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Day 18 in 60 Days of Halloween continues Fear of Decapitation Week, the fear of E.B. Tolbert (artist and occasional guest on The Gargyle Podcast), with another one of my favorite horror movies - Re-Animator!! This is one of the movies that I would put on a list of top 100 movies every horror fan should see. So, if you are a fan of horror and have not yet seen Re-Animator, I highly recommend you re...

Day 17 in 60 Days of Halloween continues Fear of Decapitation Week, the fear of E.B. Tolbert (artist and occasional guest on The Gargyle), with one of my all-time favorite movies - Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn!! If you enjoy this episode, check out our previous 60 Days of Halloween episodes and be sure to check back tomorrow for our review of Re-Animator as Eric and I continue on in Fear of Decapitat...

Day 16 in 60 Days of Halloween continues Fear of Decapitation Week, the fear of E.B. Tolbert (artist and occasional guest on The Gargyle), with Tim Burton's version of Sleepy Hollow! While this version strays quite a bit from Washington Irving's original short story, there is certainly a lot to love!! If you enjoy this episode, check out our previous 60 Days of Halloween episodes and be sure to ch...

Day 15 in 60 Days of Halloween starts Fear of Decapitation Week, the fear of E.B. Tolbert (artist and occasional guest on The Gargyle). We've got some great movies lined up this week and I cannot wait til the analysis episode to get inside E.B.'s head (about the fear of losing his). Starting things off is the 2015 film, Tag! If you enjoy this episode, check out our previous 60 Days of Halloween ep...

Day 14 in 60 Days of Halloween wraps up Eric's Fear of Death of a Child Week as Eric and I dive into our analysis of each film from the week (Pet Sematary, Cujo, Before I wake, Hereditary, The Others, and Mom and Dad) and discuss why each film is so terrifying in its presentation of the fear of losing a child!! Unlike the review episodes, this analysis episode will contain spoilers for each film....

Day 13 in 60 Days of Halloween cleanses the palette of Eric's fear of the loss of a loved one (specifically a child) by turning that fear on it's head with Mom and Dad - a dark comedy horror film that takes a concept that is extremely morbid and wraps it up in some Nic Cage zaniness! If you enjoy this episode, check out our previous 60 Days of Halloween episodes and be sure to check back tomorrow...

Day 12 in 60 Days of Halloween, and day 5 of Eric's "what's worse than fear of losing a kid? Fear of being the source of harm to your kid. Sure...let's close the week out that way..." week, is The Others - a movie that doesn't really have any scares, but has some pretty major existential dread!! If you enjoy this episode, check out our previous 60 Days of Halloween episodes and be sure to check ba...

Along with my 60 Days of Halloween coverage, Adam and I have returned to Hogwarts once again in another episode in our coverage of the Harry Potter series!! In tonight's episode, we discuss how Harry and Ginny's relationship is clearly founded on trauma (again), how wizards loooove their titles ("I am Lord Voldemort," "The Half-Blood Prince," "The Chosen One"...), and whether or not internal organ...

Day 11 in 60 Days of Halloween, and day 4 of Eric's "deflecting it with humor only makes it worse!" week, is Hereditary - a film that Eric and I both agree is incredibly well done and intensely terrifying (though, probably not in the way that you would typically think of a movie being "terrifying")! So, join us as Eric and I discuss what one big issue I have with the movie, why we still absolutely...

Day 10 in 60 Days of Halloween continues with the third day of "there's no good way to write out Eric's fear without sounding like a terrible person" week as we once again face Eric's fear of the loss of a loved one (specifically a child) with Before I Wake. If you enjoy this episode, check out our previous 60 Days of Halloween episodes and be sure to check back tomorrow as we continue Fear of Dea...

Day 9 in 60 Days of Halloween continues to make Eric miserable as he once again faces Fear of Death of a Child Week with Cujo. Eric also wins the episode with a fantastic "dad joke" towards the end! If you enjoy this episode, check out our previous 60 Days of Halloween episodes and be sure to check back tomorrow as we continue Fear of Death of a Child Week with Before I Wake!! GargyleReviews.wixsi...

Day 8 in 60 Days of Halloween is the start of "make Eric miserable" week as he faces his fear with - Fear of Death of a Child Week (geez...it's tough to even just type that out...). Despite the fact that Eric's fear is incredibly morbid, he's got some pretty awesome films (mostly) lined up for the week! And getting things kicked off is the Stephen King classic, Pet Sematary!! If you enjoy this epi...

Day seven in 60 Days of Halloween wraps up Parenting Fears Week as Eric and I dive into our analysis of each film from the week (A Quiet Place, Cargo, Grace, Joshua, and We Need to Talk about Kevin) and discuss why each film is so terrifying in its presentation of parenting fears!! Unlike the review episodes, this analysis episode will contain spoilers for each film. If you enjoy this episode, che...

After five long days of facing my fear for Parenting Fears Week, its time for a palette cleanser before Eric and I dive into our Parenting Fears analysis episode. So, tonight's episode in 60 Days of Halloween is a review of Sam Raimi's Evil Dead!! This is one of my all-time favorite movies, so it was a perfect palette cleanser before gearing up for next week and Eric's fear of losing a loved one (...

Day five in Parenting Fears Week in 60 Days of Halloween is We Need to Talk about Kevin, a film that isn't scary, but is absolutely terrifying (in how heartbreaking it is). After several days of dramatic horror movies, this was a rough experience... If you enjoy this episode, check out our previous reviews (A Quiet Place, Cargo, Grace, and Joshua) and be sure to check back tomorrow in our next epi...

Day four in Parenting Fears Week of 60 Days of Halloween is Joshua, an underrated horror movie staring Sam Rockwell and Vera Farmiga as they cope with all the stress that accompanies a new baby - as well a child (Jacob Kogan) who answers the question of what Damien (The Omen) would be like without all that Antichrist stuff. If you enjoy this episode, check out our previous reviews (A Quiet Place,...

Day three in Parenting Fears Week of 60 Days of Halloween is Grace, a horror film that plays on the fears of a child dying, as well as the fears of not being able to provide for your child (in that order...). A quick glance at the "tomatometer" on Rotten Tomatoes shows a sizable discrepancy between critics (69% fresh) and audience (30% fresh) ratings. I can understand the audience rating, but I ac...

Day two in Parenting Fears Week of 60 Days of Halloween is Cargo, a Netflix original movie staring Martin Freeman. This Australian horror movie is technically a zombie movie, but (like any good horror movie) the fear comes not from the zombies, but from the decisions the characters have to make - and the consequences of those decisions. If you enjoy this episode, check out yesterday's episode and...

It's September, which means my 60 Days of Halloween coverage has officially begun!! This year, I will be doing themed weeks with the theme of each week being a fear of either myself, my co-host Eric, or my special guest for the week. I'll be doing shorter, review episodes during the course of the week, culminating in an in-depth analysis episode at the end of the week to really dive into why each...

When one thinks of the phrase "a quiet place," they typically think of a calm, serene location where they go for respite, reflection, or something else synonymous and alliterative with "rest." However, thanks to John Krasinski, Bryan Woods, and Scott Beck, that phrase now elicits sheer terror! Like any good horror movie, the underlying fears of A Quiet Place are what make it so terrifying. There i...

We all agree that dinosaurs are awesome, right? Good. We also all agree that all dinosaur movies are awesome, right? Goo...wait...what?? No?!!? Why is that? Why is it that some dinosaur movies go extinct in the hearts and minds of viewers, while others rise to the ranks of cinematic masterpieces? In tonight's episode of The Gargyle Podcast, Adam, Eric and I begin to address this question by diving...

One of the things that I love so much about horror movies (that are done well) is that they peel back that masks that humanity wears to conceal it's darker side: doubt, guilt, insecurity, hubris, fear - all of the things that are a natural part of humanity, but the roots of horror when taken to excess. One of the masters of exposing the darkness of humanity was Edgar Allen Poe, which is part of wh...

Regardless of whether or not you have ever played a Mario game, the plucky little plumber is undeniably a cultural phenomenon, loved in all of his forms! Well...almost all of his forms. If you grew up loving the Super Mario games, you were probably sorely disappointed with the Super Mario Bros. movie due to its lack of similarity to the game you knew and loved. But, on the 25th anniversary of its...

Adam and I are back at it again with the next episode in our coverage of the Harry Potter series! In tonight's episode, we discuss (among other things): how evil Dolores Umbridge is, major differences between book and movie, how evil Umbridge is, how ridiculous it is that Lucius Malfoy hides his wand inside of a cane, and (of course) how evil Umbridge is. So, grab your prophecy, practice your Patr...

If you are a fan of indie horror, you are probably familiar with the name Graham Skipper. Whether he has the lead role or just a bit part (Beyond the Gates, Almost Human, Feeding Time...just to name a few), Graham's genuine love for horror shines through practically every role he plays. And that genuine love for horror is certainly apparent in his feature-length directorial debut, Sequence Break,...