In Praise of Shadows
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I make videos about horror | YouTuber, Writer, and Artist
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I can’t stop thinking about how much I was into Return to Silent Hill. It’s legitimately great. They shot the hell out of it, and it will probably be among my favorite 2026 horror movies at the end of the year.
February 8, 2026 at 5:51 PM
I can’t stop thinking about how much I was into Return to Silent Hill. It’s legitimately great. They shot the hell out of it, and it will probably be among my favorite 2026 horror movies at the end of the year.
Man this is just sad absolute loser shit
February 7, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Man this is just sad absolute loser shit
I can’t lie, it bothers me that different websites that act like journalistic horror sources in reality serve as unquestioning hype men. Reporting on new Scream posters, trailers, and featurettes while totally ignoring that Scream is promoting gambling, AI, and other bullshit.
February 6, 2026 at 5:47 PM
I can’t lie, it bothers me that different websites that act like journalistic horror sources in reality serve as unquestioning hype men. Reporting on new Scream posters, trailers, and featurettes while totally ignoring that Scream is promoting gambling, AI, and other bullshit.
Really cool to see the Pink Narcissis 4K restoration get a new physical release. Bidgood was so great and never got his flowers or had the career he deserved.
February 5, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Really cool to see the Pink Narcissis 4K restoration get a new physical release. Bidgood was so great and never got his flowers or had the career he deserved.
In their developer diary video they talk about sourcing real images of gore as reference for making this, I’ve heard this is not uncommon now in games. This to me is a strange and unnecessary/unethical thing that has risen within the push for graphical fidelity.
February 3, 2026 at 4:16 PM
In their developer diary video they talk about sourcing real images of gore as reference for making this, I’ve heard this is not uncommon now in games. This to me is a strange and unnecessary/unethical thing that has risen within the push for graphical fidelity.
I’ve not done one of these here before, could be fun. Ask me anything you’d like to know
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February 2, 2026 at 5:27 PM
I’ve not done one of these here before, could be fun. Ask me anything you’d like to know
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Restarted Silent Hill 3. That opening mall sequence really is one of the best ever. Probably my favorite location in the franchise.
February 1, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Restarted Silent Hill 3. That opening mall sequence really is one of the best ever. Probably my favorite location in the franchise.
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watched this video while eating dinner with some friends last night which led to the extremely bizarre double feature of watching Seven Samurai for the first time immediately followed by Maniac Cop 2
February 1, 2026 at 4:02 PM
watched this video while eating dinner with some friends last night which led to the extremely bizarre double feature of watching Seven Samurai for the first time immediately followed by Maniac Cop 2
January 31, 2026 at 4:55 PM
I was on a walk just now and was going down the train tracks and I found this weird single puzzle piece on the tracks that didn’t have an image printed on it.
January 30, 2026 at 10:11 PM
I was on a walk just now and was going down the train tracks and I found this weird single puzzle piece on the tracks that didn’t have an image printed on it.
I know it’s early to speak on it, but I spent January finalizing a draft of the screenplay for the feature I’ve been working on. Going to start doing more edits on it soon. I’ve got a partial cast already and hope to finally begin shooting in the next few months.
January 30, 2026 at 6:52 PM
I know it’s early to speak on it, but I spent January finalizing a draft of the screenplay for the feature I’ve been working on. Going to start doing more edits on it soon. I’ve got a partial cast already and hope to finally begin shooting in the next few months.
Now watching:
January 29, 2026 at 2:14 AM
Now watching:
Del Toro said this this week which is something I’ve expressed in the past. I still feel like horror is in a strange place culturally despite the movies doing fine financially. The amount of conservatives continuing to quietly normalize themselves within genre spaces has impacts.
January 28, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Del Toro said this this week which is something I’ve expressed in the past. I still feel like horror is in a strange place culturally despite the movies doing fine financially. The amount of conservatives continuing to quietly normalize themselves within genre spaces has impacts.
I really enjoyed The Bone Temple on technical level despite its style deviations from the first one, but overall was pretty disappointed in it. Felt like the use of Savile’s image was meaningless and went nowhere, and I had the same issues that I had with Heritic last year
January 19, 2026 at 8:58 PM
I really enjoyed The Bone Temple on technical level despite its style deviations from the first one, but overall was pretty disappointed in it. Felt like the use of Savile’s image was meaningless and went nowhere, and I had the same issues that I had with Heritic last year
Yesterday I went and looked at the public display for the National Gingerbread House Competition, and I’m pretty sure that this one in the child’s competition was supposed to be Jesus in the manger but to me it was giving Eraserhead baby.
December 23, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Yesterday I went and looked at the public display for the National Gingerbread House Competition, and I’m pretty sure that this one in the child’s competition was supposed to be Jesus in the manger but to me it was giving Eraserhead baby.
I just went down a vintage candy rabbit hole and learned that Lucky Charms were first developed because a guy at General Mills cut up orange circus peanuts and put them in his Cheerios.
December 20, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I just went down a vintage candy rabbit hole and learned that Lucky Charms were first developed because a guy at General Mills cut up orange circus peanuts and put them in his Cheerios.
I’ve never noticed it until recently, but in a way starting out in comics broke my brain as a writer a little bit. Both in my book and this movie I’m working on I find myself approaching story very episodically because of it which I find interesting.
December 19, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I’ve never noticed it until recently, but in a way starting out in comics broke my brain as a writer a little bit. Both in my book and this movie I’m working on I find myself approaching story very episodically because of it which I find interesting.
New video!
The Best Christmas Horror Movie
The Best Christmas Horror Movie
December 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
New video!
The Best Christmas Horror Movie
The Best Christmas Horror Movie
Was supposed to have a video out tomorrow but just did a test upload and saw this. I have never had this much content in a video get flagged at once for copyright, so I’ll work on it and we will see how it goes.
December 17, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Was supposed to have a video out tomorrow but just did a test upload and saw this. I have never had this much content in a video get flagged at once for copyright, so I’ll work on it and we will see how it goes.
Started playing Siren tonight and I don’t think I’ve ever played a game before that is this uniquely tedious in its difficulty. But I’m finding it compelling enough to stick with it for now, the atmosphere is great.
December 14, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Started playing Siren tonight and I don’t think I’ve ever played a game before that is this uniquely tedious in its difficulty. But I’m finding it compelling enough to stick with it for now, the atmosphere is great.
Fun books finds for today, Dennis Cooper’s new book of short stories from last year and a hardcover collection of Tom of Finland’s Kake comics.
December 9, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Fun books finds for today, Dennis Cooper’s new book of short stories from last year and a hardcover collection of Tom of Finland’s Kake comics.
This person and I used to be mutuals, it’s quite frustrating to me how often I’m reduced to just this crazy radical scapegoat for so many people mainly for saying that good movies should generally, you know, actually be about something.
December 9, 2025 at 5:57 PM
This person and I used to be mutuals, it’s quite frustrating to me how often I’m reduced to just this crazy radical scapegoat for so many people mainly for saying that good movies should generally, you know, actually be about something.
I’ve started rewatching some of The X-Files and it really is amazing that even a bad episode of this is exponentially better than almost anything from the streaming era.
November 29, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I’ve started rewatching some of The X-Files and it really is amazing that even a bad episode of this is exponentially better than almost anything from the streaming era.
New video!
Ed Gein and the Precursor to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Ed Gein and the Precursor to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
November 28, 2025 at 5:11 PM
New video!
Ed Gein and the Precursor to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Ed Gein and the Precursor to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
I watched History of the Occult tonight without really knowing anything about it going in and thought it was great. Actually quite scary and well done. It’s a little funny watching a movie really succeed at what Late Night With the Devil was trying to do.
November 25, 2025 at 3:39 AM
I watched History of the Occult tonight without really knowing anything about it going in and thought it was great. Actually quite scary and well done. It’s a little funny watching a movie really succeed at what Late Night With the Devil was trying to do.