Spooktober 2019: Oh No, Not This Again

Spooktober 2019: 

Oh No, Not This Again

Another year, another Spooktober. It's my favorite little movie tradition of the year (eking out Kurosawa during a snowstorm and "oh damn Robocop is on HBO2" Sunday. I'm not senselessly strict about the tradition, and will occasionally enjoy a horror movie outside of the confines of autumn, but I really do get an extra kick out of it this time of year. Maybe there's something about sticking to one overall genre, and getting a great perspective of the diversity of visions within. Maybe it's something to do with the weather turning cold and grey and facing a long and dark winter. Maybe it's because horror movies rule. I don't know. I'm not a philosopher.

Anyway, there's no telling how far I'll get this year. Last year I made it about half the month, and, you know, that's not bad. Like every year, this is a way for me to roll around the movies I just watched in my head a little bit more. It can make the whole experience that much more enjoyable. So if I don't make it the whole month, just understand that I got insanely frustrated with the Blogger html software and gave up.

And I don't know how I'll handle the reviews this year. Stars feel trite. My rating scale last year wasn't very effective. I can't really think of anything good right now. So I'll just make it up as I go along.

Happy Spookin'!

-Aaron