#and Ethan Hawke is fucking creepy

[steddie-island]

Every time I watch The Black Phone I forget about what a fucking piece of shit the dad is.

But goddamn, all of the kids in this movie are all fucking phenomenal.

Horror deserves way more recognition.

[smileysuh]

dumb frat boy - TEASER

🌙 starring. Lee Donghyuck x afab!Reader

🔮 preview. “I’d ask what you want me to do to you, but I did some research last night, watched some of that Hentaid shit you were talking about. It’s a lot of bondage, isn’t it, Angel? A lot of… creampies. You’ve got a thing for being held down and filled, huh? I guess…” he lets out a small laugh, “I guess I’m a little shocked, seeing as you’re so sassy with me. Guess you just want someone to put you in your place. What is it you called Johnny? A good daddy dom? I might not always be a dom, but for you, I can make it work.” 

tw/cw. yandere/stalker sub themes, ‘unknown’ caller, he’s horny, mentions of porn/masturbation, weed/alcohol use, unprotected sex, oral (m/f receiving), deep throating, face fucking, nipple pinching/nipple worship, fingering, dirty talk, praise, hyuck has a thick cock, cum/fullness kink, creampie, etc… I pet names: (hers) Angel (his) baby.

👹 rating. 18+ explicit I wc. 9.1k

🍭 aus. uni/frat au, yandere subthemes, Halloween, etc…

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“Burner phone, baby.”

“And what would be the point of getting a burner phone just to call little ol’ me?” you sigh, relaxing against your pillows and pinching the bridge of your nose in annoyance. 

“Why so serious, Angel?”

“Jeeze, dude, if you’re going to do the whole creepy caller before Halloween cliche, at least stick to your character.” You can’t believe he’s quoting Health Ledger’s Joker at you now. “Who are you even trying to be? Ghost Face is so last Halloween, we all know Johnny knocked that shit out of the park. A copycat sequel is just… early 2000’s.”

“Okay, let me drop character for just a second,” the man on the other end of the line sighs, and you giggle at how his voice modulator emphasizes his own exasperation. “Think, horny telephone guy.”

“I wouldn’t call Ghost Face particularly horny, he was just a nerd.”

“I’m not Ghost Face!” he insists. “Scream came out in the mid-nineties, think earlier than that.” 

“What, am I supposed to be some kind of horror movie expert?” you scoff. 

“Fine, I’ll just tell you,” the guy sighs. “Have you seen Black Christmas?”

“Never even heard of it.”

“Fuck,” he curses. “Well, don’t go watch it, it has some cult following but it’s not even one of my favourites- the reason I chose the dude from that movie is because he’s a horny little fuck and calls a sorority house and some shit- and also, don’t look up the second movie, I don’t claim the sequel.” 

“Wow, I love that you chose a character based purely on horniness and not if the movie is even good,” you giggle.

“Well, Johnny took the best slasher caller! What was I supposed to do? Go all ghost child from The Black Phone movie?”

“What’s The Black Phone movie?”

“Ethan Hawke? Horror veteran, who plays the hero author in Sinister, turned bad guy in the 2021 film by the same director?” 

You let out a whistle. “TBH, dude, it sucks Johnny got to Ghostie first last year, because I’d bet money you know more about horror movies than he does.”

“I one hundred percent do!” 

“Okay, so back to the point,” you laugh. “You’re calling me as this horny dude from some Halloween Christmas movie- for what?”

“To talk to you?” he suggests. “To uh… be horny… at you?” 

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[hannahwatcheshorror]

SINISTER (2012)

BAD. Honestly, it’s a bad movie. The videos played inside the film were scary and all, creepy really, but the story and ending were so unsatisfactory. You basically watch an asshole chase glory all film and it ends with a random jump scare? Plot holes ahead.

⭐

Dick writer follows too closely to a murder case and gets his whole fucking family murdered except his daughter who just gets taken forever for a fucking child eating deity to feed off her soul (forever)? So many plot holes I popped a tire.

SINISTER REWATCH

Writers are always writing about writers, even Stephen King had writers like in “MISERY” (and this movie took a chapter out of the book for their super 8 film “yard work”) but I'm tired of writers writing writers. I’m tired of the tired wife whose spouse hasn't had a hit in years, whose spouse just needs one more hit to keep going, “I’m tired of this grandpa.” (Watch “Red Dragon” it has a lot of the same video stalker feel but a little less of the supernatural aspect and more of just how terrifying humans can be.) I’m watching this again and the spooky bits are spooky but this is just a movie about a jackass not paying attention to the very straight forward signs that are telling him to get his family the hell out of dodge before they die.

In most other scary movies the characters seem trapped by fate, but here Ethan Hawke is just stuck in the quicksand of being a dickhead. He doesn’t even tell his wife what is going on so she can make informed choices about the situation. My two favorite characters are the guy our Ethan Hawk video chats with exclusively to get exposition, and a cop our main character chats with (exclusively to get exposition). We LOVE our exclusively exposition characters here…

Now here come some questions. Why doesn’t Bughuul (the child eating deity) want the second child in each family? Is the second child not fresh enough for Baghuul? Where does the little girl get drugs? How are any of these children able to restrain both of their parents in the first place? Why did Ethan Hawke burn the tapes when he got scared? Also are the ghost kids on the side of the living or are they working for Bughuul because they seem to be terrified of him yet they also help him? You can’t just make a movie really dark (both in substance and in lighting) and then ignore all these questions!

At the end of the day, extremely dark subject matter does not a good movie make. You need something more. You need a decent plot, likable characters, better makeup on the kids… In the end, this movie just does not deliver on the story which to me is paramount to the dark content. Sinister as it might be, this film doesn’t get my goat, even after a rewatch.

[cinewhore]

It’s always such a difficult thing (in some ways it’s not) to support people who become mutuals with those who have harassed you to a certain point of no return because it’s like- where does the loyalty lie? Should loyalty even be questioned? Should i be upset?

No matter how many times i say things it always gets turned into “well this person is my friend and they’ve never treated me this way so” and it’s like they can’t hear themselves or worse, they hear you clearly but don’t care.

[beehindblueeyes]

Details pt 2

Had to create another post because it was going to be LONG if I didn’t, and I do want you guys to get all this. Because I know at least a few of you besides myself will like this :) or find it interesting/ good for fic writing.

The Ghosts know Finney’s name before their own. They appear to know him better then themselves (some of them, I’ll get to it later)

Something connecting all of the boys is a tendency to repeat the same thing over and over. “You already said that” “Y e a h? Well…” it’s sad. It’s telling. That they’re drifting further and further from what they used to be, who they used to be. Their memories are fading fast, their names, even their clothes as they are greyed and scrubbed of most detail. Whenever they call finney they are pulling together the small parts of themselves that they have left and it never lasts for long…

Them knowing finney more then themselves is cemented when Billy doesn’t even know who Bruce is. Despite Bruce being one of them. Being there. Constantly. Like him or any of the others. I think they just started refering to each other by the details they can recall. (“I don’t remember it. It’s not who I am now” further playing into them becoming something else all together. A memory. A feeling. A whisper.)

Paper Boy and Vance both have the strength to effect the living world. Both displayed this by using the bottles as a tool or a show of emotion. (Vance may have less control over this but more power. He’s one anger outburst away from becoming a full blown poltergeist).

While I’m not excusing Mr. Blake’s behavior in the slightest, it appears all his recent behavior started after the death of his wife. He likely picked up drinking and his behavior only deteriorated from there. It’s clear that Gwen is a spitting image of her mother (appearance, behavior, belief) he’s letting his guilt, grief , drinking and fear guide all of his actions. It’s clear his love for his kids and not wanting to see Gwen die in such a way as well- however the way he goes about it is … less than stellar.

Someone asked before but it’s Coke and Almonds on the coffee table. Like- so many almonds. It also kills me that the detectives are so frazzled they see it and just leave.

The fact the grabber is able to tell the difference between Finney sleeping and fake sleeping. Has he watched him multiple times? One of his many moods is very pouty and child like it’s-

So Griffin is weird to me. He’s strong enough to physically APPEAR to Finney but not enough to make the phone ring? He’s visible for a solid minute. Enough for the blood to make a sound and to point at the phone itself. He’s also the only one Able to do this! (All the boys can appear, except the only time we see them all do so is a  brief flash infront of Gwen). So essentially. Griffin, Billy and Vance are the strongest when it comes to interaction in the physical world. Despite appearing thought, Griffin appears to be pretty weak.

“Nobody did… you spend so many years invisible then every kid in the state knows your name.” He needs a hug.

Technically Finney was rude to Vance first. *Phone rings* “No. fuck you”.

The use of the song Fox on the run for Vance is actually quite brilliant and creepy (post to come later)

Ellison grab and go (reference to Sinster? Another Ethan Hawke movie and his character name)

Finney’s survival at multiple points in the movie would not be possible without that pen

Getting long, look out for part 3!

[odysseussolar]

*sprays all of you with a spray bottle*

stop fucking sexualizing the cast of the black phone. Y’all are fucking gross. They’re literal kids, I don’t give a fuck if you’re a minor you’re disgusting. STOP. SEXUALIZING. THE. CAST. Also, DONT SEXUALIZE THE CHARACTERS EITHER YOU GROSS FUCKS. Some of y’all are adults, and that’s really fucking creepy and y’all need help. Literal fucking help. The rest of you little kids need to stop and understand what you’re doing is making a lot of people uncomfortable which ding ding ding means the cast themselves. Fucking stop it.

i get it, you have a crush on the actor or character? (Minors) that’s fine. I understand, that’s okay. But sexualizing and writing smut about the actor is not okay one bit. Actors think about quitting, leaving, not wanting to do these awesome things anymore because of that kind of stuff. These type of things also give perverts reasons to do more of it, to make more gross comments.

Now you adults that are doing this shit? Y’all are fucking gross. I show no fucking mercy to you perverts. Y’all are so disgusting. I had to deal with sickos like you when I was a kid and I don’t want these kids online having to face you weirdos. You all need mental fucking help. The fact you’re drooling over these kids is enough for me to know y’all don’t deserve to see the light of day.

Extra:

Also, THE GRABBER IS A FUCKING PREDATOR AND DISGUSTING PERSON. HES NOT HOT. HE LIKES LITTLE KIDS AND MURDERS THEM. Ethan Hawke is an attractive man, I get the one, but not the grabber. The grabber is gross. The grabber deserves to be locked in a prison and beat up by all of his fellow prisoners by what he did to those boys.

[dancingisdangerouss]

Is Al hoping that reader gets Stockholm for him? Is he “inlove” with reader? I get so many questions in my head sometimes trying to understand Al’s perspective (which is difficult bc he’s like a broken computer as Ethan Hawke described) Plus, I saw the songs you listed for ITB and Im interested in the playlist you compiled for how Al would give to reader to convey his feelings for her. I suppose Im into character study for messed up people 😵‍💫

Oh yeah, most definitely. I think he’s hoping she’ll eventually break, and in the meantime, he certainly doesn’t mind her fighting him. I headcanon that he likes the power dynamic and enjoys the feeling of being dominant and having complete control of someone (likely due to the lack of control he’s had in his own life).

That said, Reader also poses a significant challenge; it’s not satisfying to have control over someone who’s willing or easily subdued, because it feels less powerful and less satisfactory if he’s controlling people who he knows are easy to use. So I think it’s a big, exhilarating challenge to get Reader to eventually give in: Kind of like the Ultimate Prize.

Yes, he’s in love with Reader. In the most warped, fucked up, creepy, horrific way, yes, he loves her. It started as just taking advantage of the situation with having accidentally kidnapped a woman, but he actually grows fond of her in his own weird way, namely because she’s so dismissive and stubborn with him. I think he’s just dead-set on breaking her in.

Also, just to make it abundantly clear since antis always harass me about it: Al is batshit insane. The scary part about him is that he’s so deluded and unhinged that you can’t reason with him with logic.

There may be aspects of my story that on the surface will seem cute or romantic, but I like to think I balance it well enough with the dark content to show that it’s not anything to romanticize or idealize in a real relationship. It’s obsessive, terrifying, abusive, and traumatic.

Thanks for all the questions! I always have fun scrutinizing his character, particularly ITB Al. He’s a fun lil’ wack-a-doo to write for haha!

Oh hey, I’m glad someone finally asked lol! I forgot I had this list. These are the songs he would give her as an expression of how he personally feels (in his wacko brain):

Always On My Mind by Elvis Presley

Bring It On Home to Me by Sam Cooke

If You Leave Me Now by Chicago

Because of You by Tony Bennett

Unchained Melody by The Righteous Brothers

Fly Me to The Moon by Frank Sinatra (this one pisses Reader off because she feels like it’s an Evan and her song)

You Belong to My Heart by Bing Crosby

I Can’t Help Falling In Love With You by Elvis Presley

Hard to Say I’m Sorry by Chicago

Please Don’t Let Me Love You by Hank Williams

Goodbye Girl by David Gates (You can pair this song with the ending of chapter 10)

(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons by Nat King Cole

[ghostlyauroras]

I get it that monsters and killers are hot sometimes cause they represent a deviation from what is normal and accepted that lets people explore their sexuality in the safety of fiction, i too have nodded along to guillermo del toro waxing poetics about his monsters, I get why people wanna fuck monsters and killers, I do!

But for god's sake not all monsters and killers are a metaphor for oppressed groups or a revolutionary transgression to heteronormativity!

The Grabber from Black Phone is literally your run of the mill white ped*phil* kidnapper and killer, just with a creepy mask. Ethan Hawke was amazing at making him absolutely DISGUSTING and terrifying.

Like how can you really look at a shirtless guy with a belt and a creepy mask waiting to whip a kidnapped CHILD and feel anything but revulsion?

I'm usually a defender of people's right to feel attracted to whatever weird fictional character y'all wanna thirst about but this time I'm truly dumbfounded.

People be wishing death on real people for unproven r*pe allegations then calling a fictional p*do daddy smh

And it makes me angry cause the movie is so good at making you disgusted at this guy, nothing about him was romanticized, no back story about his tragic childhood, just an evil person doing being evil cause some people are just evil!

Why are fandom spaces so inherently sexual? Why can't y'all just enjoy a good movie without thirsting over a character? ANY character? (I'm looking at all the other people thirsting over minors 🙄)

Learn to enjoy media without looking for someone to be attracted to ffs

[bunny-lou]

that fucker fucking smiled when he was about to kill finney that's the one thing i'm having trouble understanding.. like i kinda assumed he just killed all those kids so that nobody would find out, or so that he wouldn't have to live with the guilt of what he does to them (can't be traumatized if you're dead lol)... idk he didn't strike me as particularly bloodthirsty at first? what's up with that dyou think?

That scene is so creepy. Man, Ethan Hawke's acting can not be overstated.

My guess is that the Grabber is stressed the hell out because of Max, which pours into Finney. The Grabber has never had to worry about feeding or keeping the basement hidden. The stress of having Max around is even what causes him to fall asleep in the scene where Finney escapes (the first time). None of the other boys escaped, so the Grabber must be pissed. Look at how close he came to not only losing his captive, but getting caught!

In his mind, Finney has been more trouble than he's worth. The Grabber hasn't gotten anything he wanted from Finney because of Max being there. From his standpoint, he just kidnapped a kid and has to keep him fed and somewhat comfortable and he does it all for 'nothing'. He's had to chase this kid down in the middle of the night and drag him to the basement twice. He's surely pissed that Finney almost escaped and ruined everything for him.

We also hear one of the boys, Griffin?, tell Finney that the Grabber is upset because Finney won't play Naughty Boy. If Finney doesn't play, the Grabber can't move onto his favorite part. The one thing he wants from Finney, the whole reason he kidnapped him, the Grabber doesn't even get to take.

Lastly, he sees Finney as the reason for Max being dead. He tells Finney 'look what you made me do'. If Finney wasn't around, Max wouldn't have come into the basement and the Grabber wouldn't have had to kill him.

The Grabber is just constantly stressed with Finney around and realizes he can't do what he wants with him. I think at that point in the basement, he's just sick of him. He wants Finney to hurt because of all the things Finney has put him through. The stress, not playing the game, Max dying. The Grabber is done with him and wants to finally take out his anger and frustration.

[aellynera]

Moon Knight Episode 1 - The Goldfish Problem

Okay, so after staying up until 2am my local time to watch the series premiere last night, I’m going in again because YES PLEASE. In a way, I wish DIsney would drop the whole series at once, but I’m kind of a masochist and I revel in the idea of dragging it out and making myself crazy for five more weeks. So hre I am blogging thoughts/reactions as I rewatch this episode. Feel free to ignore me, feel free to inbox me with your thoughts/comments, please scream along with me because this series is gonna be a ride.

*** PLEASE BE ADVISED THERE ARE SPOILERS UNDER THE CUT ***

Okay, so I actually knew what the first scene was going to be because of reading an interview Ethan had done, but dude… glass in your shoes is a little extreme no matter who your chosen god is. Also, if you wore glass-filled shoes and no socks all the time, your feet would look way more gnarly than that.

And this soundtrack? Is KILLING IT. The song choices are fucking fantastic and whoever was in charge of the music should get extra cookies.

I want a Gus. 

Is Steven actually leaving a voicemail for his mom, or does he just think he’s talking to his mom? Is he really calling his real (Marc’s) mom, who undoubtedly knows about the DID? 

God I would take any tour Steven wanted to give me I LOVE HIM OKAY???

I know people are like “omg that British accent” and yes, it’s supposed to be kind of fake but it still works, which is the point. And the way they’ve written Steven’s dialogue so far is maybe my favorite thing in the show. I’m the type of person who is far too self-deprecating on a daily basis and he’s like the perfect mix of smart, funny, and just a bit too self-aware and it makes me so happy and I would honestly watch an entire show JUST about Steven Grant and his everyday life. He feels like such a real person to me, I don’t know how else to explain it.

 “If I’m gonna have a girlfriend at some point, at some point, obviously can’t have ankle restraints on my bed, can i?” Y’ALL ThE WAY I LAUGHED. Holy shit. Have I read too much smutty fanfic? Probably BUT COME ON OSCAR you can’t just SAY SOMETHING LIKE THAT and- honestly what exactly is the problem here sir? Sorry, getting distracted.

Any time this man puts a pair of glasses on is a good day. A GOOD DAY. Tell me I’m wrong.

I adore Khonshu’s snarky ass and I kinda want my very own to narrate my existence and mock me on the daily. And I adore that it’s F. Murray Abraham and that in a backwards kind of way, Llewyn Davis is finally being mentored by Bud Grossman like he always wanted.

If Ethan Hawke was going for the David Koresh cult leader vibe? Nailed it. He’s charismatic and interesting and creepy and I can’t wait to see how he develops too.

The first time Steven had a blackout I thought my tv and my app were fritzing and I was ready to throw things.

This is officially the greatest use of “Wake Me Up Before You Go Go” in the history of ever.

THE CUPCAKE VAN AND THE CHICKEN TRUCK. Charming.

Okay and then the fact somewhere in the time that Marc/Steven was in the Alps, Gus died? And Marc replaced Steven’s fish? Like??? My. Heart.

Steven looking at himself in the mirror in a jacket and tie and calling himself a knob is going to give me LIFE for an entire week.

And the way my heart broke when he found out it was two days later and he missed his date?? Poor sweet baby angel. I’ll eat a sympathy steak with you.

“No, not personally.” Made me bark laugh each time. The clever little bits of wordplay in the script are delightful. And also charming.

I love how they used mirrors. Actually the episode was really beautiful in general, the cinematography is wonderful. It’s such a pretty show. The whole sequence at the ended with the museum and the evil-Egyptian-death-dog chase was wonderful. 

One of the things I was most excited to see from the series was the way Marc and Steven interact. I wasn’t expecting it to hit like this, this early. And I know there’s so much more coming, and I can’t wait to meet Mr. Knight, and and and. And who was the Duchamp in the middle of all the missed Layla calls? Has to mean something, otherwise why stop there for a second and let us see it? I also really want to meet Layla.

UGH CAN IT BE NEXT WEEK SO WE CAN HAVE EPISODE TWO??

p.s. I know it’s not the context at all but the way Marc says “Look at me” to Steven in the bathroom? Um. Hngh. Yes. Yes sir.

[skellizo]

Moon Knight ep 1 - Live reactions

IT’S HERE!!!

Why the fuck is he walking with glass in his shoes like…my dude I know you are in a cult or whatever but still

IF ANYTHING HAPPENS TO GUS I’LL BE ANGRY

He calls his mom…but who is it?

Laters, gators….I love him so much

He is a nerd…

HE HAS A DATE :D Good for him !!

Vegan mhm interesting

Is he talking to a statue….Please let him be a guy just painted and not an actual statue…

Marc what the hell did you do

Khonshu??

Hey there how about we don’t call our boy Steven an Idiot just about now

WHY ARE THEY SHOOTING HIM

ETHAN HAWKE :D

Mhm that women won’t have a good end huh…yup

MARC WHAT THE FUCK

OH MAN HE KNOWS MARC

THIS REALLY IS HAVING THE WORST WEEK EVER

Thanks Marc

OH YEAH THAT’S BLOOD

Dude good that those are just normal people like

JAKE PERFECT MOMENT FOR YOU TO TAKE OVER

OH THAT GUY WAS SHOT

Excuse me, Steven is NOT a Parasite

And back home :)

Oh no did he miss his date

Wait nope his fish has two fins uh oh

Looking dapper Steven

Wrong day??

DAMN IT CAN ANYTHING GO RIGHT FOR HIM

WHO IS HIS MOM?? IS IT MARCS MOM?? WHO IS IT

Steven please don’t feed the fish sprinkles

Oh look it’s Marcs stuff :)

Layla <3

Oh it’s the elevator scene :D

Now that’s awkward

KHONSHU STOP BEING SUCH A CREEPY FUCK

HARROW?! WHY IS EVERYBODY SUDDENLY HERE

He looks so god damn tired

HARROW EFF OFF

Ah yes Steven Grant, Avatar The Last Airbender enjoyer

“Theres chaos in you” and what the hell does that now mean Mister

OH THERE WAS SOMETHING IN THE BACKGROUND

HARROW EFF OFF 2x

RUN MY BOY RUN

You know what screaming is an appropriate reaction

Ey yo Marc how you doin hood to see this time for real

GET MY BOY OUT OF THERE MARC

OH HE IS BEATING THAT THING UP HOLY SHIT

THE MUSIC

THE THEME

THE CREDITS HOLY FUCKING SHIT

GIVE ME THE SECOND EPISODE I NEED IT

[rigginsstreet]

I guess I had to draw the line somewhere. Ethan Hawke's character in BP was fucking creepy. Him tiddies were good but the dead boys in his basement can't be woobified away. *tears in eye* Sorry Mr Villain guy your application to become my 'baby girl' was rejected.

I don’t need to babygirlify him I just want to motorboat him

[afaimsarrowverse]

The 14 Creepiest Arrowverse Villains:

Yes, this one should have been made for Halloween. But after the year we just had, let’s take comfort in the fact that were are not forced to ever meet this guys here on the street in the dark. While two of the villains on this list had rather big seasonal arcs, I specifically disqualified characters from here, have proper motivations and character arcs as well as villains, who are creepy but at the same time quite a lot of fun. This why you won’t find Alice, her Mouse, Ramsay, Eobard, the Trickster, Mallus, Neron or even the Thinker here.

This list mainly consists of people we want to put back in the box, they got out of, until not seeing them at least for a season or so, and who we want to yell at: „What’s wrong with you!“ while they are on screen.

 14.  Toyman Senior (Winslow Schott Sr., Supergirl, Henry Czerny)

Technically this one should not be on this list, because he was redeemed in Season 5, however that happend after his death and on Earth Prime rather than Supergirls Original Eart,h so we will ignore that for now (also I wrecked my head whom from „Supergirl“ to put on here, so I overlooked that on purpose). Toyman is more creepy as a concept than in reality. He blows up kids (and other than the Trickster is no fun at all while he is doing it), threatened the life of his son to get his wife to leave him and did God knows what else to said wife and son. And did not even stop terrorizing people after his death. Can you imagine growing up as Toyman’s son? Poor Winn, you truly deserved better!

 13. Bug Eyed Bandit (Brie Larvan, Queen Bee, The Flash, Arrow, Emily Kinney)

Yes, it’s because of the Bees. Because she controls Mechanical Bees that sting and kill people! I am sorry, but what’s your problem, can’t you just kill your enemies like a normal person, Brie? Not to mention the whole Felicity-thing, because yes it’s totally normal to go around and kidnap and threaten to get what you want and then try to murder again. I still do not get why they let her into the Young Rogues anyway, but then … most members of that gang were all wrong, weren’t they?

 12. Garfield Lynns (Arrow, Andrew Dunbar)

Most of us have tried to forget about Season 1 Episode „Burned“ for several reasons. But the villain of it is also one of those. Because, yes Mick was a Pyromanic as well, but for more complex reasons. Garfield Lynns was a fire fighter who started burning people and ended burning himself to death because of reasons and … well let’s be honest, he was nuts and burning people is not cool at all!

 11. Jake Simmons (Deathbolt, Arrow, The Flash, Doug Jones)

That’s what you get, if you hire a creature actor (no offense, Doug, we love your work!) to play a psychopatic villain. Occasionally kind of fun, yes, but mostly Simmons is crazy and creepy, and we never liked him very much, but crucial Captain Cold killed him with a flimsey excuse, which no one ever bought, and let’s put it that way: If Leonard killed him just like that, there had to be something wrong with him in a big way, and yes, the hints were there, so, yeah, what a creep.

 10. The Mist (Kyle Nimbus, The Flash, Antony Carrigan)

A former Mob Hitman that looks like that and can turn into Mist. Do I have to say any more? I would take Victor Szasz over this one any day. Because Nimbus … well you would not want to meet him during a misty night, would you?

 9. Murmur (Michael Amar, Arrow, Adrian Glynn McMorran)

This one actually cares about his grandma, I will give him that, but SOMEONE SEWED HIS FUCKING LIPS TOGETHER! So you don’t really like looking at him, and he kind of went over board after he was pressured into joining Damien Darhk with, you know, killing everyone and joining HIVE, who as you recall planned to end the world as wen know it, so what about everyone elses grandmas, they can just die or what? No, Mister Amar, there is quite a lot wrong with you, that’s for sure.

 8. Everyman (Hannibal Bates, The Flash, Various)

That one could be a tragedy, but well, he got so mixed up and wrong in the head, that he became a danger to everyone else. He is creepy trapped between shapes and he is creepy in other shapes because … you don’t just go around and kiss random women, who think you are somebody else. That is just wrong. But Bates is kind of mostly wrong, so, yeah.

 7. Anthony Ivo (Arrow, Dylan Neal)

Ivo is Sara’s Personal Case of #Metoo, which really should be enough to earn him a spot on this list, but there is also his habit of keeping people in cages and the whole „You have to choose, whom I shoot dead!“- thing and all of that is only the tip of the iceberg. Not even Dylan Neal can stop me from wanting to scream at the top of my lungs: WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU?! at Dr. Ivo.

 6. Nocturna (Natalia Knight, Batwoman, Kayla Ewell)

We all know the story how Nocturna was not allowed to show up in the Animated Batman Series in the 90s, because she was considered too disturbing (Morbius on the other hand was allowed to show up in the Spider-Man Cartoon but had to … undergo some changes, which made a perfectly good vampire into the creepies cartoon-villain ever unleashed on kids and scarred me for life, but that’s another story). Here she finally is, and yes, she is rather disturbing. Because she acutally knows very well that she isn’t a vampire, but still strings her victims up and bleeds them out, after biting them with laced spikey teeth. It would be kinky, if it were the least bit sexy, which it totally isn’t, so yeah, put her away for good please.

 5. Vandal Savages Hawk Creatures (Legends of Tomorrow, Various)

Season 1 of „Legends“ was quite different than what came after, but „Night of the Hawk“ was an early highlight. While it was kind of a parody, being Season 1 it still played it straight for the most part, which resulted in an episode with the vibe of „American Horror Story“: We are in on the joke, but it’s still Horror. No wonder, after all Joe Dante directed this one. Vandal Savage turned poor teenagers into hawklike monsters, that no one would want to meet … ever. So yeah, thanks, but no thanks.

 4.      August Cartwright (Ethan Campell, Batwoman, John Emmet Tracy, Sebastian Roche)

Oh, God, that guy. So his mother wasn’t particulary ... nice, but that is no excuse to kidnap, gaslight, and brainwash a young girl, keep that girl’s mother’s head in a fridge for years, turn said girl into a slave and get her to make facemasks out of actual human face! Nor is that any excuse for fear-gasing your own son just because you are mad at him. Or anything in any way related to face-stealing, ,killing, identitiy theft, or anything else Dr. Cartwright has ever been up to. Like, seriously it has been a long time a character that desevers to be hated that much has been on our televions screens. Creepy Creep!

 3. Duela Dent (Batwoman, Alessandra Torresani)

Female Slashers have become kind of a common trope in fiction by now, but Duela is kind of different. Suffering from a pretty extreme version of of body dysmorphic disorder Duela sees beauty through a different lense than the rest of the world (we will never forget what she deems to be her face being perfect, even though we desperatly want to). So yeah, she slashes faces, mainly her own, is out to punish people, who force beauty ideals on her and othes, and somehow has no problem with … donating her face to Alice. … Can someone please get that poor woman help, I mean, seriously?!

 2.      Rag Doll (Peter Merkel, The Flash, Troy James, Phil LaMarr)

He did make Joe West throw up. And not only him. Rag Doll is plains disgusting. So disgusting actually, that the producers dialed him back in Season 6 and used more CG and less pratical „Troy James freaks us out“- bending. But while he could be fun all elongaty, we actually prefer him as his creepy original Season 5 Self. He is demented, wears a creepy mask, acts creepy, and we really don’t want to see him do his stuff but can’t look away at the same time. I have no idea why he was in the Young Rogues either, because he is really mainly creepy – und would be the Overcreep on this list, if it weren’t for….

 1.      The Dollmaker (Barton Mathis, The Broken Doll Killer, Arrow, Michael Eklund)

I am still amazed to this day that they were allowed to make this episode. You have to remember „Arrow“ had been only on for one Season at this point and „The 100“ was still about to premier. The CW was yet to change it’s image. Still they somehow got to made the Dollmaker-Episode, which left us disturbed to this very day. What Mathis was doing to his victims …. Well not only Quentin got nightmares about it. Poor Laurel went understandable full addict after almost being made into a puppet by him. So, Rag Doll might look creepier, but the Dollmaker is one of this Serial Killers we never want to even hear from again. It’s really no wonder he was an one-off, like I said, I am still amazed they were even allowed to make the episode on Network Television let alone The CW at all.

[mtvswatches]

Underrated rom-coms that I absolutely adore *chef’s kiss*

In no particular order. Click the titles to see the trailers.

The Truth About Cats and Dog - Uma Thurman and Janeane Garofalo star in this 90s gem. Janeane’s a radio host and vet who falls for one of her callers after helping him deal with his dog. Uma is her neighbor and ends up impersonating Janeane by her request because she is very insecure about her appearance. Meanwhile, she maintains amazing phone conversations with the object of her affection. First female masturbation scene I ever saw in movies. Female friendship is strong in this one.

Sleeping with Other People - A kind of homage to When Harry Met Sally if it was set in the 2010s and was much raunchier. After a chance encounter at university, Alison Brie has sex for the first time with Jason Sudeikis. They only meet again many years later and strike up a friendship in which they both dispense relationship and sex advice to the other. Each of them has their own hangups, and time and again rely on each other to get through stuff. The story does develop in the way you’d expect, but both leads deliver great performances and you can’t help but fall for them as they fall for each other. There’s a scene in particular that gives me a lot of feels and made me swoon over Jason Sudeikis, which had never happened before. (Spoiler alert: this scene.)

While You Were Sleeping - Sandra Bullock in one of her earliest, breakout roles. This is one of those movies with a #problematic lead whose behavior is probably criminal, definitely creepy and if you really start dissecting it, you realize that the heroine is actually the villain (My Best Friend’s Wedding, I’m also looking at you.) Anywho, Sandra is a lonely, single woman who works in the booth at a train station or something and daydreams about one of the daily commuters, Peter Gallagher. She ends up rescuing him after he falls to the rails. He ends up in a coma, and because of a misunderstanding, his family believes her to be his fiance, and she enjoys so much living out this fantasy that she fails to correct them. But his brother, a very swoony Bill Pullman, is suspicious of her and in an attempt to figure out whether she’s lying or not, they end up spending a lot of time together and well, you can figure out what happens later.

A Lot Like Love - I guess this one was a more deliberate attempt to recreate and modernize When Harry Met Sally. Starring Ashton Kutcher and Amanda Peet, it tells the story of a boy and girl who meet at the airport and end up spending a day together and forming a unique bond. Throughout the years, they keep crossing each other’s paths, and each time they grow closer and more intimate, although the timing is never right. You can guess the rest. It’s a very sweet movie with an absolutely amazing soundtrack. 

Definitely Maybe - Raise your hand if you’ve loved Ryan Reynolds and watched pretty much everything he was in since you saw him in 1996′s Sabrina The Teenage Witch with Melissa Joan Hart. Anyway, if you’re a fan of love stories that span years and How I Met Your Mother but hated the ending, you’ll love this one. Ryan’s character, now divorced, retells his three most important past relationships to his curious daughter after she asks him how he met her mom. While that relationship obviously didn’t have a happy ending, reminiscing about his past love life helps him figure out that there may still be a chance to hold on to the one who got away. 

The Wedding Date - With a plot seemingly straight out of fan-fiction - single woman hires date to go to sister’s wedding in England where she’ll run into former fiance - this movie is extremely tropey and predictable. Yet, it kind of works for me. Dermot Mulroney is extremely dreamy, and the UST between his character and Debra Messing is palpable. 

Before Sunrise (and Before Sunset and Before Midnight) If smart dialogue and beautiful backdrops are a huge turn-on for you, this is your movie and your saga. While the plot is virtually non-existent - two young adults meet on a train in Europe and end up spending a day together in Vienna - this is one of those movies that are brilliantly written and in which the dialogue is the plot. Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy play wonderfully off each other and you almost feel you’re watching the events transpire in real-time. There is something wonderful about watching two people slowly fall in love with each other as they talk and get to know each other in a way that people rarely do. There’s also the charm of knowing there’s an expiration date to their encounter and the desperation of not wanting it to the end. I adore this movie, this couple, this saga, this director.

Reality Bites - Yes, I do have a thing for Ethan Hawke. Sue me. This is 90s Wynonna Ryder at her best and Hawke at his broodiest, bad-boy-est. This is the quintessential Generation X movie (that’s actually the title the movie was given in my country...) in which you see twenty-somethings struggling to become adults in a world that keeps changing the rules. It touches on many issues that are relatable to young adults while at the same time giving you an insight into this group of friends who try to navigate adulthood while remaining true to who they are. Wynonna and Ethan have insane chemistry, and their scenes together still give me butterflies. 

High Fidelity - A heartbroken John Cusack, who owns a record store and is obsessed with making lists, decides to make the list of his top five breakups, hunt down his exes and have heart-to-hearts about why they think their relationship didn’t work. He views these relationships and breakups as formative experiences that led him to where he is today and ultimately affected his most recent relationship, which he thought was the one. Great soundtrack, great cameos in minor roles, and John Cusack, for fuck’s sake, what more could you ask for?

Chasing Amy - Granted, this one probably doesn’t hold up so well in this day and age. I mean, comic book writer Ben Affleck falls for lesbian Joey Lauren Adams and actively tries to have her switch teams? Hmmm. Even when I watched this back then that part definitely felt ... wrong. Yet... I’ve always felt the message of the movie about sexuality - and ultimately about love - was that it is complex and it fluctuates and that we are kind of doomed if we keep slapping labels on ourselves and holding ourselves to the standards of said labels. There are definitely homophobic lines, but it’s a very interesting movie to watch mostly because of Alyssa’s character and her journey in the movie. Give it a try and tell me what you think. 

Just Friends - Another Ryan Reynolds flick, arguably more of a comedy than a rom-com but feels underrated either way. Former fatty Ryan has made a name for himself as a music producer or something after he escaped his hometown and the friend zone (I KNOW) he inhabited during his highschool years. Having to take care of pop star Anna Faris (who is absolutely hilarious in this movie), he ends up accidentally returning to his town and running into his high school crush and best friend again. Now exuding self-confidence because of his looks, he decides he will get her to sleep with him to fulfill his teenage fantasies. As he attempts to woo her, he slowly reverses to his high school appearance, which undermines his confidence and brings his issues to the surface. It’s a silly, fun movie that doesn’t pretend or aim to be anything else, and both Ryan’s and Anna’s comedic skills are brilliantly displayed in it. You’ll laugh a lot, is what I’m saying. 

[all-souls-matinee]

3. Sinister (2012)

dir. Scott Derrickson

Runtime: 109 minutes

Availability: Amazon Prime, YouTube

The plot is Hollywood horror at its most marketable. Man moves white middle class nuclear family into white middle class nuclear house for a ‘fresh start’, turns out house is demon haunted, people die horribly, and just when they think they’ve beaten the demon it comes back for one last scare. Most of said scares are simple cuts and loud noises engineered to make you jump out of your seat, and the boogieman design is from outsourced concept art that seemed creepy to producers, with a name made to sound both ‘pagan’ and ‘Babylonian’ (read: foreign).

So I HATE that this movie scares the everliving shit out of me.

I think the horror manages to elevate itself in a couple of different ways. First, Ethan Hawke is playing an Obsessive suited to a Hitchcock suspense thriller rather than the dad in a cheap haunted house flick. He’s not an everyman trying to do right by his family; he buys the place knowing people have been killed there hoping it’ll inspire him as a writer, and spends every night drinking whiskey and watching 8 MM snuff films in a pitch black attic (turn on the lights in your fucking house challenge.) The first two acts unravel almost as a procedural, with mr. husband-of-the-year and cop-friend playing detective with the films and wondering what demon Bughuul’s angle is. Most supernatural horror movies have a ‘figuring out how the bad guy works’ bit, but it’s often kept to a single scene, and I love when they instead manage to stretch that element slowly throughout the runtime.

Then there are the tapes themselves, which are rough on the ol eyeballs to say the least. We watch them alongside husband-of-the-year, and they are played as straight found footage snuff films. Demonic faces later found hidden in plain sight on each tape (fuck!!!!) adds a layer to the horror rather than being the only point to it, and the same can be said of the sound design, AKA the worst thing I have ever experienced. It’s so disjointed and jarring it makes me feel physically ill, adding something really rich and dreadful to the atmosphere.

Anything outside of the world of the tapes leans a little to heavily on mainstream 2010s horror tropes, which is a shame because the tapes take a backseat the entire third act of the movie. Act three relies almost entirely on writing (not the movie’s strong suit) and jumpscares but Even More (bad) to carry us over the finish line, and while it keeps up the atmosphere it’s mostly with the help of that goddamn sound design.

Trigger warnings: violence-wise? everything under the sun. the snuff films are not for the faint of heart as we’re now getting into the 2010s era of ‘’’‘realistic’’’ horror- watch out for hanging, burning, drowning, evisceration, ect

[lycanthology]

IGNORING the rest of the black phone it was really fucking funny to see ethan hawke play a serial killer. theyve got him in this stupid creepy devil mask but you can still see those 90s heartthrob puppy dog eyes of mr before sunrise himself. todd dead poets society off the shits. also they waxed his chest BALD despite it taking place in the 70s. sad!