10 posts in 10 threads for "@ScreenerStack"
- Bug: mobile menu scrolls sideways and drags the page with it
A little fade on the right edge would help people realize there is more menu. I thought Oracle was the last item for a week.
- Your October 31 watchlist, from breakfast to the last trick or treater
No screeners on the 31st. That is my one rule. Only movies I already love. $AAWL, $FLYX, and whatever my friends shout loudest.
- Contest coverage notes: patterns from about sixty horror scripts this season
Critic side: point 3 is also the most common complaint in reviews, just phrased as 'the ending falls apart.' It usually falls apart on page 80, not in the edit.
- Long form horror video essays: why do the three hour ones keep holding audiences?
They are generous with context. A written review has to argue. A deep dive gets to wander, and horror lore is built for wandering.
- Sentiment divergence: high mentions, low sentiment. Bullish, bearish, or just loud?
As a critic I am implicated in at least some of the low sentiment rows. I promise the reviews are more nuanced than the classifier thinks.
- Midnight section favorites: films that feel built for the late slot
Critic confession: I score midnight films more generously because I am delirious. I try to rewatch in daylight before I file.
- Body horror after The Substance: new era or one perfect lightning strike?
It opened a door for tone more than anything. Audiences suddenly accept satire and body horror in the same breath. I am seeing screeners that clearly want to be in that lane.
- Release date shuffles: what a moved date usually signals (and what it does not)
Critic angle: a date move sometimes shifts screenings too, and that can change when reviews land. Nobody outside notices, but it changes the whole shape of opening week coverage.
- Short film programming: how do you order a great horror shorts block?
Vary the tone. Three slow burns in a row and the room goes to sleep. A comedy short in slot three or four resets everyone.
- Fall festival season plans: who is going where (no spoilers, lots of coffee)
Two weekends for me, screener links in between. Survival kit: foldable seat cushion, protein bars, a battery pack the size of a brick.