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Horror Spinsters
May 19, 20195 min read
Witchy Willow: A Teenage Transformation
Post by: Jessica Music: Witchy/Selenophile Playlist on Spotify This post is part one of a three-part series about Willow Rosenberg’s...
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Horror Spinsters
May 18, 20193 min read
Hexing the Hegemonic: Willow as Watcher
Guest Post: Ash of Horror Vanguard Giles gets off easy from the greater BtVS fandom. His lovable, “sexy fuddy-duddy” nature eclipses his...
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Horror Spinsters
May 14, 20191 min read
LSJTD: The Grudge
May 2019 I never followed the trend of Japanese horror remakes when it was popular. I remember seeing The Ring and it terrified me. The...
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Horror Spinsters
May 14, 20191 min read
LSTJD: Hatchet
June 2019 What can I say about this ridiculous film? Hello, boys of the 2000s! We got the emo looking sensitive young man something...
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Horror Spinsters
May 12, 20195 min read
Warrior Women: Death & Resurrection
Post by Kelly I have watched the ending of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, season five, many, many times. The epic sacrifice Buffy makes by...
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Horror Spinsters
May 5, 20194 min read
"She needed a Hero. So that's what she became"
Post by: Jessica "In every generation, there is a chosen one... she alone will stand against the vampires, the demons and the forces of...
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Horror Spinsters
Apr 25, 20195 min read
Alien: Resurrection (1997)
Review by Kelly “200 years after her death, Ellen Ripley is revived as a powerful human/alien hybrid clone. Along with a crew of space...
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Horror Spinsters
Apr 20, 20197 min read
Breaking Quarantine: Ripley and Reproductive Rights
Post by: Jessica with contribution from Kelly This has been an idea that I have been ruminating about for the past few weeks and feel...
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Horror Spinsters
Apr 14, 20191 min read
LSJTD: Apollo 18
April 2019 This film freaked me out! A found footage film in Space! Fuck that. While watching it I felt claustrophobic and terrified for...
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Horror Spinsters
Apr 14, 20194 min read
Xtro
Review by Kelly “A man who was abducted by aliens returns to his family three years later, but his presence affects them negatively.”...
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Horror Spinsters
Apr 7, 20194 min read
“This is Ripley, last survivor of the Nostromo, signing off." - Ellen Ripley
Post by: Jessica Okay, so don’t shoot me, but I had really only became a fan of the Alien franchise about four years ago. I had always...
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Horror Spinsters
Apr 5, 20193 min read
Europa Report
Review by Kelly “An international crew of astronauts undertakes a privately funded mission to search for life on Jupiter's fourth largest...
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Horror Spinsters
Mar 24, 20192 min read
Dark Star
Review by Kelly "In the far reaches of space, a small crew, 20 years into their solitary mission, find things beginning to go hilariously...
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Horror Spinsters
Mar 23, 20193 min read
The Unimaginable Horror of H. P. Lovecraft
post by: Jessica When I first discovered the work of H.P. Lovecraft, I was in my second year of university and I did not know what I was...
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Horror Spinsters
Mar 17, 20193 min read
Assault on Precinct 13 (1978)
Review by Kelly “An unlikely partnership between a Highway Patrol Officer, two criminals, and a station secretary is formed to defend a...
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Horror Spinsters
Mar 14, 20191 min read
LSJTD: Christine
March 2019 I was disappointed by this film. I went into it expecting something marvelous by John Carpenter, but I ended up feeling bored...
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Horror Spinsters
Mar 10, 20193 min read
Ghosts of Mars
Review by Kelly “In 2176, a Martian police unit is sent to pick up a highly dangerous criminal at a remote mining post. Upon arrival, the...
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Horror Spinsters
Mar 9, 20195 min read
The Original Dangerous Women and the concept of evil women in John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness
Blog post : Jessica The supernatural elements in the horror genre are often associated with the concept of moral evil. Elements of the...
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Horror Spinsters
Mar 3, 20192 min read
The Ward
Review by Kelly “An institutionalized young woman becomes terrorized by a ghost.” For the month of March, I will be reviewing the...
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Horror Spinsters
Feb 22, 20193 min read
Spinning Some Thoughts about WiHMX 2019
Post: Jessica The month of February has always been a conflicting time of year for Spinster # 1. This has been due to the fact that some...
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