Scarecrow's Blog From the Darkside

I initially shared this on Letterboxd but decided instead to put it here: That moment where Sidney lets Stu know she wasn't about to just go quietly (while the birdbrain bleeds and bleeds) across the phone then gives Billy the umbrella stab surprise while dressed herself in the Ghost face costume, that was when I think she definitely secured her place as a slasher icon. The film could have kept Gale as just a fame-chasing narcissist but instead, with the Billy/Stu gun in her hand, the safety now off, gets her shot off. It's a nice character touch. Instead of the two seemingly being total rivals, they stand together. And I couldn't have believed that when Sidney punches Gale in the face at the beginning of the film.

I decided to just post this here instead of on Letterboxd. Just a brief thought about the film: That moment where Sidney lets Stu know she wasn't about to just go quietly (while the birdbrain bleeds and bleeds) across the phone then gives Billy the umbrella stab surprise while dressed herself in the Ghost face costume, that was when I think she definitely secured her place as a slasher icon. The film could have kept Gale as just a fame-chasing narcissist but instead, with the Billy/Stu gun in her hand, the safety now off, gets her shot off. It's a nice character touch. Instead of the two seemingly being total rivals, they stand together. And I couldn't have believed that when Sidney punches Gale in the face at the beginning of the film.

 This was a surprise when I was looking up the October schedule of SYFY. They don't do a lot of marathons besides the New Year's or the occasional 4th of July. Perhaps fitting the Halloween season, SYFY wanted to work in The Twilight Zone as a plus one. Thankfully I had the DVR running so if I had watched some horror films elsewhere -- my daughter wanted to work in FearFest 2024 AMC horror, four of the films watched Saturday -- I could begin from when SYFY started and try to get in as many as I could according to the time I had. SYFY kicked off their schedule with The Thirty Fathom Grave . 8:00 AM: S1 - E8102 The Thirty Fathom Grave (I really enjoy watching this one on Sci-fi Channel. I do wish this had come on Sunday afternoon. This feels like the perfect late Sunday episode.. I do feel that maybe if it was fit for the 30 minute format, it would be a lean, chilling, psychological tormenting of and the spirits of a downed sub’s supernatural pursuit of Kellin Chief Boatswain as ...