It’s official: Grady Hendrix has cemented himself as one of my favorite authors. With his 2018 novel, We Sold Our Souls, I think it’s pretty clear that he’s just never going to disappoint me. First he had me horror, and this time he adds in heavy metal!
Read moreThe Shrink Next Door – Miniseries Review
While this is definitely much different than the horrid truths that were revealed in Peacock’s Dr. Death, Apple TV+’s The Shrink Next Door was almost as mind blowing. In this 8-part miniseries, we see how one emotionally vulnerable man was ruthlessly swindled by his psychiatrist.
Read moreWeekend Movie Review
Even after watching the entire Scream franchise last week, you know I had to make time for some other movies over the weekend. And yes, that did include another viewing of Scream 5. I stand by my thoughts on it in a spoiler-free capacity. Other than that, some other new films made the cut.
Read moreUnderoath – Voyeurist Album Review
Since Underoath’s return to the music scene, I’ve been living off of their 2018 release, Erase Me, but the wait is finally over and the band has blessed our ears with Voyeurist. This album seems to take all of the band’s influences over the years and combines them into one very cohesive and badass piece of music.
Read moreScream Franchise Review
This past week, in honor of the fifth installment of Scream hitting theaters, I decided to go back and revisit the prior four films. I am fairly confident I haven’t watched any of these since the last one came out in 2011. There was the short-lived MTV series based on the Scream IP that I watched from 2015-2019, but it didn’t include any of the characters that are synonymous with this particular franchise. But we’ll dig a little bit more into the newest film at the end. And I promise, no spoilers!
Read moreFan Art Friday: Scream
In honor of the latest Scream installment coming out to day, here is a drawing I did a couple years ago for someone!
Read moreDan Black – Do Not Revenge Album Review
Back during my senior year of high school, Dan Black’s debut album, Un, was on repeat in my car for at least a full year. It was something my sister and I legitimately never grew tired of, and we still love it to this day. Somehow, his follow-up album, some seven years later slipped under our radar, but now I’m finally giving Do Not Revenge its time in the sun.
Read moreWeekend Movie Review
I made a valiant effort this weekend to squeeze in a couple of movies a day, and was almost as successful as I was hoping to be. Sadly, sleep got the better of me last night and I only made it through 30 minutes of The Tender Bar. Look out for that next weekend. In the meantime, check out what made the cut!
Read moreBook Review: The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
After enjoying Grady Hendrix’s latest novel, The Final Girl Support Group, I knew I needed to check out more of his work. Luckily, my local library had another one of his novels in stock! After reading The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires, Hendrix has definitely earned himself a spot on my favorite authors list.
Read moreTruth Be Told Season 2
The first season of Truth Be Told ended up pleasantly surprising me with how mysterious it was, so I was relatively excited to catch the new season. They took it in the direction of an anthology, with a new mystery that Poppy gets herself entangled with this season.
While last season saw an intense story involving the Cave family, this season focuses on a long friendship between Poppy and now worldwide influencer, Micah Keith. Poppy and Micah grew up together and helped each other survive, with each woman finding immense success as adults. Micah published a book about her time living on the streets and all other sorts of hardships that come along with that. After leaving an exhibit honoring the book an the work she now does at a facility called Shelter, the group head back to her husband’s loft to find him dead.
From there, Micah asks for Poppy’s help, and thus, Poppy has her next podcast topic! There was another guy found dead with Micah’s husband, Josh, so the question is were they lovers? Nope. Answered pretty quickly that it was his son that Micah never knew about. While I thought that would have been an interesting take, the twists and turns this season takes really took me on a journey. They find their next suspect in Micha’s assistant, but that theory is put to rest when a Shelter employee, Holt, kills him. From there, Poppy learns that Holt and Micah are lovers and that they lived together on the streets. Well, I’d agree with Poppy in that it makes Micah look pretty dang guilty.
In the end, some gang is fairly involved, too, but the reveal kind of reminded me a little of Legally Blonde. You’ll have to watch to see what I mean. I suppose when that reveal happened it made sense, and it was perfectly satisfying. What really beefed things up this season, just like last season, was the personal lives of these people. It turns out Micah’s book was made up of stories that belonged to the life of another friend, Rose. Yikes! Before all that gets revealed though, Poppy must also come forward about the abuse she suffered at the hands of Miss Shirley, who watched Poppy while her father was in prison. This eats away at her father, but it gets turned up to eleven when Poppy questions whether or not he’s her real father. She thinks she gets an answer, but at the end we find out he’s not, and burns the evidence to prove otherwise. Poor Poppy also gets served divorce papers, too!
All in all, it was another compelling story. Kate Hudson was actually pretty dang good as Micah, and as always, Octavia Spencer is magnetic in this role, just like all her others. I know this show already got picked up for another season, so I’ll be interested to see if any new characters carry over and what kind of mystery Poppy will get wrapped up in next. Great thriller if you’ve got the time!