October 19, 2019
Greetings, boils and ghouls! I’m channeling the man of your screams — The Cryptkeeper — for this week’s Roundup, as an exorcise in truly terrible puns. Nothing inspiders more terror than awkward wordplay that requires far too much effort on my part, but I’m going to give it a try until I get the fang of it…or spontaneously combust from…
October 17, 2019
Welcome to Day 17 in our month-long horror movie madness here at Speculative Chic! Today on The Kasturi/Files, we talk about Jordan Peele’s deeply strange movie, Us. Plus a weird cocktail. This time we had a tough time finding book recommendations that really fit, because Peele’s movie is so uniquely his own very odd thing, that we couldn’t think of…
March 26, 2019
Welcome back to Sound Off!, a semi-regular column where members of Speculative Chic gather together to chat about the latest BIG THING in entertainment. This time, face your own doppelgangers and discuss Us, which premiered in the United States on Friday, March 22, 2019. Sound Off! is meant to be a reaction, but not necessarily a review. After all, while we are…
January 17, 2019
Before Jordan Peele was an award-winning movie director and screenwriter, he spent five seasons on Key and Peele, the 30 minute comedic skit show on Comedy Central with fellow comedian Keegan-Michael Key. That’s where I became of a fan of Peele. So, when I found out he was writing and directing a horror movie called Get Out, I was skeptical.…