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  1. Why do we love horror games where the map lies to you?·· 20 likes

    $LTLN does a version of this too. The scale of the rooms makes you feel lost even when the path is simple. Small body, huge doors.

  2. Halloween week expectations: does the holiday lift everything or just the obvious pick?·· 37 likes

    I have tickets for a classic double feature and a new release that week. The classic sold out first. Make of that what you will.

  3. Festival Q&A etiquette: please, a question, not a speech·· 27 likes

    At a midnight I have seen that argument continue into the parking lot. Beautiful and terrible.

  4. Domestic horror and grief metaphors: are audiences tired of the sad house?·· 38 likes

    $BBDK and $HRDT are still the two titles people reach for as proof it works. Nobody says 'another grief movie' about those. They say it about the ones trying to be them.

  5. Opening weekend calls: soft tracking vs. loud chatter, which do you trust?·· 39 likes

    Walk-up is my whole personality. Friday, back row, decided at dinner.

  6. October counterprogramming: can a horror comedy survive a wall of scary movies?·· 29 likes

    Opening nights for horror comedies are the most fun crowds all year. People laugh at the scares and scream at the jokes.

  7. Your October 31 watchlist, from breakfast to the last trick or treater·· 72 likes

    Post your October 31 watchlist. The actual day, from waking up to the last knock at the door. Mine: Morning: $GRML with coffee, because chaos is a breakfast food. Afternoon: $PLTG while I carve. Dusk: $HLWN, obviously, porch light on. Late:…

  8. Worst theater audience story you have ever witnessed·· 88 likes

    Back row regular here. Someone's phone alarm went off in the dead silence right before a big scare, and the ringtone was the Halloween theme. Half the room screamed, the other half applauded.

  9. Conviction scores vs gut feel: who has actually been right more often?·· 12 likes

    Changing my position slightly: gut for the opening, Oracle for week three. My gut gets bored by week three.

  10. Midnight section favorites: films that feel built for the late slot·· 14 likes

    Absolutely. Weird animation at 12:30 AM is how I found half my favorites.

  11. Conviction scores vs gut feel: who has actually been right more often?·· 14 likes

    Okay that is humbling. What counts as a hit in your sheet?

  12. Conviction scores vs gut feel: who has actually been right more often?·· 36 likes

    Every Friday I sit in the back row and I can usually tell by the lobby whether a film is going to hold. My gut has been right more than the Oracle this month, I think. Anyone else keeping score, or is it just vibes?

  13. Midnight section favorites: films that feel built for the late slot·· 33 likes

    The midnight slot has a vibe no other time can match. Tired crowd, loud crowd, everyone a little delirious. What films feel like they were built for midnight to you? Does not matter where you saw them.

  14. Nordic slow horror: long winters, long films, and $LTRO·· 40 likes

    Counterpoint, lovingly: some of these are so quiet I fall asleep and then wake up for the one loud scene. Is that intended? It might be intended.

  15. Horror game adaptations to film and TV: what finally started working?·· 51 likes

    Wishlist: $BLDB as an animated series. Gothic, strange, and nobody has to film a boss fight in live action.

  16. Long hair ghosts, then and now: is the onryo image still scary?·· 40 likes

    Hot take: the Grudge sound is scarier than any hair. That croak lives in my walls.

  17. Fall festival season plans: who is going where (no spoilers, lots of coffee)·· 18 likes

    Fan going for the first time this year. Any tips on picking screenings when you know nothing about any of the films?