Melanie Rose (she/her)

Might have to watch Shadow of the Vampire next. Such a fun and weird flick filled with brilliant actors. I'd recommend it but I'm not sure it's streaming. I have the DVD because I'm old and saw it as a cinema sneak preview Back In The Day. 🎥💿👵

Oct 12 - Nosferatu (1922). I love this movie. Thank goodness for film studies introducing me to the awesomesauce that is German Expressionism. Cabinet of Doctor Caligari is another favorite. Watch that one if you're curious where Tim Burton got his aesthetic. #31DaysOfHorror 🤫🧛‍♂️ #FilmNerd #okbye

Highly recommend the Treehouse of Horror list on D+ (although the UX is clunky af) to help get in the Halloween mood. Not that I need much help, spoopy is my baseline. 👻🎃👽 #TheSimpsons #okbye

There's a playlist with all 35 episodes of Treehouse of Terror? Welp that's my week sorted... #NostalgiaHorror

A Disney+ menu shows categories in ranked order of A Little Fear, A Little More Fear, A Lot of Fear, & Completely Terrified.

Ngl, I lol'd as I scrolled. Well played, D+ 😅 I don't care if it's corporate pandering, just gimme that sweet Halloween dopamine 🎃👻😍

Not a bad flick overall. Perhaps KStew should avoid anything where she narrates since it gave me eye-twitchy Twilight flashbacks #noooooooo But the deep sea stuff was super unnerving and the creatures were VERY creepy. 👍

Lots of fun familiar faces from all sorts of random stuff. I always forget who Vincent Cassel is until I see him and then I'm all OH HEY LOVE THAT GUY 😂🙌

Oct 11 - Underwater. Trying a new-to-me suggestion for the Deadly Seas category. Hoping this doesn't trigger claustrophobia too badly 👀😬 So far I'm just enjoying Kristen Stewart's emoting. #31DaysOfHorror 🌊👻 #TheAbyssIsNotHorrorBTW #okbye

And then the movie makes you cry, which is bonkers #Barbara 😭😭😭 (Really it's all about Pegg's performance, what a star)

Best use of a Queen song in cinema (after Wayne's World, of course).

Oct 10 - Shaun of the Dead. Happy to stick to the suggestions for this one. It's basically horror nerd crack. It's so cute with all the little Easter eggs and film nerd tricks ❤️ Fun fact: I got to watch this in class during my film studies courses 🙃 #31DaysOfHorror 🧟‍♀️💞 #ZomRomCom

Ahhhh, just as good as I remember it, cheese and all. Jonathan Pryce is just... ugh, so iconic. Sinister Disney should be a genre all its own with it's heyday clearly being the 80's. So glad this movie is back in my life 🥹❤️👹

AACCKK I forgot about the spider dream eeeeeeep *twitch scratch*

Oct 9 - Something Wicked This Way Comes. The Giallo category doesn't interest me so I'm substituting this because it recently appeared on Disney+ and I screamed. I loved this movie as a kid and haven't seen it in probably 30 years. SO EXCITED. #31DaysOfHorror #NostalgiaHorror 🤓🥰👻 #okbye

Also one of the stories is about torturing young kids and it's far more unpleasant than scary. Teenagers are one thing (esp when played by 30yo actors 😂) but actual elementary-age kids are another. #AuntieBear #NotTheBabiesPls #OrTheAnimals #okbye

Oct 8 - V/H/S Halloween. Stumbled on this one looking for a found footage movie and while I think most of the VHS movies are great, this one was a little disappointing. Mostly just torture p*rn & the wrapping story was just goofy. Oh well, worth a try. #31DaysOfHorror 📼🩸 #TheyCantAllBeWinners #okbye

THE Suicide Squad (2021) is just... well, a waste of some great actors (Flula! Fillion! Rooker!) and also a lot of silly fun. With really no connection to the main arc that Snyder introduced in the E X T E N D E D Justice League. Excited for Peacemaker tho! #DCEU 🤔🤷‍♀️

Ok yeah the repeated graphic barfing, that's why I never watched this one. #emetophobia #blehhh The post-Goldblum creature is pretty cool tho, once all the skin sloughs off #yuck

Female body horror does always seem to revolve around pregnancy. I've never been preggers myself so I wonder if it would be kinda freaky. Moms always insist it's beautiful and whatever, but idk. Something moving around inside my body that's not me? #eek

Oct 7 - The Fly (1986). Watching this with some trepidation since I've never actually sat through it before. Also because I just ate dinner oops 😬😅 Hope the awesome that is Jeff and Geena get me through this 🪰 #31DaysOfHorror #BodyHorror#SquishyStuff #yuck #okbye

Still shipping Arthur and Barry. Big Sterek energy ❤️

Ok I'm caught up now 😅🎃🍿#31DaysOfHorror

Oct 6 - Pulse (US). This is one of my fav US remakes of Asian horror and really underrated. The tech is dated and the science is a bit goofy, but it's so effectively bleak and scary that it works as late stage period piece (did I just make up a genre??). #31DaysOfHorror 📶👻 #Technophobia #okbye

Oct 5 - The Others. So creepy and weird the first time, so sad and fascinating when you inevitably rewatch due to The Twist at the End. All the fog and gloom make it perfect for fall. 👻😶‍🌫️ #31DaysOfHorror #CreepyKids #okbye

Oct 4 - The Thing (1982). What an absolute classic. I do seem to be losing some of my stomach for gore, but it's still such a fun ride (except the dog stuff 😰) that I can still appreciate the artistry even as I'm 🤢😅 #31DaysOfHorror #TheCrawlingHeadTho 🙌 #okbye

Ok I just remembered how AuDHD Barry is, which is of course part of why I luff him 🥰 Ezra Miller's face helps. 😍

Oct 3 - A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984). I was OBSESSED with this movie during my young days of horror discovery. Happy to say it's still a fantastic movie with delightfully bad acting and questionable but fun logic 😂❤️ #31DaysOfHorror #OneTwo #FreddysComingForYou... 😶‍🌫️ #okbye

So it's another movie cut into an existing movie instead of just... it's own thing? Also there are no more big combo movies after this, so why didn't they just make this a separate movie?... Phew. Confusing.

Holy crap, four hours??? 😵

Does the DCEU have an equivalent to Kevin Feige or are the execs just flailing along as best they can? 😬