie

last call to catch my memoir in the November issue before it hits archives 🩶

movie post for Carry On; man walking with suitcase illuminating a man’s face

scaremas day two! 3/5; easy to watch, does build suspense throughout, probably won’t watch again

scaremas day one! 4/5; fun, campy, cute, and easy to watch

very excited to have signed my contract with Girl Noise Press for my next collection of short stories: Destroy Me, Desecrate My Bones 🩶

forever cherishing that this memoir found a home with Split Lip 🩶