The Spooky World of Chris Ringler
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Spooky Chris discusses modern horror films, emphasizing the genre's versatility and his passion for physical media. He invites listeners to enjoy the conversation while exploring his other podcasts, reviews, blogs, and books available at spookychris.com, encouraging a deeper engagement with the horror community.
Full transparency, I know director Geno McGahee. I met him in a terribly embarrassing way. I reviewed a film of Geno’s years and years ago called RISE OF THE SCARECROWS and I slagged it in a really petty, mean-spirited way. He was good enough to reach out to me after to thank me for the… Continue reading SCARY TALES – Dark Walker – review
If you have stopped by the site before, well, HI, thanks for ignoring the bleeding walls and wailing pillow cushions and returning. There are a few different sections on the site to check out but one that you may not have explored is my podcast. I started the podcast in 2020 as COVID-19 was starting… Continue reading Hey! It’s the Spooky Chris Podcast
It’s so interesting seeing how influencer culture has become such a prevalent part of found footage. It makes sense in that it has become such a huge part of modern American society. People wanting others to see their lives, acknowledge their lives, and follow their lives. Needing to be seen and wanting to turn our… Continue reading MILK & SERIAL – found footage review
The term elevated horror is the sort of silliness that only comes from embarrassed actors, directors, and production companies that don’t want their hands dirtied by a genre like horror. They love making their money from the fans but don’t want to admit to having made a dirty horror film. There have always been horror… Continue reading Broken Bird – movie review
As I have said before, one of the great things about found footage films is that it isn’t about the budget, it’s about the ambition. If you are committed to the story and have some ingenuity you can pull off almost anything. Saying that, you still need to put the work in. With the first… Continue reading TAHOE JOE 2 – The Sierra Nevada Bigfoot Conspiracy – found footage review
I watch a fair share of movies, I just don't review them all. I figure everyone else is handling that, but, well, for the sake of the slacks... ALIEN: ROMULUS A refried re-hash of the rest of the films in the main series that just works. It has a great lead performance, a crackling pace,… Continue reading Movie Review – New Movie Quick Hits
Well, this is a nice change of pace - a found-footage crime film. I have seen them before, but they are pretty few a far between. There’s more chance of a profit from a horror film, as horror geeks will just about watch anything. I have to admit though that making a drama, or a… Continue reading THE ESSEX BOYS TAPES – found footage
Fandom, like society, has lost its collective mind. Where once it was understood that fandoms clashed, that fans would butt heads, and that there would always be a What I Like Is Better Than What You Like argument, it’s all gone far, far past what was once good-natured fun. We can’t just LIKE things anymore,… Continue reading Nothing Good Can Come of This
I find it hard to wrap my head around parents today. On one hand, they fret and worry over ‘predators’ and ‘grooming’ and want to safeguard their kids from the world all while they create social media accounts for them so they can be ‘influencers’ and followed by strangers. It’s weird. On one hand it… Continue reading LIFE OF BELLE – found footage review
There is something wholly insidious about how humans have found ways to weaponize every last thing we rely on to reach out into the world. As technology has evolved, so too have abusers and stalkers, and with a strong online support system of like-minded sickos, it’s become a scary time for a lot of people.… Continue reading RATTER – found footage review
Three cheers for the trash. Let’s celebrate the trash, shall we? The things that we love that others deride and hate. The art, the music, the movies, the books, the television, the whatever it is that makes our hearts sing and brings ridicule from those around us. Let us raise a glass and toast these… Continue reading Trash
There is something sad about this race toward the future that we seem bent on. And by we, I am in that group. Hi, it’s me. We all want convenience, we want what we want the moment we want it, and it seems we’re willing to pay more to get these things. There’s nothing necessarily… Continue reading Drive-Ins and Us
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