Minneapolis has been hearing unexplained booms for decades and nobody can figure out whyBBoing Boing - A Directory of Mostly Wonderful Things [Unofficia…·4d ago·1 min readPostLongfellow Boomminneapolismystery
CobwebCobweb is a middling autumnal horror movie rooted in family secrets and childhood trauma. Lizzy Caplan excels at the crazy-lady role and is perennially trapped in it. Antony Starr is hard to mentally …Cory Dransfeldt·Jun 4·2 min readFollowmysteryhorrordrama
The Autopsy of Jane DoeThe Autopsy of Jane Doe is standard horror fare. The leads are both extremely capable and it's all bottled up in a single location. The slow unwinding of events is effective at building tension, from …Cory Dransfeldt·Jun 3·2 min readFollowmysteryhorror
Origen: Trinity, Creatio Ex Nihilo & the Church as Spiritual IsraelIn this post I will be quoting from the Commentary on John (Origen). The citations that I will be providing will help the readers see that Origen affirms, The Monarchy (monarchia) of the Father, tha…Answering Islam·May 24·36 min readCommentary on John (Origen)Book IIGodGospel
Augustine, Filioque & Economic ProcessionsThe following excerpt is taken from St. Augustine’s On the Holy Trinity, Book 4. In it, the blessed saint reasons that the Father’s sending of the Son into the world is a sign and reflection of the Fa…Answering Islam·May 17·22 min readOn the Holy TrinityBook 4Son of Godfaith
Let Me InLet Me In is a surprisingly tender and sweet film that happens to feature blood, immolation and dismemberment. It's incredibly easy to screw up remakes, vampire movies and remakes of vampire movies (I…Cory Dransfeldt·May 15·1 min readFollowmysteryhorrordrama
Urban LegendDo you smell something? Urban Legend occupies the same milieu as Cherry Falls and I Know What You Did Last Summer but is far closer in quality to the latter. I vaguely remember having seen this before…Cory Dransfeldt·May 5·2 min readFollowmysterythrillerhorror
Cherry FallsClass dismissed! Cherry Falls is a ludicrous slasher that manages to be campy while landing oh so shy of self-parody. A serial killer is on the loose murdering high school virgins so all the high scho…Cory Dransfeldt·Apr 30·1 min readFollowmysterythrillerhorror
undertoneUse promo code ABYZOU for 50% off your first meal kit! Movies like this are always fascinating because they hinge entirely on the ability of a single actor or actress to keep the audience engaged. Nin…Cory Dransfeldt·Apr 16·1 min readFollowmysteryhorror
Jesus’ God: A Look into the Early ChurchIn this post I will quote from a few fathers and saints of the Church whom all believed that the reason the Son honored the Father as his God is because of the Incarnation, as a result of the eternal …Answering Islam·Apr 15·1 min readmysteryJesus ChristWordmade flesh
Joshua as a Picture of Jesus & the Church as IsraelIn this post I will be quoting from the works of Justin Martyr and Tertullian in respect to Old Testament prophecies and typology pointing to Christ. All emphasis will be mine. One interesting typolo…Answering Islam·Apr 13·1 min readDialogue with Trypho (Justin Martyr)mysteriousGodrites
Scream 7AI? I refuse. That is the death of civilization. There were plenty of missed opportunities here to have even a vaguely meaningful discussion about AI and deepfakes and, while I appreciate the cheap sh…Cory Dransfeldt·Apr 2·1 min readFollowmysteryhorrorcrime
The HomeLook, normally I'd say it's safe to assume that a movie like The Home is bad purely because it's a horror movie featuring Pete Davidson. But the fact that Bodies Bodies Bodies proves that this can wor…Cory Dransfeldt·Feb 9·1 min readFollowmysterythrillerhorror
Don't Worry DarlingDon't Worry Darling is what happens when guys sit home alone, all day, in chat rooms listening to crap on YouTube. Guys that are also too stupid to know that you can't take the same phone you use in t…Cory Dransfeldt·Jan 13·1 min readFollowscifimysterythriller
Wake Up Dead ManScooby Dooby doo If you've seen the other Benoit Blanc movies, you'll know they follow a well-designed formula. I hesitate to call them formulaic given the negative connotations of the term, but they …Cory Dransfeldt·Jan 2·1 min readFollowmysterythrillercomedy
Midsommar🇸🇪🌅💐🐻🔥 I've watched a lot of weird movies and quite a few weird horror movies. This is terrifying, but not in the grotesque Cronenberg-ian sense. It's also not as immediate or as overwhelmingly …Cory Dransfeldt·Oct 16·1 min readFollowmysteryhorrordrama
HIMWHAT ARE YOU WILLING TO SACRIFICE?! EVERYTHING! Then show me. Are you HIM? Is Austin Reaves screaming "I'm HIM" HIM? Is HIM HIM? I mean, not really. It's an interesting, ruminative fever dream about r…Cory Dransfeldt·Oct 8·2 min readFollowmysteryhorror
WeaponsThis wasn't what I expected going into this. Not that I had much in the way of expectations. I liked the cast, I liked the previewed tone and I went with it. What I got was a well-assembled horror mov…Cory Dransfeldt·Sep 15·2 min readFollowmysteryhorror
HereditaryHoly shit. Clicks tongue. ✂️🐧🍰🚙💈⚰️🔥🧙🏻♀️ You can't choose your family, but you can choose your friends and this family is fucked. So are your family's friends. But, don't lose your head. Your s…Cory Dransfeldt·Aug 30·1 min readFollowmysterythrillerhorror
Black BagA brisk, modern spy film with (to my ear) a quirky score that still manages to work. A lighter Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy . Another laudable entry into the Michael Fassbender plays a spy genre (this ti…Cory Dransfeldt·Aug 25·1 min readFollowmysterythrillerdrama
OpusOpus is one more entry into a class of dark, horrifying and weird movies that have been en vogue recently. There's Blink Twice , Get Out and — perhaps — The Menu . An otherwise "normal" jaunt turns, s…Cory Dransfeldt·Aug 23·1 min readFollowmysterythrillerhorror
The Ritual🌲🦌👐🏻🏚️🩸 And this is why I don't like hiking. I appreciate nature, I like the abstract concept of nature but I don't want to go commune with it. You've got a map, a compass and more dead friends.…Cory Dransfeldt·Mar 24·1 min readFollowmysterythrillerhorror
The WitchPicking apples, making pies. The atmosphere throughout this movie is so weighty it could sink a ship. Maybe it should have. Every step of it is brilliantly acted, shot in gray-ish, desaturated hues an…Cory Dransfeldt·Feb 18·2 min readFollowhistorymysteryhorrordrama
Smile 2🙂😃😄😁🎤😫 One of the rare examples of a sequel being dramatically better than the original film. Pro-bono therapist that's still wealthy? Gone. Troubled pop star anchor? Yes. This uses the same jar…Cory Dransfeldt·Feb 14·1 min readFollowmysteryhorror
Antlers🦌 A lesson about respecting the environment told with the set dressing of a horror film. It succeeds by focusing on the narrative it introduces and avoiding a heavy-handed lecturing directed at the v…Cory Dransfeldt·Nov 12·1 min readFollowmysteryhorrordrama
Blink TwiceAn outstanding directorial debut for Zoë Kravitz. The whole thing plays out as a fever dream that oscillates between abject horror, social commentary and free flowing debauchery. So many movies overpl…Cory Dransfeldt·Sep 22·2 min readFollowmysterythriller
