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VundaHalloweenathon Day 1: Freaky Favorites

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  VundaHalloweenathon Day 1: "Freaky Favorites" Welcome to the 4th annual VundaHalloweenathon! Our annual celebration of all things spooky and our very own 31 Day Horror Challenge! This year we start it off the same way we did last year: Freaky Favorites! A perfect way to celebrate the beginning of the spooky season with some of your personal favorites. There are no wrong answers to this one, as long as it has won your favor it is qualified for today's viewing.  Check out our TikTok all month long HERE.  Join the Letterboxd challenge HERE . RECOMMENDATIONS D-Rock: - The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) directed by Tobe Hooper - The Spine of Night (2021) directed by Philip Gelatt & Morgan Galen King - mother! (2017) directed by Darren Aronofsky - Candyman (1992) directed by Bernard Rose - Mandy (2018) directed by Panos Cosmatos - Barbarian (2022) directed by Zach Cregger Dani: - Gerald's Game  (2017) directed by Mike Flanagan - Suspiria (2018) directed by Luc...

#VundaHalloweenathon Day 22: "Black Horror"

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#VundaHalloweenAthon Day 22: "Black Horror" In defining today's theme we turn to a description outlined on the  website for  Horror Noire  Executive Producer Tananarive Due and author/screenwriter Steven Barnes's six-part online course , "The Sunken Place: Black Horror" (based on Due's UCLA class "The Sunken Place: Racism, Survival, and the Black Horror Aesthetic"): “We define 'Black Horror' as Horror by Black creators and/or featuring a Black protagonist(s) in service to a story through a Black lens. Black creators may (though not always) tackle themes of social justice, ritual and magic, ancestors, and Black survival in their work. But all Black Horror combats the erasure of Black voices in Horror.” D-Rock: -Adult Swim Yule Log (2022) directed by Casper Kelly -Nanny (2022) directed by Nikyatu Jusu -- Amazon Prime -Candyman (2021) directed by Nia DaCosta -- Peacock -His House (2020) directed by Remi Weekes (United Kingdom) -- Netflix -...

#VundaHalloweenAthon Day 14: "Black Horror"

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  #VundaHalloweenAthon Day 14: "Black Horror" In defining the theme we turn to a description outlined on the  website for  Horror Noire  Executive Producer Tananarive Due and author/screenwriter Steven Barnes's six-part online course , "The Sunken Place: Black Horror" (based on Due's UCLA class "The Sunken Place: Racism, Survival, and the Black Horror Aesthetic"): “We define 'Black Horror' as Horror by Black creators and/or featuring a Black protagonist(s) in service to a story through a Black lens. Black creators may (though not always) tackle themes of social justice, ritual and magic, ancestors, and Black survival in their work. But all Black Horror combats the erasure of Black voices in Horror.” Here are some of our picks from last year .  Check out our tiktok videos!! Here's our watchlist for today... D-Rock:  - Us (2019) directed by Jordan Peele - 2h 1m - Candyman (1992) directed by Bernard Rose - 1h 39m - His House (2020) dire...

#VundaHalloweenAthon Day 2: "Black Horror"

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Welcome to Day 2 of our #VundaHalloweenAthon  The 2nd theme of the month is  "Black Horror."  This Saturday is a great day to get your spooky vibes and celebrate some Black Horror classics (or new classics).  In defining the theme we turn to a description outlined on the website for  Horror Noire Executive Producer Tananarive Due and author/screenwriter Steven Barnes's six-part online course , "The Sunken Place: Black Horror" (based on Due's UCLA class "The Sunken Place: Racism, Survival, and the Black Horror Aesthetic"): “We define 'Black Horror' as Horror by Black creators and/or featuring a Black protagonist(s) in service to a story through a Black lens. Black creators may (though not always) tackle themes of social justice, ritual and magic, ancestors, and Black survival in their work. But all Black Horror combats the erasure of Black voices in Horror.” It might be an oldie you just never got around to seeing or something from a fresh ...