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Brennan Klein
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Don’t be scared, I just like horror movies. Senior Reporter @ Screen Rant / Rotten Tomatoes-Approved Critic / Contributor @ Horror Press / Podcaster @ Alternate Ending & Attack of the Queerwolf
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I got to fill in another blind spot thanks to @horrorpress.com! Just in time for American Thanksgiving, here’s my review of ADDAMS FAMILY VALUES!
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‘Addams Family Values’: A First-Time Watch Review
I have a first-time watch review of 1991’s The Addams Family in the books this November. With Thanksgiving coming, it was only right that I also take a look at its 1993 sequel, Addams Family Values. A...
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November 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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It’s time for a little sneak peek at the 1986 slashers I’ll be covering soon! Take a gander here: jiffypopculture.blogspot.com/2020/07/cens...
November 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Before we leave 1985 for good, here’s my ranking of the best and worst in slasher filmmaking from that inglorious year!
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November 21, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Time for my last slasher of 1985! Before we move on to 1986, let’s spend a little time with the sleazy, bonkers THE NAIL GUN MASSACRE!
Read my review here: jiffypopculture.blogspot.com/2025/11/cens...
Census Bloodbath: Nailed It
Year:
 1985 Director:
 Bill Leslie & Terry Lofton Cast: 
Rocky Patterson, Ron Queen, Michelle Meyer Run Time:
 1 hour 25 minutes Plot: The N...
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November 18, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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Our next 1985 slasher is TERROR AT LONDON BRIDGE, a TV movie where David Hasselhoff fights Jack the Ripper! This is a real thing that exists!
Read my review: jiffypopculture.blogspot.com/2025/11/cens...
Census Bloodbath: You Don't Know Jack
Year: 
1985 Director: 
E.W. Swackhamer Cast:
 David Hasselhoff, Stepfanie Kramer, Adrienne Barbeau Run Time:
 1 hour 37 minutes Plot: Terror...
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November 17, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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Thank you to @horrorpress.com for encouraging me to rectify a major blind spot!
November 5, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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My 1980s slasher project continues afresh with a review of 1985’s CONFESSIONS OF A SERIAL KILLER, which did predate Henry, Portrait of a Serial Killer (which adapts the same true story), but failed to make much of itself by doing so.
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Census Bloodbath: If I'm Gonna Tell It, Then I Gotta Tell It All
Year:
 1985 Director:
 Mark Blair Cast: 
Robert A. Burns, Dennis Hill, Berkley Garrett Run Time: 
1 hour 35 minutes MPAA Rating: R Plot: Do...
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November 3, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Happy Halloweeeeeeen! My final 1950s sci-fi movie of the month is THE BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS, which is the movie that directly inspired Godzilla! How does it compare? Check out my review here:
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October 31, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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2012’s THE WOMAN IN BLACK is the rare haunted house remake that actually succeeds. Read my love letter to it over on @horrorpress.com:
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‘The Woman in Black’ Remake Is Better Than The Original
As a horror fan, I tend to think about remakes a lot. Not why they are made, necessarily. That answer is pretty clear: money. But something closer to “if they have to be made, how can they be made wel...
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October 29, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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October’s crossover where I review 1950s B-movies continues with the Bert I. Gordon classic(?) THE SPIDER!
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Cardboard Science: Spins A Web, Any Size
Year: 1958 Director: Bert I. Gordon Cast: Ed Kemmer, June Kenney, Eugene Persson Run Time: 1 hour 13 minutes It's time for the second entr...
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October 17, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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We as a culture don't spend enough time talking about the In Memoriam segment at the 2015 Oscars where Jennifer Hudson randomly sang "I Can't Let Go," an original song from the Smash soundtrack.
October 17, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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This weekend marks the 40th anniversary of SILVER BULLET, so please check out my article on @horrorpress.com about how it deserves to get its flowers just as much as (or… even more than) that OTHER Corey Haim monster movie.
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‘Silver Bullet’ Should Be Just As Popular As ‘The Lost Boys’
When you hear the phrase “Corey Haim horror movie,” your mind, it’s safe to assume, jumps to The Lost Boys. That’s only natural. Hell, that’s probably the title that comes to mind when you hear the ph...
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October 8, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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Happy October!

I’m kicking off this year’s annual switcheroo with Hunter Allen of Kinemalogue by covering the first classic sci-fi movie he assigned me, Roger Corman’s 1963 outing X: THE MAN WITH THE X-RAY EYES!

Read my review here:
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Cardboard Science: I'm Looking Through You
Year: 1963 Director: Roger Corman Cast: Ray Milland, Diana Van der Vlis, Harold J. Stone Run Time: 1 hour 19 minutes Happy October, everyb...
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October 3, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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It’s back to school season, so why not learn something that’s actually fun by checking out my list of great obscure high school horror movies over on @horrorpress.com: horrorpress.com/movies/10978...
8 Great Obscure High School Horror Movies
It’s Back to School month over here at Horror Press, which is my favorite time to watch high school horror movies. Mostly to remind myself of why I’m glad to have already graduated, but also because i...
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September 3, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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We’re drawing close to the end of 1985 in my slasher project! Here’s my review of the late giallo NOTHING UNDERNEATH, which features Donald Pleasence! As a mustachioed Italian police commissioner for some reason!
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Census Bloodbath: Now That's What I Call Scissoring
Year:
 1985 Director:
 Carlo Vanzina Cast:
 Tom Schanley, Renée Simonsen, Donald Pleasence Run Time:
 1 hour 33 minutes MPAA Rating: R Plot...
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August 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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So I’m late to the news that Noah Centineo is attached to play Rambo in the prequel, but I’m just saying, I totally called it over on @screenrant.bsky.social: screenrant.com/rambo-preque...
Casting A Young Rambo For New Prequel Movie: 10 Actors Who Could Replace Sylvester Stallone
The prequel follows John Rambo's time in Vietnam.
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August 15, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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With all the Harry Potter stuff in the news, and the audiobooks in the pipeline, we have some great alternatives to help scratch that itch so you can avoid paying that person money. List by @itsrainingbrens.bsky.social #BookRecs
5 Harry Potter Alternatives To Avoid Giving That Woman Money
You’re reading this article on the Internet. Which means you’ve been on the Internet at least once in the past five years. Which means you know that Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling is an unrepentant...
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August 11, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Curious to know what your favorite HALLOWEEN says about you? Let us know if we got it right! Article by @itsrainingbrens.bsky.social #horrorsky
What Your Favorite ‘Halloween’ Movie Says About You
It’s October. The wind is blowing, and the leaves are changing.* As the weather begins to cool and the veil between the living and the dead stretches thin, you know in your bones that Halloween is app...
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August 8, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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It’s my birthday! I’m doing a fund raiser to save up for the Friday the 13th con this weekend.

For every $10+ donation (it’s cool if you can’t), I’ll share a track from my playlist “Slashdance,” which compiles history’s best horror needle drops! 🎂❤️🔪

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August 6, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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It’s my birthday! I’m doing a fund raiser to save up for the Friday the 13th con this weekend.

For every $10+ donation (it’s cool if you can’t), I’ll share a track from my playlist “Slashdance,” which compiles history’s best horror needle drops! 🎂❤️🔪

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August 6, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Ahead of the July 18th release of I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER, our very own @itsrainingbrens.bsky.social ranked the franchise (yes even the Amazon series). #horrorsky
The ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ Franchise, Ranked
The I Know What You Did Last Summer franchise is a peculiar beast. Think about it. First of all, it never really got started. I consider the foundation of a horror franchise to be the movies that got ...
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July 9, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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I’ve finally gotten to see my most anticipated movie of the year! For @screenrant.bsky.social, here’s my review of the latest installment in Disney Channel’s most delirious, glorious franchise: Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 4: DAWN OF THE VAMPIRES!
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Zombies 4: Dawn Of The Vampires Review - My Love For The Disney Franchise Has Mostly Avoided Being Tarnished
The Disney Channel musical franchise lives on.
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July 8, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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For our next 1985 slasher, we’re heading to the slopes of the Rockies (via Sweden) with the hair metal band Solid Gold and their groupies in BLOOD TRACKS! Read my review: jiffypopculture.blogspot.com/2025/07/cens...
Census Bloodbath: Heads Will (Rock And) Roll
Year: 
1985 Director:
 Mats Olsson Cast: 
Jeff Harding, Naomi Kaneda, Michael Fitzpatrick Run Time:
 1 hour 29 minutes Plot: Blood Tracks  ...
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July 7, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Our first 1985 slasher of July is 1) an Alan Smithee joint, 2) Moustapha Akkad’s only non-Halloween slasher, and 3) one of the weirdest movies in history. It’s APPOINTMENT WITH FEAR!
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Census Bloodbath: Can We Reschedule?
Year:
 1985 Director:
 Ramsey Thomas (as Alan Smithee) Cast:
 Michele Little, Kerry Remsen, Douglas Rowe Run Time:
 1 hour 36 minutes MPAA R...
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July 1, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Grateful to 28 Years Later for quite a few things, but most importantly for exposing me to the Taylor Holmes recording of the poem “Boots.” It’s literally 110 years old and it’s maybe one of the most gripping performances in any medium.
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Boots
Victor 55057. Matrix/Take: C-16183/1.
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June 26, 2025 at 2:35 AM