July 12, 2019
We all love to talk about our Favorite Things, but it’s not always the latest and greatest that charms us. Sometimes it’s those foundational favorites, the works that shaped us, that we find ourselves returning to again and again. Here at Speculative Chic, we decided it was way past time to create a dedicated platform to shine a spotlight on these…
October 19, 2017
A high school boyfriend once took me to see a Friday the 13th film on our first date, quite possibly hoping horror = fear = girl clinging to his arm. Instead I spent the entire film laughing my ass off, as I’d laughed at many a Friday the 13th film before it. But that was a case of unintentionally funny…
October 13, 2017
Lakes exist all over the horror map, but there is none as famous as…
June 28, 2017
Star Trek: The Next Generation was the first TV series of which I devoured every episode. So I was stunned when ensign Tasha Yar was killed by a telekinetic entity. I didn’t know characters could die in TV series. I refused to watch any TNG episodes after that — so much for the Enterprise’s continuing mission! — but my friends…