The ALIEN Franchise: A Study on Sci-Fi Gore and Women’s Bodily Trauma — Moviejawn by Heidi Krull, Staff Writer Sigourney Weaver, who ended up playing Ellen Ripley, was the key to push this franchise to the next level.

MJ's Heidi Krull says, "ALIEN also had an entirely different vibe than the typical monster horror film during this time." Check out Heidi's thoughts on the #Alien franchise for #GrotesqueriesWeek. #SpookyJawn

Grotesqueries Week: From raining Gollums to big gorilla-wolf MFers: The villains of ATTACK THE BLOCK — Moviejawn by Daniel Pecoraro, Staff Writer | There are few films I’ve been an evangelist for more than Attack the Block.

MJ's Daniel Pecoraro says, "There are few films I’ve been an evangelist for more than ATTACK THE BLOCK." #GrotesqueriesWeek #SpookyJawn

Goth Week: Ruined Houses, Ruined Families — Moviejawn by Tessa Swehla, Associate Editor Why do we find these old houses in books and film creepy? It’s because they are externalizations of their inhabitants, a physical intrusion of abstract ideas like se...

MJ's GOTH WEEK ain't over yet... @thebiparadox.bsky.social shares three flicks featuring creepy manors and ruined families. #SpookyJawn #GothWeek

Grotesqueries Week: Beyond the scope of accepted reality – BANSHEE CHAPTER finds cosmic horror in conspiracy — Moviejawn by Samantha McLaren, Staff Writer By layering conspiracies behind conspiracies, Erickson’s film gradually reveals an otherworldly plot disguised by human atrocities and deception.

MJ's Samantha McLaren says, "By layering conspiracies behind conspiracies, Erickson’s BANSHEE CHAPTER gradually reveals an otherworldly plot disguised by human atrocities and deception." #SpookyJawn #GrotesqueriesWeek #BansheeChapter

Grotesqueries Week: Changing Bodies, Changing Climates — Moviejawn by Billie Anderson, Staff Writer Movies like Crimes of the Future (2022), Annihilation (2018), The Thing (1982), and Akira (1988) don’t rely on monsters or slashers to provoke fear. Instead, ...

MJ's @billieanderson.bsky.social shares, "I can enjoy a good haunted house flick or psychological thriller, but the kind of fear that stays with me long after the credits roll comes from a different place." #SpookyJawn #GrotesqueriesWeek #BodyHorror

Grotesqueries Week: Playing games with Jigsaw and Billy the Puppet for SAW's 20th — Moviejawn by Emily Maesar, Associate Editor, TVJawn What is Saw? Like, really? Well, it’s not actually torture porn, despite what poisonous fruits have since grown in its orchard. Instead, the original ...

MJ's @emilymaesar.bsky.social says, "The SAW franchise has spanned twenty years and currently has ten films in it, but there’s nothing quite like the original film from 2004." #SpookyJawn #GrotesqueriesWeek #SAW

Grotesqueries Week: What does THE STUFF taste like? — Moviejawn by Allie Lembo, Staff Writer We eat for all kinds of reasons. Culture. Diet. Health. Comfort. In the moment, fork to the lips, there’s just one factor above all else: Taste . The hardest thing to se...

MJ's Allie Lembo answers a question that has puzzled thousands... what does THE STUFF taste like? Find her thoughts in our latest #SpookyJawn installment for #GrotesqueriesWeek. #TheStuff

Today's #SpookyJawn exploits are courtesy of @wsoc.bsky.social. Day 24: '60s has enough twins and sex mania to chill you straight to the bone.
#NowWatching
The Ice House (1969)

Grotesqueries Week: The hedonist’s puzzle box - a deep dive into HELLRAISER  — Moviejawn by Jill Vranken, Staff Writer Hellraiser may be a story of an unearthly sect of creatures from Hell, it is most importantly a story about the lengths we would go to for desire and lust, even if it ...

MJ's @sleightsofheart.bsky.social kicks off #GrotesqueriesWeek with a deep dive on the HELLRAISER series. #Hellraiser #SpookyJawn

WELCOME TO GROTESQUERIES WEEK! Each October, our love of horror fully rises from its slumber to take over MJ for all things spooky! Follow along with #SpookyJawn as we march over the falling leaves to leave you with chills and thrills. Articles found here: www.moviejawn.com/home/categor...

Catching up with #SpookyJawn Day 23: '50s with Nobuo Nakagawa's horror film from 1957, The Ghost of Kasane Swamp.
Going in completely blind on this one but I'm certainly intrigued by Japanese ghost stories from this era and need to watch more.
#NowWatching

Goth Week: 100 Years of Dracula: Small Screen Edition — Moviejawn by Tessa Swehla, Associate Editor Tessa is back to talk about Dracula, but this time she turns her attention to the small screen!

MJ's @thebiparadox.bsky.social continues her annual exploration of DRACULA with a look at the most famous Goth on the small screen. #SpookyJawn #GothWeek

Goth Week: SECRET BEYOND THE DOOR shows a macabre meet cute — Moviejawn by Sam Christian, Staff Writer One thing that brings together the couple in Secret Beyond the Door is that they are both secret goths–or at least have a penchant for the macabre.

In celebration of #SpookyJawn Goth Week, MJ's @samychri.bsky.social revisits Fritz Lang's #SecretBeyondTheDoor and says, "One thing that Mark and Celia have in common is that they are both secret goths–or at least have a penchant for the macabre." #GothWeek

The Grinch (green, fuzzy, a jerk) and Max (his dog) in front of a forest of bare trees

Oct. 22 - "Not Horror"

HALLOWEEN IS GRINCH NIGHT
(1977)
Dir. Gerard Baldwin

#NowWatching w/
@ayakattack.bsky.social
@bottleage.bsky.social

#SpookyJawn Watchlist
🎥🎦📽🎬🎟🎞🍿 #filmsky

Let's keep the homecomings comin' with #SpookyJawn Day 22, Not Horror. I'm in a Pam Grier mood and happy to finally check this one off the watchlist.
#NowWatching
Sheba, Baby (1975)

Catching up with #SpookyJawn and Day 19 is Food so let's head back home where I'm sure everything will be hunky-dory, with 1977's The Farmer. Quick note aside as I snicker and shake my head, is there anything they wouldn't exploit in cinema in the '70s?
#NowWatching

Robert Pattinson & Willem Dafoe with facial hair, with a lighthouse in the distance behind them and many gulls in the sky

Oct. 21 - "Folk Horror"

THE LIGHTHOUSE
(2019)
Dir. Robert Eggers

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@ayakattack.bsky.social
@bottleage.bsky.social

#SpookyJawn Watchlist

🎥🎦📽🎬🎟🎞🍿 #filmsky

A young man slinks near a wall with a hypodermic needle clutched in his teeth

Oct. 20th - "Daylight Horror"
(watched late)

MARTIN
(1977)
Dir. George A. Romero

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@ayakattack.bsky.social

Getting caught up with out #SpookyJawn Watchlist

🎥🎦📽🎬🎟🎞🍿 #filmsky

It's been a great day to catch up on some #SpookyJawn x #Hooptober shenanigans! Day 17 is "Pick a Number" so for maximum chaos I'm jumping around the Leprechaun series again. I haven't seen what he did the first time around but I'm here for when he goes Back 2 tha Hood.
#NowWatching

Goth Week: The First wives of gothic romance, from REBECCA to CRIMSON PEAK — Moviejawn by Shayna Davis, Staff Writer Over all these centuries, filmmakers have been able to twist the typical notes of Gothic stories in new, interesting ways, and the “First Wife” has gotten a compelling t...

MJ's Shayna Davis kicks off #SpookyJawn Goth Week with a look at the first wife trope utilized in flicks from REBECCA to CRIMSON PEAK. #gothweek #crimsonpeak #rebecca

WELCOME TO GOTH WEEK! Each October, our love of horror fully rises from its slumber to take over MovieJawn for all things spooky! Follow along with #SpookyJawn as we march over the falling leaves to leave you with chills and thrills. Articles found here: www.moviejawn.com/home/categor...

A man screaming as a white gloopy substance oozes from his eyes and mouth. The poster has an enormous WARNING! and like 4½ paragraphs of further warning

Oct. 19th - "Food"
(watched late)

THE STUFF
(1985)
Dir. Larry Cohen

#NowWatching w/
@ayakattack.bsky.social
@bottleage.bsky.social

Getting caught up on our #SpookyJawn Watchlist

🎥🎦📽🎬🎟🎞🍿 #filmsky

A shpadoinkle painted poster depicting many characters and moments from the film

Oct. 18th - "Musical"

CANNIBAL! THE MUSICAL
(1993)
Dir. Trey Parker

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@ayakattack.bsky.social
@bottleage.bsky.social

#SpookyJawn Watchlist
🎥🎦📽🎬🎟🎞🍿 #filmsky

The ten people's images in an elaborate decorative frame with a noose in the center

Oct. 17th - "Pick a Number"

TEN LITTLE INDIANS
(1974)
Dir. Peter Collinson

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@ayakattack.bsky.social
@bottleage.bsky.social

#SpookyJawn Watchlist
🎥🎦📽🎬🎟🎞🍿 #filmsky

Ghouls Week: DEATHDREAM connects the origins of modern horror to Vietnam veterans — Moviejawn by Ryan Silberstein, Managing Editor, Red Herring Bob Clark’s Dead of Night –later retitled to the more familiar Deathdream –reinterprets the vampire myth and transposes it to Vietnam War-era Ameri...

MJ's @silberwhatever.bsky.social says, "DEATHDREAM is nothing if not direct, but if it only depicted a veteran who came back wrong with a ghoulish appearance and need for blood, I doubt it would resonate as hard as it does." #GhoulsWeek #SpookyJawn

My Nightmares, Revisited—GOOSEBUMPS: One Day at HorrorLand — Moviejawn by Zakiyyah Madyun, Staff Writer A continued look at the Goosebumps TV films with One Day at HorrorLand .

MJ's Zakiyyah Madyun says, "One Day at HorrorLand is an unusually bumpy and exceedingly goofy ride, even for a series featuring a book called Egg Monsters from Mars." #Goosebumps #SpookyJawn

Today's #SpookyJawn flick is a Remake and since #Hooptober has me going through the Leprechaun series, Leprechaun: Origins it is! And yup, that's me in that last image after seeing what I'm in for just based on a few screen shots.
#NowWatching
Leprechaun: Origins (2014)

Twelfth #SpookyJawn Watchlist Prompt:
Space

Now Watching:
THE INVISIBLE BOY (1957)
with @bestboymoviejawn.bsky.social

Jason Voorhees, a man wearing a hockey goalie mask and carrying a very large machete, stands in the darkened woods at night

Oct. 16th - "Remake"

FRIDAY THE 13TH
(2009)
Dir. Marcus Nispel

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@ayakattack.bsky.social

#SpookyJawn Watchlist
🎥🎦📽🎬🎟🎞🍿 #filmsky

Tonight's #SpookyJawn x #Hooptober selection hails from the lovely country of Spain and involves a sex maniac, sleazy motels, and a scuba diving, blade wielding killer.
By my rules and that description, if it smells like a giallo, it must be a giallo.
#NowWatching
The Fish with the Eyes of Gold