chrismstoner(E)STRANGE(D)I. Washing Brushes I've been washing brushes for about five hours now. I'm not done. This is one of my least favorite chores, and I...
chrismstonerKnock At The Cabin: Queer Terror Just Hits Different Right NowThe time it took to translate the 2018 book by Jeff Tremblay to 2023 film finds our modern family in entirely different apocalyptic...
chrismstonerBy Any Other Name: Why Genre Gatekeeping Isn't The Flex You Think It IsListen up, nerds: Genre is dead. Do I have your attention? Good. Now calm down, I'm not some woke nightmare plotting the destruction of...
chrismstoner"I'm (Not) Fine": SMILE, or When Mental Health Is The Monster2022 was a stellar year for horror, and many films brought incisive social commentary along with the thrills and chills. Obviously,...
chrismstonerHalloween Ends: A Tale of Two EvilsThe film tells the story of two killers...and inadvertently makes all of us out to be the bad guy. "I met this 6-year-old child with this...