The Whorrors!

It’s a sleepover at Trish’s house complete with horoscopes, a pizza delivery, and screwing around…but not the type of pranks you’re expecting in Slumber Party Massacre (1982).

***CONTENT WARNING: sexual assault

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• Slumber Party Massacre (1982 Film) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Slumber_Party_Massacre 

• Slumber Party Massacre (1982) IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084695/  

• Dead Meat. “The Slumber Party Massacre (1982) KILL COUNT”. YouTube, uploaded 1 Nov. 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aE-pHxx13LE.

• Brock, Peyton. “The Slumber Party Massacre's Feminist Lens Subverts the Slasher.” Collider, 28 July 2021. https://collider.com/slumber-party-massacre-feminist-explained/  

We’re back from summer break with a slasher smackdown for the ages (or specifically and excruciatingly 2003), Freddy vs. Jason. 

***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of childhood trauma, sexual assault, self harm/suicide

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• Freddy vs Jason IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0329101/trivia/

• Freddy vs Jason Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freddy_vs._Jason

You’ve heard of Barbenheimer…but you’re not ready to get lost in the mazes of Backsession while we round out the second movie to take the internet and summertime by storm: Backrooms (2026). 

***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of substance abuse, mental illness, domestic violence, childhood trauma 

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• Backrooms film Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backrooms_(film)#Music

• Backrooms (Kane Parson’s Web Series) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backrooms_(web_series)

• Creepypasta: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creepypasta

• Film Theory: The Backrooms is Your WORST Nightmare: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Vnol6hT54I&t=907s

• The Backrooms Creepypasta Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Backrooms

• The History of The Backrooms - Horror History by CZsWorld: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1r058-VK8g&t=909s
  

Bear’s got a new girlfriend (along with some selfish tendencies, a lack of accountability, and a magic stick) and she’s literally obsessed - and so are we with 2026’s Obsession.

***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of sexual assault, suicide, domestic violence

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Sources: 

• ​Marceau, Alex. “Male Loneliness Epidemic: Research, Myths, and Coping Strategies.” Healthline, 20 Mar. 2026, https://www.healthline.com/health/mental-health/male-loneliness-epidemic. Accessed 3 June 2026.
• ​Man or bear Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_or_bear 
• ​“Obsessions: Behind-the-Scenes Facts and Trivia.” HuffPost UK, HuffPost UK, n.d., https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/obsessions-behind-the-scenes-facts-trivia_uk_6a1994c6e4b005ae4180366a. Accessed 3 June 2026.
• ​Obsession (2025 Film) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obsession_(2025_film)  
• ​Obsession (2025) IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt37287335/  
• ​"The History of the ‘Nice Guy’ Trope." The Crown & Shield.  https://crownandshield.ndsj.org/archives/15w7lirsd5s6oaob5ve42syls8tsno Accessed 3 June 2026. 
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Our action horror (or leather-trench-coat-laden) month comes to a close with a pop of excitement (and vampires as they explode) in 1998’s Blade.

***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of racial violence, sexual violence, drug use

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• Blade: A Mythos Empowered, A Dream Deferred by VyceVictus: https://vycevictus.medium.com/blade-a-mythos-empowered-a-dream-deferred-bb28c492a7dc

• Blade and the Power of Liminal Privilege by Brady Simenson: https://the-artifice.com/blade-analysis/

• Blade IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120611/trivia/

• Blade Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade_(1998_film)

• Blaxploitation film wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaxploitation

Vampires and werewolves (and Frankenstein's monster, and the Catholic church) collide once again in the battle for domination...can Kate Beckinsale come out on top again?? Find out in 2004's Van Helsing.

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• The Wolf Man (1941 film): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wolf_Man_(1941_film) 

• Van Helsing (Film) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Helsing_(film) 

• Van Helsing (2004) IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338526/ 

Werewolf: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werewolf

We’re still underground, we’re still flipping out, but we’re trading zombies for vampires, werewolves, and a love story for the ages in 2003’s Underworld. 

***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of racism/racial violence, enslavement

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• Kevin Grevioux talks Underworld: https://www.sknr.net/2008/06/19/kevin-grevioux-talks-underworld/

• Underworld 2003 IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0320691/trivia/

• Underworld 2003 Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underworld_(2003_film)

• Underworld franchise Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underworld_(film_series)

• Why Underworld Worked by Better with Bob: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLzZou4WPSI
  

We’re kicking off a month of high-flying slicing and dicing, fierce haircuts, and somewhat supernatural heroines with a train ride to Raccoon City in 2002’s Resident Evil.

***CONTENT WARNING: death of an animal

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• Resident Evil (2002 Film) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resident_Evil_(2002_film) 

• Resident Evil (2002) IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120804/ 

• Resident Evil (2002) Wiki Fandom https://residentevil.fandom.com/wiki/Resident_Evil_franchise 
  

Back [in Slovakia] by popular demand, we’re bathing in the praise of covering Hostel and getting covered in the carnage in Hostel: Part II (2007).

***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of trafficking, violence against a child, sexual violence

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• “Elizabeth Báthory.” Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia, Wikimedia Foundation, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_B%C3%A1thory. Accessed 11 May 2026.

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• Hostel: Part 2 (2007 Film) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hostel:_Part_II   

• Hostel: Part 2 (2007) IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0498353/ 

• Thorn, Mike. “Hostel: Part II and the Monster of Neoliberal Late-Capitalism.” The Film Stage, 8 June 2017, The Film Stage. Accessed 11 May 2026.
  

A car crash post kidnapping is bound to leave some brain fog, and it may make you see double.  Beware the siren to see what burns beneath the city streets of Silent Hill (2006).

***CONTENT WARNING: death of a child, sexual assault, religious abuse

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• Silent Hill Game wiki: https://silenthill.fandom.com/wiki/Silent_Hill_(franchise)#Video_games

• Silent Hill IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0384537/trivia/

• Silent Hill: Why Radha Mitchell’s Rose Gender-Flipped the Game’s Harry: https://screenrant.com/silent-hill-movie-radha-mitchell-genderflip-harry-game/

• Silent Hill Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_Hill_(film)

• Was Silent Hill (2006) Really That Bad? By Julian Martin: https://horrorpress.com/reviews/12617/was-silent-hill-2006-really-that-bad/