Jan. 6, 2026

This Week in Horror History | M3GAN, The Relic, The Terror & Resident Evil 4 (Jan 5–11)

This Week in Horror History | M3GAN, The Relic, The Terror & Resident Evil 4 (Jan 5–11)

Start the year with killer dolls, museum monsters, Arctic dread, and survival horror at full sprint. In this week’s This Week in Horror History (January 5–11), we’re tracking the releases that shaped modern fear—then diving deep into one of the meanest “new apartment” nightmares of the 1970s.

Quick Hits (Jan 5–11):

  • M3GAN (2023) — the AI “best friend” who decides safety means control… permanently.Where to watch (U.S., this week): Streaming on Peacock; also available to rent/buy on Apple TV, Amazon Video, Fandango At Home.
  • The Relic (1997) — a museum gala becomes a hunting ground when something ancient gets loose in the Field Museum.Where to watch (U.S., this week): Free on Tubi; also available to rent/buy on Apple TV, Amazon Video, Fandango At Home.
  • The Terror (Dan Simmons, 2007) — the Franklin Expedition turns into a slow, grinding Arctic nightmare… with something else moving in the dark.Where to read/listen (U.S., this week): Widely available in print, ebook, and audiobook.
  • Resident Evil 4 (2005) — the “before and after” moment where survival horror changes its heartbeat and gets waycloser.Where to play (U.S., this week): Available via modern re-releases on multiple platforms (console storefronts/PC), so check your platform’s store search.

Deep-Cut Spotlight:
  • The Sentinel (1977) — late-70s NYC paranoia, a too-cheap brownstone apartment, and a building that feels like it’s keeping you.Where to watch (U.S., this week): Available to rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV, Fandango At Home (and more).

Weekly Recommendation:
  • Warlock (1991 U.S. release week) — pulpy occult chaos, time-travel satanic panic, and a mean little “video store after midnight” glow.Where to watch (U.S., this week): Streaming on Prime Video / Freevee (with ads), plus rent/buy options.

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In the dawn of the new year. Horror is all

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about the familiar turning hostile. A child's best friend doll

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learns your routines and decides the safest version of you

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is the one that can't disobey. A gorgeous New York

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brownstone offers you cheap rent and neighbors who stare like

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they're listening to something you can't hear. A doomed ship

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locks into polar ice and the crew realizes the cold

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isn't the only thing that's hunting them. And on your TV,

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the camera swings behind the hero's shoulder and suddenly you're

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not watching survival horror anymore. You're trapped inside it. This week,

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the genre isn't kicking down the door. It's already in

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the room, wearing a smile that you recognize. Welcome to

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this week in horror history for January fifth through eleventh,

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I'm your host, Enrique Kuto. New Year, same mission. A

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quick spooky time capsule. You can actually use what dropped

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this week, why it matters, and of course, what you

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should queue up next. In just a minute, a killer

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doll dances into the first horror hit of the year.

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A cursed apartment movie opens in New York and practically

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dares you to move in. An icy historical nightmare novel

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hits shelves and makes winter horror feel like a survival instinct,

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and a video game release flips the camera, flips the genre,

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and flips a whole generation of players into panic. Then

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after the break, we're doing a deep cut spotlight on

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a mean little slice of urban satanic paranoia. After that

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we cover some horror related birthdays, do a then and

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now comparison, and a weekly recommendation to keep your January

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truly haunted. January sixth, twoenty twenty three, Megan releases in

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the United States, and January remembers it can be dangerous again.

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I actually remember seeing Megan right when it released in

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northern Michigan in the dead of winter, which, by the way,

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is my favorite way to vacation or work trip or

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whatever you want to call it, because no matter where

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I go, the work always finds me. But we went

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way up to the tip tip tip of Michigan, just

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beyond the Upper Peninsula, and there was a little theater

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in Mackinaw City still open, even though only I think

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two restaurants were open in the entire town. So we

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saw Megan as the Winter Wonderland loomed around us quick aside,

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an AI doll designed to protect a child who takes

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that job way too literally. It's sharp, and it's funny,

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and it's got that clean. This thing is learning dread

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under all of the jokes. It reportedly cost about twelve

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million dollars to produce and went on to make one

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hundred and eighty million dollars worldwide, which is horror math

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for instant franchise. Unfortunately, Megan two did not set the

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whole world on fire. They took a really different approach,

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which I appreciated quite a bit. It just didn't quite

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click with the movie going public at large, costing between

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fifteen and twenty five million dollars in doing just thirty

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nine point one million at the box office. But I

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still think there's a lot to like about Megan two

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point zero. But I digress. The original will turn into

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a modern classic as time marches on. You can watch

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Megan streaming on Peacock with a premium subscription. It's also

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available via add on with channels like Stars on Apple TV,

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and widely available to rent or buy on Apple TV, Amazon,

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video and Fandango at home. And if you didn't expect

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a January release to become a full on pop culture moment, well,

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the doll disagreed. January tenth, nineteen ninety seven, The Relic

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hits theaters and turns a museum gala into a monster

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movie panic attack. Gala, Gala, Gala. I always said, Gala, Yeah, gala.

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If you've never revisited The Relic, it's got a great

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hook to it. A deadly creature loose inside Chicago's Field

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Museum and all the worst possible people trapped inside during

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a fancy opening night event. It's kind of like Jurassic Park,

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with moody lighting, big corridors, and that something is moving

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in the vents kind of dread. It's also an example

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of the non scream inspired nineteen nineties horror, which I

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think time has been very kind to and people are

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learning to appreciate. Box office wise, it was isn't quite

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a performer. The production budget was commonly reported around sixty

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million dollars, and it brought in just thirty four million

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domestic and around forty eight million worldwide, making it not

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and it's available to rent or buy on platforms like

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Apple TV, Amazon Video, and Fendango at Home. I know

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it's the same list every time, but that's where they are,

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damn it. January eighth, two thousand and seven. Dan Simmons.

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The Terror is published inspired by the real Franklin Expedition.

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It drops you into the Arctic with trapped ships, dwindling supplies,

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and something out there in the dark patient the ice.

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a slow grinding nightmare of leadership, paranoia, and survival. It'll

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definitely keep you riveted. This is the kind of book

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where the environment is already the monster, and then the

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story adds a second monster just for good luck. The

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Terror is widely available in print, kindle, ebook, and audiobook

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on Audible. Perfect for a cold night when you want

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your cozy blanket to feel like a false sense of security.

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January eleventh, two thousand and five. Resident Evil four hits

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North America on the GameCube and Survival Horror changes shape

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the over the shoulder camera becomes the new language. The

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pacing gets faster and the fear, well, it gets a

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lot closer. You're not exploring a haunted house so much

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as managing panic while the world lunges for your throat.

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It's still horror. It's an isolated village. It's got cult energy,

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body horror creatures galore, and of course resource stress because

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it's a video game. But it plays like a pressure cooker.

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And if you were there in two thousand and five,

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which I was, you remember the sensation. The genre didn't

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just level up, it changed its heartbeat, and I could

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never finish the game on my own. I would always

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get a friend to complete the game. I'm a wimpy,

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wimpy horror video game player. I get very very scared.

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I usually make Rachel play the game while I watch.

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available on PC and on in the Ultimate HD edition,

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and it's been re released on multiple modern consoles over

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the years, So if you're a gamer, just put your

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All right, take a breath, because we're about to step

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into New York City in nineteen seventy seven. Imagine a

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gorgeous old building, a bargain apartment, and a hallway that

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feels one degree colder than it should. You hear your

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neighbors at night soft voices, strange chanting, a shuffle of feet.

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You knock on the door and they smile like you

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interrupted something sacred. And the worst part, they act like

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you are the rude one. Welcome back to this week

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in horror history. Without further ado, let's get into our

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deep cut Spotlight released January seventh, nineteen seventy seven. The

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Sentinel opens in New York City, and it's one of

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the meaner new apartment movies ever made. A young model

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moves into a Brooklyn Heights brownstone that's been carved into apartments,

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and the building is owned by the Catholic Diocese for

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a reason, and for those keeping score, the film first

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played in New York City, but then rolled out wider

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in the United States on February eleventh, nineteen seventy seven.

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It's pure accumulation horror wrongness, stacking up until you simply

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can't ignore it anymore. A staircase that feels like it

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leads somewhere it shouldn't, a neighbor who watches a little

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too long. A party that curdles the moment you realize

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the guests aren't acting like guests. And it's got that

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very specific nineteen seventies flavor of city dread, like the

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whole neighborhood is tired, humid, and angry, and somehow the

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building is feeding off of it. The movie loves locked doors,

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narrow hallways, and the feeling that privacy is a myth.

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Even the quiet scenes feel almost crowded. Then it hits

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the point every great bad apartment or bad apartment building

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story hits, the realization that well, you're not just living there,

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you're being a You're being there. And when it finally

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decides to go full nightmare, it doesn't hold back. This

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is a film that wants you unsettled, and it's very,

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very good at it definitely worth a revisit, one that

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I realized was truly underrated as far as where to

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Amazon Video, Apple TV, and Fandango at Home, and even

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Google Play and YouTube. If you're feeling saucy, give this

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one a watch and help your January be extra chilling.

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Time to light a candle on a cake that you

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found in the creepy basement freezer. January sixth, nineteen sixty

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nine is the day Norman Retas was born. If modern

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his role as Darryl in The Walking Dead. And of

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cult hit Boondock Saints. Happy Birthday, Norman Riatas on January seventh,

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nineteen sixty four. Nicholas Cage was born. When Cage goes

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horror like Mandy Color out of Space Renfield, even which

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is a very underrated and very fun horror comedy, he

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and it never ever is able to. It's not quite horror,

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but it's somewhat adjacent. If you haven't seen Nicholas Cage

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in the film Pig Pig, check that out. It's worth

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your time. Happy Birthday, Nicholas Cage. January eighth, nineteen forty seven.

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David Bowie is born a man who was not only

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a rock icon, but had some very interesting connections to

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horror and pop culture in general as far as the

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big screen was concerned. From The Hunger to Labyrinth, Bowie's

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screen presence always felt like a beautiful spell, glamorous, eerie,

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and of course a little dangerous. Happy birthday to David

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Bowie Worth mentioning, by the way, my mother likes to

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a joke or a punchline. I was always partial to

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her miniature poodle named Dreyfus after Richard Dreyfus. Yeah, Mom's

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a little bit of a nerd. The apple don't fall

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far from the tree. On January ninth, nineteen fifty five, JK.

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Simmons was born. Known for playing roles like friendly authority figures,

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or calm professionals or quiet menace. Simmons can do all

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scene when he's got to, which is basically horror casting gold.

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at least not consistently, he did play a Killer and

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You Can't Run Forever from twenty twenty four, and I

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loved his role in Dark Skies from twenty thirteen. But

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one thing is certain, even in the dramas, he's performed

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incredible movie about being your best and standing up for

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yourself Whiplash. He is always a standout and always able

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to make you scared. So happy birthday, JK. Simmons, And

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for are then and now First, I'm gonna take you

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down to the Raccoon City where the grass is green

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and the girls are zombies. It didn't rhyme, but it worked.

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On January of two thousand and five, we got Resident

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Evil four, the moment that Survival Horror learns to move

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more like an action movie without losing its bite of fear.

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In fact, it becomes more kinetic with pressure, speed and

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the constant math of do I have enough to survive

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the next thirty seconds. Definitely one of the games that

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set up the modern horror game mechanics for decades to come,

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and consistently scaring the crap out of me. When it

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comes to now, January Horror is still obsessed with the

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familiar turning predatory, like the aforementioned Megan, reminding us that

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helpful technology is only helpful until it decides your feelings

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are a threat. Different decades, same, The thing closest to

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you becomes the thing that's coming for you. And for

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our weekly recommendation, one of my all time favorites Warlock

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from nineteen eighty nine, time travel, satanic panic with a

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real video store after midnight kind of glow to it,

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or at the very least a very late night cable

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when you should be in bed mentality. If you want

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something that plays like a pulpy, fast moving a cult thriller,

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this is the pick. Warlock began its US release this

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week in nineteen ninety one, starting on January eleventh, and

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it's a lean piece of demon is loose in the

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modern world style chaos. Julian Sands is fantastic, as is

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proven by the later Warlock sequels. He really does make

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the character work. He's elegant and cruel and completely convinced

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the end times are just a scheduling problem. It's got

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chases and curses, bizarre and disgusting practical effects, and that

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previously mentioned nineties feel pre scream. There's something cozy and

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creepy about nineteen nineties horror before it all became meta

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and slasher and attractive kids from Dawson Creek style. Not

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that there's anything wrong with that era but this one

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really really leans into that nineties esthetic that I believe

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time has become very very kind to. It also doesn't

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overstay its welcome. It's spooky, it's mean, and it moves

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right along. On a box office note, it pulled in

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about nine point one million dollars domestically, and while that

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didn't set the world on fire against its fifties teen

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million dollar budget, the film became a mainstay on cable

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and home video, so much so that in nineteen ninety

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three there was a sequel, Warlock the Armageddon, also starring

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Julian Sands. That is a lot of fun to watch,

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and of course in nineteen ninety nine you got Warlock three,

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which was a movie and it wasn't that bad, but

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it just can't hold a candle to Julian Sand's performance.

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He really owned the Warlock character. I can't recommend enough

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that you take a look at Warlock, whether it's the

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first time or you're revisiting it. It's available to watch

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streaming on Prime Video and freev with ads. You could

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also rent or purchase it on services like Apple TV,

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Amazon Video, Google Play, and so on and so forth.

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But really, give this one a revisit and that's your

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horror history for January fifth through the Elle seven Killer Dolls,

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Cursed apartments, Arctic nightmares, and the Moment Survival Horror Learned

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how to sprint and not just run a marathon. Tomorrow,

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which is Wednesday, we kick off a brand new four

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part weekly spooky mini series dropping every Wednesday, and it's

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called Band. Imagine if you will, a snowed in horror convention,

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a lodge full of fans, egos, handlers and bad blood,

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and then somebody turns up dead, not just dead, but marked,

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one word carved like a curse. Band. Make sure you're

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subscribed and tune in tomorrow. Until next time, stay safe,

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stay spooky, and if you find an apartment that's too

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cheap to be real with a no questions asked, lease,

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well ask at least one question. I'll be back next

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week with more of history and horror. But just remember

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our days are numbered. That's how we tell them apart