teslac0ils

I've had the idea for a while to start just watching a movie a week to get me some culture because I have not seen most movies that "everyone" has seen. I'm going to start weekly movie posting this weekend I think, because I saw Midsommar recently and that seems like a good one to kick this off.

There's a pleasingly substantial amount of horror on my list. Possibly because everyone who helped me build the list is a horror fan. Possibly because even when I was more of a movie-watcher in my youth I was attracted to more obscure/foreign horror and also oddball stuff like Troma films. Maybe some combination of these things. Whatever the reason, it's a good time for me to start on these because I had an idea for a story that needs to involve a lot of stock horror monsters. And will need me to be well acquainted with them in mainstream American horror in particular. This is all coming together at a good time, is what I'm saying. I'm not just generally catching up on pop culture, I'm also doing research for my writing project!

My sister is the big person in my life encouraging me to write this thing. We just had a phone call that concluded with the thought that if I plan to do clown-centric research I may need to make a visit to the circus museum up by Devil's Lake. I love when someone gets to say a sentence like that.