🎃 Ernest Scared Stupid (1991) Campy Chaos Done Right Lets start by showing y’all the trailers shall we? 🎬 Trailers 📖 Non-Spoiler Plot Overview So, cards on the table — I’ve said before (and I stand by it) that Ernest Saves Christmas was the first and only Ernest movie I’d ever watched. That still counts…
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Coraline (2009)
🧵 Coraline (2009) Review 🧵 “Buttons, Tunnels, and Trauma” 🎥 Let’s start by showing y’all the trailers, shall we? — 🌀 Non-Spoiler Plot Overview Coraline follows Coraline Jones (Dakota Fanning), a curious and stubborn little girl who moves into a new house with her distracted parents. She stumbles upon a small hidden door in the…
Its The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown (1966)
🎃 It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (1966) 🎃 “A Halloween tradition that’s equal parts sweet, sad, and timelessly funny.” — 🎥 Let’s start by showing y’all the trailers, shall we? — 🏢 Studio & Style Produced by Bill Melendez Productions and Lee Mendelson Film Productions, this special continues the Peanuts tradition of translating Charles…
Scary Godmother (2003)
Scary Godmother: Halloween Spooktacular (2003) Review 🎃👻 “A fever dream wrapped in low-poly skeleton bones.” Let’s start by showing y’all the trailer, shall we? 🎬 — 🎨 Who Made This Thing?This isn’t your typical Halloween special. Scary Godmother was adapted from Jill Thompson’s children’s books/graphic novels, and then in 2003, Mainframe Entertainment (yep, the ReBoot…
Hotel Transylvania 3 Summer Vacation (2018)
🚢 Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018) Review “Cruising toward mediocrity.” — Lets start by showing y’all the trailers shall we? 🎥 Trailers The trailers promised a colorful twist: monsters leaving the safety of the hotel for a luxury cruise. A fresh setting, a new romance for Dracula, and vacation chaos were teased — but…
Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015)
🏨 Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015) Review “Even monsters have in-law problems.” — Lets start by showing y’all the trailers shall we? 🎥 Trailers The trailers promised bigger family chaos: Dracula as a grandpa, Jonathan adjusting to monster life, and a half-human/half-vampire kid shaking up the status quo. And unlike many sequels, this one actually delivered…
Hotel Transylvania (2012)
🏨 Hotel Transylvania (2012) Review “Where monsters check in, and the comedy actually works.” — Lets start by showing y’all the trailers shall we? 🎥 Trailers The trailers promised a family-friendly monster comedy: Dracula running a five-star hotel for creatures of the night, with chaos unfolding when a clueless human stumbles into their world. —…
Gremlins (1984)
👹 Gremlins (1984) Cute, Cuddly, and Pure Chaos — Lets start by showing y’all the trailers shall we? 🎬 Trailers — 📖 Non-Spoiler Plot Overview Joe Dante’s Gremlins is one of those rare films that manages to be equal parts whimsical, funny, cozy, and absolutely horrifying. The story follows young Billy Peltzer, who receives an…
Maximum Overdrive (1986)
🚚 Maximum Overdrive (1986) Cocaine, Killer Trucks & King’s Cross-Eyed Chaos — 🎥 Let’s Start with the Trailer, Shall We? Before the movie even hit theaters, we got what might be the most unhinged trailer in horror history. Stephen King himself wanders out of the fog, stands in front of a pitch-black wall, points directly…
SpongeBob Squarepants The Legend of Boo-Kini Bottom (2017) 🎃
The Legend of Boo-Kini Bottom (2017) 🎃 “When SpongeBob goes spooky in stop-motion” — 🕷️ Opening / Trailer Lets start by showing y’all the trailers shall we? Nickelodeon hyped this one as “SpongeBob’s scariest Halloween yet.” The hook was obvious: it ditched the classic hand-drawn animation for stop-motion — instantly giving it a spooky, handmade,…
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