🎅🎄 Matthew Jackson 🎄🎅
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One time I sat in the Munster Koach. HWA Member. @scaresshapedus.bsky.social Host. Lead Critic at Dread Central. Bylines at Pop Heist/AV Club/Fangoria/Bloody Disgusting/More. Austin Film Critics member. 🍅-approved.
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Today in the *final* Tracing The Shape, my 31-day essay series on John Carpenter's HALLOWEEN, I finally answer the question that's been gnawing at me: What does Michael Myers want?
Thanks to everyone for joining me on this deep dive journey.
matthewjacksonwrites.com/tracing-the-...
Thanks to everyone for joining me on this deep dive journey.
matthewjacksonwrites.com/tracing-the-...
Tracing The Shape 31: You Can't Kill The Boogeyman
Halloween, like Black Christmas and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, doesn't really end, not in the neat way we tend to think about. There's no real solution to anything, just two people who managed to s...
matthewjacksonwrites.com
I have written roughly 35,000 words about HALLOWEEN in the last 31 days. I think it might make a nice book. Seriously.
Any horror/film studies publishers interested in this?
Any horror/film studies publishers interested in this?
*mandolin plays*
Rod Stewart:
🎶Wake up Shaggy I think I got somethin to SAY TO YOU
It's late September and you really should be BACK WITH SCOOB🎶
Rod Stewart:
🎶Wake up Shaggy I think I got somethin to SAY TO YOU
It's late September and you really should be BACK WITH SCOOB🎶
December 8, 2025 at 2:54 AM
*mandolin plays*
Rod Stewart:
🎶Wake up Shaggy I think I got somethin to SAY TO YOU
It's late September and you really should be BACK WITH SCOOB🎶
Rod Stewart:
🎶Wake up Shaggy I think I got somethin to SAY TO YOU
It's late September and you really should be BACK WITH SCOOB🎶
Just saw someone write "life after Un" instead of "life after death."
a man with a mustache is typing on a keyboard in front of a computer monitor
ALT: a man with a mustache is typing on a keyboard in front of a computer monitor
media.tenor.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Just saw someone write "life after Un" instead of "life after death."
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Imagine being so bad at booking college football that you reject Notre Dame and Duke, the two most hated schools in all of college sports, while picking beloved underdog JMU … and America is STILL furious at you lol
December 7, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Imagine being so bad at booking college football that you reject Notre Dame and Duke, the two most hated schools in all of college sports, while picking beloved underdog JMU … and America is STILL furious at you lol
The best thing about my New System is that Curt Cignetti would still be the one winning everything. That man doesn't want to street fight but I guarantee he knows how.
College Football:
1998-2013: OK so we're gonna use computer models so everything is fair.
2013-2025: OK so we're gonna have a committee of experts so everything is fair.
2026: OK so we're gonna have the coaches fight each other with sharpened sticks so everything is fair.
1998-2013: OK so we're gonna use computer models so everything is fair.
2013-2025: OK so we're gonna have a committee of experts so everything is fair.
2026: OK so we're gonna have the coaches fight each other with sharpened sticks so everything is fair.
December 7, 2025 at 6:03 PM
The best thing about my New System is that Curt Cignetti would still be the one winning everything. That man doesn't want to street fight but I guarantee he knows how.
College Football:
1998-2013: OK so we're gonna use computer models so everything is fair.
2013-2025: OK so we're gonna have a committee of experts so everything is fair.
2026: OK so we're gonna have the coaches fight each other with sharpened sticks so everything is fair.
1998-2013: OK so we're gonna use computer models so everything is fair.
2013-2025: OK so we're gonna have a committee of experts so everything is fair.
2026: OK so we're gonna have the coaches fight each other with sharpened sticks so everything is fair.
December 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
College Football:
1998-2013: OK so we're gonna use computer models so everything is fair.
2013-2025: OK so we're gonna have a committee of experts so everything is fair.
2026: OK so we're gonna have the coaches fight each other with sharpened sticks so everything is fair.
1998-2013: OK so we're gonna use computer models so everything is fair.
2013-2025: OK so we're gonna have a committee of experts so everything is fair.
2026: OK so we're gonna have the coaches fight each other with sharpened sticks so everything is fair.
Me: Finally drifting off to sleep yes
Brain: HEY REMEMBER DINO SPUMONI???
Me: Shit
Brain: HEY REMEMBER DINO SPUMONI???
Me: Shit
December 7, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Me: Finally drifting off to sleep yes
Brain: HEY REMEMBER DINO SPUMONI???
Me: Shit
Brain: HEY REMEMBER DINO SPUMONI???
Me: Shit
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Charles Dickens immediately after writing "There's more of gravy than of grave about you."
a woman wearing glasses is waving her hand while sitting on a couch
ALT: a woman wearing glasses is waving her hand while sitting on a couch
media.tenor.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Charles Dickens immediately after writing "There's more of gravy than of grave about you."
Oh God the monkey's paw bargain was that if Indiana gets a conference title Duke also gets one oh god what have we done
December 7, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Oh God the monkey's paw bargain was that if Indiana gets a conference title Duke also gets one oh god what have we done
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INDIANA FUCKIN' HOOSIERS
December 7, 2025 at 4:12 AM
INDIANA FUCKIN' HOOSIERS
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Is PREDATOR: KILLER OF KILLERS a banger from start to end? Oh yeah. Oh hell yeah.
December 7, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Is PREDATOR: KILLER OF KILLERS a banger from start to end? Oh yeah. Oh hell yeah.
Look if Alabama's gonna do "Hey the conference championship doesn't count!" I'm at least glad someone is bringing some data to this deal.
Vandy is LinkedIn posting reports from Economists on why they deserve to be in the Playoff.
The CFP needs this energy.
The CFP needs this energy.
December 7, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Look if Alabama's gonna do "Hey the conference championship doesn't count!" I'm at least glad someone is bringing some data to this deal.
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We’ll probably never again see such a casual, celebratory, & memorable gathering of Jim Henson’s family of characters as is found in 1987’s A MUPPET FAMILY CHRISTMAS…
December 7, 2025 at 1:51 AM
We’ll probably never again see such a casual, celebratory, & memorable gathering of Jim Henson’s family of characters as is found in 1987’s A MUPPET FAMILY CHRISTMAS…
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Remember folks: if you have any small amount of artistic talent, any sex appeal, or can make your friends laugh, the richest man on earth is crying screaming throwing up because he can’t be you.
December 6, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Remember folks: if you have any small amount of artistic talent, any sex appeal, or can make your friends laugh, the richest man on earth is crying screaming throwing up because he can’t be you.
Really didn't think it could get dumber than Sark saying "But we OUTGAINED the team that beat us!" to make a Playoff case.
I was wrong.
I was wrong.
Kalen DeBoer: "If this game applies to and takes away from our resume, I don't think that's right."
December 7, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Really didn't think it could get dumber than Sark saying "But we OUTGAINED the team that beat us!" to make a Playoff case.
I was wrong.
I was wrong.
I love THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL so much I was literally on the radio about it. Here's a segment I did on Day 6 for the CBC back in 2022.
www.cbc.ca/radio/day6/m...
www.cbc.ca/radio/day6/m...
December 7, 2025 at 1:01 AM
I love THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL so much I was literally on the radio about it. Here's a segment I did on Day 6 for the CBC back in 2022.
www.cbc.ca/radio/day6/m...
www.cbc.ca/radio/day6/m...
Charles Dickens immediately after writing "There's more of gravy than of grave about you."
a woman wearing glasses is waving her hand while sitting on a couch
ALT: a woman wearing glasses is waving her hand while sitting on a couch
media.tenor.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Charles Dickens immediately after writing "There's more of gravy than of grave about you."
Time for a Holiday All-Timer.
two muppets are standing in front of a pile of apples .
ALT: two muppets are standing in front of a pile of apples .
media.tenor.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Time for a Holiday All-Timer.
Flashback to last weekend when my kid saw Bluey inflatables and lost his damn mind.
December 6, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Flashback to last weekend when my kid saw Bluey inflatables and lost his damn mind.
Reminder that I wrote more than 30,000 words' worth of essays on John Carpenter's HALLOWEEN in October, and I'd love to collect them into a book.
If any editors/agents/publishers might be interested, please do reach out. I know I can get some cool people to blurb this thing if it sees print.
If any editors/agents/publishers might be interested, please do reach out. I know I can get some cool people to blurb this thing if it sees print.
Today in the *final* Tracing The Shape, my 31-day essay series on John Carpenter's HALLOWEEN, I finally answer the question that's been gnawing at me: What does Michael Myers want?
Thanks to everyone for joining me on this deep dive journey.
matthewjacksonwrites.com/tracing-the-...
Thanks to everyone for joining me on this deep dive journey.
matthewjacksonwrites.com/tracing-the-...
Tracing The Shape 31: You Can't Kill The Boogeyman
Halloween, like Black Christmas and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, doesn't really end, not in the neat way we tend to think about. There's no real solution to anything, just two people who managed to s...
matthewjacksonwrites.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Reminder that I wrote more than 30,000 words' worth of essays on John Carpenter's HALLOWEEN in October, and I'd love to collect them into a book.
If any editors/agents/publishers might be interested, please do reach out. I know I can get some cool people to blurb this thing if it sees print.
If any editors/agents/publishers might be interested, please do reach out. I know I can get some cool people to blurb this thing if it sees print.
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HAMNET aka Men Will Literally Write an Entire Danish Tragedy Before Going to Therapy aka Behind Every Great Man is a Hard-Working Witch
EXTREMELY My Shit
Chloe Zhao was born to shoot 16th century England, good Lord.
Exquisite Motion Picture
EXTREMELY My Shit
Chloe Zhao was born to shoot 16th century England, good Lord.
Exquisite Motion Picture
December 6, 2025 at 6:16 AM
HAMNET aka Men Will Literally Write an Entire Danish Tragedy Before Going to Therapy aka Behind Every Great Man is a Hard-Working Witch
EXTREMELY My Shit
Chloe Zhao was born to shoot 16th century England, good Lord.
Exquisite Motion Picture
EXTREMELY My Shit
Chloe Zhao was born to shoot 16th century England, good Lord.
Exquisite Motion Picture
Shout-out to Raider Nation and the Baddest Dude Ever to Appear in a Christmas Horror Movie.
December 6, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Shout-out to Raider Nation and the Baddest Dude Ever to Appear in a Christmas Horror Movie.
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Man Finds Tape is a horror mystery, and I loved talking with the cast about how much they and their characters knew, and how ambiguity shapes performance. www.austinchronicle.com/screens/it-t...
It Takes a Village: Inside the Community of Man Finds Tape • The Austin Chronicle
Horror and small Texas towns go together like chainsaws and massacres, but those onscreen communities are often a broad pastiche of real life. Not so in Austin-made and cosmic horror-tinged terror Man...
www.austinchronicle.com
December 6, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Man Finds Tape is a horror mystery, and I loved talking with the cast about how much they and their characters knew, and how ambiguity shapes performance. www.austinchronicle.com/screens/it-t...
SILENT NIGHT DEADLY NIGHT PART 2 is a glorified clip show but damn it it's *committed* to being a glorified clip show, I tell you what.
December 6, 2025 at 8:41 PM
SILENT NIGHT DEADLY NIGHT PART 2 is a glorified clip show but damn it it's *committed* to being a glorified clip show, I tell you what.
Someone play The Who's "Won't Get Fooled Again" underneath that weird slow motion shot of Kirby Smart taking off his glasses that ABC just showed for some reason.
They're really working hard to keep people from changing the channel on this beatdown, huh?
They're really working hard to keep people from changing the channel on this beatdown, huh?
December 6, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Someone play The Who's "Won't Get Fooled Again" underneath that weird slow motion shot of Kirby Smart taking off his glasses that ABC just showed for some reason.
They're really working hard to keep people from changing the channel on this beatdown, huh?
They're really working hard to keep people from changing the channel on this beatdown, huh?