When the nerdy guy you met at a party starts doing calisthenics in his living room after performing science experiments on himself, be afraid…be very afraid. Join us as we kick off our body horror-themed month with 1986’s The Fly.

***CONTENT WARNING: discussions of abortion, death of an animal, terminal illness

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Sources:

• ‘DOES THIS LOOK LIKE A SICK MAN TO YOU?’: The Horror of Identity and the Identity of Horror in David Cronenberg’s ‘The Fly’ by Travis Woods: https://cinephiliabeyond.org/fly/#:~:text=In%20Cronenberg's%20The%20Fly%2C%20all,of%20their%20own%20masculine%20identities

• The Fly IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091064/trivia/

• • The Fly 1986 Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fly_(1986_film)
  • ‘I’m Becoming Brundlefly…’: Body Horror, Gender Dysphoria, and David Cronenberg’s 1986 sci-fi/horror The Fly by Lexi Bowen: https://medium.com/@transylvania/im-becoming-brundlefly-body-horror-gender-dysphoria-and-david-cronenberg-s-1986-a706d9a933f8

In this mall, the deals aren’t the only thing that’s killer. Be sure to stay alive while you shop till you drop in 1986’s Chopping Mall.

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Sources:

• Chopping MallWiki:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chopping_Mall

• Chopping MallIMDb:https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090837/

• JoBlo Horror Originals. “WTF Happened To Chopping Mall?” YouTube, 24 Mar. 2023,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYi6Avw2zEo&t=510s. Accessed 6 Jan. 2025.

• "Reaganomics."The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics, edited by David R. Henderson, Library of Economics and Liberty, https://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/Reaganomics.html. Accessed 6 Jan. 2025.

We’re quenching your thirst for a new-ish release and tackling our first sequel of the year - grab your product placement water and Pizza Hut to enjoy 2024's Smile 2.

***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of suicide, addiction, domestic violence, stalking

Minor spoilers for shows Midnight Mass and The Haunting of Bly Manor

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Sources:

• Smile IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29268110/trivia/

  Smile 2 Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smile_2