Media Diary

I watch and read a lot. Here’s some of it.

Table of Contents

Books #

Most Recent Books #

American Rapture
Author: CJ Leede
What It Takes to Heal
Author: Prentis Hemphill
The Four Agreements
Author: Don Miguel Ruiz
CPTSD: From Surviving to Thriving
Author: Pete Walker
Radical Compassion
Author: Tara Brach
Feeding Your Demons
Author: Tsultrim Allione

Less Recent #

Witches, Witch-hunting, and Women
Author: Silvia Federici
Design as an Attitude
Author: Alice Rawsthorn
A Light Most Hateful
Author: Hailey Piper
Last Days
Author: Adam Nevill
The Black Spider
Author: Jeremias Gotthelf
Silver Nitrate
Author: Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Halloween Season
Author: Lucy Snyder
Sister, Maiden, Monster
Author: Lucy Snyder
Outrage Machine
Author: Tobias Rose-Stockwell
Little Eve
Author: Catriona Ward
The Last House on Needless Street
Author: Catriona Ward
Looking Glass Sound
Author: Catriona Ward
Dark Delicacies Vol. 1
Author: Various
Notes on Complexity
Author: Neil Theise
The Handyman Method
Author: Nick Cutter and Andrew F. Sullivan
Salem’s Lot
Author: Stephen King
The Destroyer of Worlds (A Return to Lovecraft Country)
Author: Matt Ruff

Little Heaven
Author: Nick Cutter

The Deep
Author: Nick Cutter
The Troop
Author: Nick Cutter
Queen of Teeth
Author: Hailey Piper
The Butcher
Author: Jennifer Hillier
Chaos Machine
Author: Max Fisher
Mind Gut Connection
Author: Emeran Mayer
Brain Energy
Author: Christopher M. Palmer MD
Pretty Marys All in a Row
Author: Gwendolyn Kiste
Boneset & Feathers
Author: Gwendolyn Kiste
The Rust Maidens
Author: Gwendolyn Kiste
Reluctant Immortals
Author: Gwendolyn Kiste
Old Souls: The Sages and Mystics of Our World
Author: Aletheia Luna
Sundial
Author: Catriona Ward
The Paris Apartment
Author: Lucy Foley (Strikethrough)
Come As You Are
Author: Emily Nagoski Ph.D.
Even The Worm Will Turn
Author: Hailey Piper
No Gods for Drowning
Author: Hailey Piper
The Worm and His Kings
Author: Hailey Piper
Your Mind Is a Terrible Thing
Author: Hailey Piper
Echo
Author: Thomas Olde Heuvelt
Hex
Author: Thomas Olde Heuvelt
Malorie: A Bird Box Novel
Author: Josh Malerman
The Living Dead
Author: George Romero
How Minds Change
Author: David McRaney

Film & TV #

Film #

Nosferatu
Nosferatu
The Big Lebowski
The Big Lebowski
Annihilation
Annihilation
You Won’t Be Alone
You Won’t Be Alone
It Follows
It Follows
The Dark and the Wicked
The Dark and the Wicked

Fiction #

The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward
The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward
Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt
Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt
Queen of Teeth by Hailey Piper
Queen of Teeth by Hailey Piper

Non-Fiction #

Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport
Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport
Mind Gut Connection by Emeran Mayer
Mind Gut Connection by Emeran Mayer
Humankind by Rutger Bregman
Humankind by Rutger Bregman
Surviving Death by Leslie Kean
Surviving Death by Leslie Kean

Weirdest #

Possession
Most unexpected squid pro quo in cinematic history.

Best Soundtrack #

It Follows
My synthwave obsession started here.
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
If I’ve gotta die, I want it to be to this soundtrack.

Most Surprising #

Bones and All
Surprisingly easy to stomach.
Titane
Hear me out, Rosemary’s baby, but a car.

Comforting #

The Big Lebowski
Yes, that’s like, my opinion, man.
Addams Family
If your relationship goals aren’t Morticia and Gomez, then please rethink your life.
Shaun of the Dead
Needs no further explanation.

Vibes #

Atomic Blonde
HEALTH’s Blue Monday cover is as good as the original, and I will accept no counter arguments.
The Hunger
David Bowie as a vampire plus Peter Murphy doing a performance? Yes, please.
Sleepy Hollow
It’s here that Christina Ricci secured forever her grown as goth queen.

“Good for Her” #

Midsommar
Best way to get rid of a toxic ex. Also, is Ari Aster okay? How does someone write this?
The Witch
May we all live so deliciously.

Visually Stunning #

The Tragedy of Macbeth
Every frame of this is a painting.
Blade Runner 2049
It’s the cyberpunk dystopia I most want to inhabit.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
The use of color and cute 00’s vibes are beautiful.
Mad Max Fury Road (black and chrome)
At least I don’t have to worry about trying to hear Tom Hardy like I do in literally every other movie.

Relatable Origin Story #

John Wick
There would be cataclysmic chaos and horror if someone messed with my dog.
What We Do In The Shadows (s6)
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I’ll miss this weird, lovely show.
What We Do In The Shadows
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½
I’m so glad they made this movie, because without it there wouldn’t be a show.
The Mighty Boosh (s1–s3)
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
God this is weird and I love it.
The Good Place (s1–s3)
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
What a heartwarming, hilarious show with a great premise.
Rear Window
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½
Excellent lighting, building of tension.
The Birds
⭐️
Too much joking, not enough birds, certainly not enough of a story.
2024
Nosferatu
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Eggers just gets tighter and tighter with his storytelling. Loved the adaptation.
The Princess Bride
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½
I don’t know how I made it this long without seeing it, but it was lovely and joyful and cute.
Poor Things
6/10
Significant Other
No Notes
Longlegs
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I’m so glad this weird film exists. Nic Cage is delightfully evil.
Maxxxine
⭐️⭐️⭐️½
A fun but slow story.
Heretic
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Surprisingly tight, very heavy on religious trauma.
Godzilla VS Kong: The New Empire
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
It’s a 10 for personal reasons. The movie was cute garbage.
Rocky Horror Picture Show
No Notes
Doctor Sleep
No Notes
Donnie Darko
No Notes
Grandma’s Boy
No Notes
Everything Everywhere All At Once
No Notes
It Follows
No Notes
Letterkenny (s1–s11)
No Notes
The Mighty Boosh (s1–s3)
No Notes
What We Do In The Shadows (s6)
No Notes
John Wick
No Notes
Alien Romulus
No Notes
Furiosa
No Notes
Deadpool and Wolverine
No Notes
2023
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
No Notes
Anna and the Apocalypse
No Notes
Bottoms
No Notes
Escaping Twin Flames
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½
Talk to Me
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½
TMNT: Mutant Mayhem
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½
Asteroid City
No Notes
What We Do In the Shadows (s5)
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½
Foundation (s2)
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½
River
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½
The Descent 2
No Notes
The Blackening
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½
The Lost Boys
No Notes
Return to Seoul
No Notes
Squaring the Circle
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½
Oppenheimer
No Notes
Barbie
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½
Evil Dead Rise
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½
Scream VI
No Notes
The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster
No Notes
Come to Daddy
No Notes
John Wick: Chapter 4
No Notes
Scream VI
No Notes
Renfield
No Notes
Hellbender
No Notes
One Cut of the Dead
No Notes
The Devil to Pay
No Notes
Evil Dead II
No Notes
The Sadness
No Notes
M3GAN
No Notes
Bones and All
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½
Logan
No Notes
TÁR
No Notes
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
No Notes
Triangle of Sadness
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½
The Conjuring
No Notes
The Babadook
No Notes
Halloween
No Notes
World War Z
No Notes
The Neon Demon
No Notes
The Conjuring 2
No Notes
Zombieland: Double Tap
No Notes
The Purge
No Notes
Crimson Peak
No Notes
Scream 4
No Notes
Alien: Covenant
No Notes
Creep
No Notes
I Saw the Devil
No Notes
The Dead Don’t Die
No Notes
Evil Dead
No Notes
The Nun
No Notes
Velvet Buzzsaw
No Notes
Warm Bodies
No Notes
The Autopsy of Jane Doe
No Notes
Annabelle
No Notes
Annabelle: Creation
No Notes
The Cloverfield Paradox
No Notes
Annabelle Comes Home
No Notes
Child’s Play
No Notes
Unsane
No Notes
Apostle
No Notes
A Nightmare on Elm Street
No Notes
The Curse of La Llorona
No Notes
Let Me In
No Notes
Resident Evil: Retribution
No Notes
Slender Man
No Notes
The Invisible Man
No Notes
Smile
No Notes
Candyman
No Notes
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
No Notes
Army of the Dead
No Notes
Halloween Kills
No Notes
The Menu
No Notes
2022
The French Dispatch
No Notes
Antlers
No Notes
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
No Notes
Nightmare Alley
No Notes
In the Earth
No Notes
The Batman
No Notes
Fresh
No Notes
Licorice Pizza
No Notes
The Power of the Dog
No Notes
Dune
No Notes
Don’t Look Up
No Notes
The Dark Knight
No Notes
The Medium
No Notes
Raw
No Notes
Titane
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½
The Northman
No Notes
Everything Everywhere All at Once
No Notes
The Night House
No Notes
Green Room
No Notes
The Ritual
No Notes
The Dark and the Wicked
No Notes
Censor
No Notes
Malignant
No Notes
Happy Death Day
No Notes
Possum
No Notes
Caveat
No Notes
Saint Maud
No Notes
Mandy
No Notes
Get Out
No Notes
Last Night in Soho
No Notes
10 Cloverfield Lane
No Notes
The Lighthouse
No Notes
Spree
No Notes
Relic
No Notes
Ready or Not
No Notes
X
No Notes
It Comes at Night
No Notes
12 Hour Shift
No Notes
Come True
No Notes
The Invitation
No Notes
His House
No Notes
Possessor
No Notes
Don’t Breathe
No Notes
Color Out of Space
No Notes
In Fabric
No Notes
Till Death
No Notes
The Handmaiden
No Notes
Prey
No Notes
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
No Notes
Incantation
No Notes
The Blob
No Notes
The Descent
No Notes
Hair Wolf
No Notes
Fight Club
No Notes
Pulp Fiction
No Notes
Gone Girl
No Notes
Knives Out
No Notes
The Wolf of Wall Street
No Notes
Inception
No Notes
The Grand Budapest Hotel
No Notes
The Shining
No Notes
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
No Notes
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
No Notes
Inglourious Basterds
No Notes
Lady Bird
No Notes
The Godfather
No Notes
The Silence of the Lambs
No Notes
Blade Runner 2049
No Notes
Little Women
No Notes
The Social Network
No Notes
Little Miss Sunshine
No Notes
Black Panther
No Notes
Her
No Notes
Donnie Darko
No Notes
Drive
No Notes
Jojo Rabbit
No Notes
The Matrix
No Notes
Fantastic Mr. Fox
No Notes
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
No Notes
1917
No Notes
Thirst
No Notes
Blood Quantum
No Notes
You Won’t Be Alone
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Glass Onion
No Notes
Home Alone
No Notes
Nope
No Notes
Pearl
No Notes
Barbarian
No Notes
Interstellar
No Notes
Joker
No Notes
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
No Notes
The Addams Family
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½
Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½
Run
No Notes
The Woman King
No Notes
The Black Phone
No Notes
Moonage Daydream
No Notes
The Tinder Swindler
No Notes
Crimes of the Future
No Notes
Funny Pages
No Notes
Men
No Notes
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½
After Yang
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½
Scream
No Notes
Bodies Bodies Bodies
No Notes
Hellraiser
No Notes
See How They Run
No Notes
Bad Santa
No Notes
A Christmas Story Christmas
No Notes
The People vs. Larry Flynt
No Notes
The Suicide Squad
No Notes
Promising Young Woman
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½
House of Gucci
No Notes
I Care a Lot
No Notes
The Tragedy of Macbeth
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½
The Woman in the Window
No Notes
The Social Dilemma
No Notes
The Hunt
No Notes
Decision to Leave
No Notes
2021 & Before
The Wailing
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½
The Perfection
No Notes
Ravenous
No Notes
Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½
A Tale of Two Sisters
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½
Moonrise Kingdom
No Notes
#Alive
No Notes
Train to Busan
No Notes
Peninsula
No Notes
Fear Street: 1994
No Notes
Black Widow
No Notes
No Sudden Move
No Notes
Zola
No Notes
Cruella
No Notes
In the Heights
No Notes
Parasite
No Notes
A Quiet Place Part II
No Notes
Bo Burnham: Inside
No Notes
Atomic Blonde
No Notes
Fear Street: 1978
No Notes
Slaxx
No Notes
John Wick
No Notes
John Wick: Chapter 2
No Notes
John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum
No Notes
Gunpowder Milkshake
No Notes
A Classic Horror Story
No Notes
Fear Street: 1666
No Notes
Midsommar
No Notes
Orpheus
No Notes
Mayhem
No Notes
Vicious Fun
No Notes
Jurassic Park
No Notes
An Unquiet Grave
No Notes
The Beyond
No Notes
Ringu
No Notes
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
No Notes
Rosemary’s Baby
No Notes
A Quiet Place
No Notes
Us
No Notes
Black Swan
No Notes
It
No Notes
American Psycho
No Notes
Alien
No Notes
The Witch
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½
Annihilation
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½
Jaws
No Notes
mother!
No Notes
Shaun of the Dead
No Notes
The Thing
No Notes
What We Do in the Shadows
No Notes
It Chapter Two
No Notes
Zombieland
No Notes
Halloween
No Notes
It Follows
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½
The Cabin in the Woods
No Notes
Blood Red Sky
No Notes
Lucky
No Notes
Jungle Cruise
No Notes
Hereditary
No Notes
The Stylist
No Notes
Malevolent
No Notes
28 Days Later
No Notes
Insidious
No Notes
Sinister
No Notes
Shutter
No Notes
Before the Fire
No Notes
Animal House
No Notes
The Host
No Notes
Jennifer’s Body
No Notes
Resident Evil: Afterlife
No Notes
Rubber
No Notes
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter
No Notes
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
No Notes
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
No Notes
The Crazies
No Notes
Lords of Chaos
No Notes
Life After Beth
No Notes
Cargo
No Notes
Black Christmas
No Notes
The Lords of Salem
No Notes
The Silence
No Notes