Heathers quickly became one of my favorite films growing up. As the unpopular kid in my school, it gave me a safe and twisted way to explore the stupidity of bullying and popularity in school. And as a twisted goth who wore out his first copy of the complete works of Edgar Allan Poe by the time he was in fourth grade, it played right into my darker sensibilities.
Heathers is about the odd girl out in the most popular clique in Westerburg High School. She’s the Veronica in a group of Heathers, all named Heather. Veronica starts to pull away when her skill for copying handwriting is used to pull a prank on an unpopular girl, drawing the attention of dark and mysterious new student JD. JD brings out the best and worst in Veronica, resulting in the murder of a Heather covered up as a suicide.
It’s the natural evolution of the RuPaul ballet challenge last year: a Rusical. It’s hard to imagine that there hasn’t been a musical theater challenge on RuPaul’s Drag Race, but there hasn’t been. Since Season 2, there has always been a singing challenge. Now we have the triple threat challenge.
Spoiler alert: everyone was amazing. This should be the Emmy episode. Deny them the Reality Show/Host nominations this season, Emmy voters, I dare you.
This week on Sketchy Details @Home, I show you how to alter storebought products to furnish as pop culture gifts for your friends. I went with a The Walking Dead theme because Sunday’s episode was everything. If I had more time, I would have done a straight up riff on THAT scene (you know the one), but I kept it simple with an assorted pack of The Waking Dead tea.
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Check out all the great writing on Irish films at The LAMB in honor of St. Patrick’s Day. There were fewer participants than I anticipated, but they provided a ton of content so it all works out.
Evil children/evil toys are terrifying, sure. But what about the happier stories about childhood? On this episode of The Haunting Ground, I discussed the various ways children’s entertainment has been (and can be) twisted to be creepy, funny, or downright terrifying for a Halloween display.
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This week on Horror Thursday, I reviewed an anthology horror I never even heard of before. That’s rare. It’s up there with religious horror and a good Gothic as my favorite subgenre of horror. Rarer still, it’s a trilogy with framing device comprised of nothing but slasher films.
The next call for the new national holiday series is up at The LAMB. We’re asking LAMB members to submit their writing on Irish films. Since the industry is comparably small to other subjects I’ve hosted at The LAMB in the past year or so, I’m also accepting films shot in Ireland.
Interesting point from my research into the cinema of Ireland: did you know The Land Before Time was created in Ireland? And that one animation studio is responsible for everything from An American Tail to The Pebble and the Penguin? It’s true. I’m going to have to hunt down a copy of All Dogs Go to Heaven to write about for the deadline this Sunday.
Finally, another horror episode. We haven’t had a horror-themed challenge on RuPaul’s Drag Race since Season 4. That was the season premiere episode where Sharon Needles proved her craft and justified her position in the contest with an amazing post-apocalyptic zombie. Bonus points were duly awarded for flawless use of theatrical blood capsules.
