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8 years ago @ The Toast - Cocktail Hour: Open Th... · 8 replies · +20 points

The Halloween entertainment thread up top reminded me of the impending release of CRIMSON PEAK!

Who else is basically dying of readiness for this movie? It looks like everything I've ever wanted.

8 years ago @ The Toast - Cocktail Hour: Open Th... · 0 replies · +20 points

AGREE. I'm glad he seems like a good Pope but like...he's the Pope. We are not a religious nation. (ha ha.) It feels super weird.

8 years ago @ The Toast - Cocktail Hour: Open Th... · 2 replies · +5 points

I don't think any of these are actually set on Halloween, but I'd watch 'em on Halloween. Mostly comedy-horror because comedy-horror is my fave!

Fright Night (the remake, with Chekov and David Tennant and scary Colin Farrell with ominous eyebrows)
Slither (eeeew!)
The Evil Dead (original or remake! both are fun in different ways - just know in advance the new one is quite gory and less funny, steel yourself)
The Company of Wolves (this movie is hella weird but it would be fun to sit around with a bunch of feminists and get drunk watching this)
more classic choices: Dead Snow, Cabin in the Woods, Tucker & Dale vs Evil

Honorable mention: Attack the Block, which has nothing to do with Halloween, but is a great addition to any list of movies regardless of relevance.

8 years ago @ The Toast - On My Mother and the P... · 0 replies · +5 points

"hair-raising" is the perfect descriptor for that attitude. It's in the uncanny valley of points of view - like, it could maybe be real if you squint, but something isn't right.

8 years ago @ The Toast - Link Roundup! And Rede... · 1 reply · +14 points

It is my personal opinion that a lightly structured (or very structured) knee-length skirt is among the most universally flattering articles of clothing possible. It's true that dresses are generally comfier than skirts, but men already know about kilts, so maybe skirts are a better way of sidling up to sartorial gender neutrality.

(abolish pants!)

8 years ago @ The Toast - Link Roundup! And Rede... · 3 replies · +20 points

CHILDERMASS! Although I actually think John Segundus or Mr. Honeyfoot would also be very good cat names.

8 years ago @ The Toast - Cocktail Hour: Open Th... · 1 reply · +3 points

Do you have any tips for Boston area apt hunting? It's so intimidating and I am new at this aaaa

8 years ago @ The Toast - Cocktail Hour: Open Th... · 0 replies · +3 points

I don't know! I want to support him but haven't purchased yet. (my 14-year-old sister, who also loves his stuff, got me a great t-shirt from his shop that says BEARS WILL EAT YOU on it.)

And yes! He already had a great sense of humor in the early stuff but now everything looks cute too - economical but expressive.

8 years ago @ The Toast - Cocktail Hour: Open Th... · 1 reply · +2 points

Dude, YES. Is that the one with the lizard-head guy? I read that as a late teen and it was WILD and I loved it! I remember it being super weird and interesting and terrible things happening to characters I liked.

8 years ago @ The Toast - Cocktail Hour: Open Th... · 3 replies · +5 points

I am going to seize this opportunity to recommend webcomics that I don't see people talk about a lot, because I love them.

Everyone loves Kate Beaton (she is, as Kraven would say, BEST), but have you read:

Bad Machinery/Scary Go Round by John Allison? His snarky British schoolchildren and teens are some of the most hilarious, sympathetic characters in my comics-reading life. (skip to the stories with Shauna and Lottie and sometimes Mildred; Shelley is just ok) John Allison also posts great music recommendations!

Necropolis by Jake Wyatt? Ok, truth time: I follow Jake Wyatt on tumblr and his art style is so perfect I can't handle it, but I am saving up a bunch of Necropolis updates to read at once so I'm pretty behind on this. this is also true of

The Abominable Charles Christopher by Karl Kerschl (sp?), which has made me cry. This guy draws nature so, so well, in a way that reminds me strongly of Bill Watterson, and he is amazing at conveying a lot with minimal dialogue.

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