Racism: business as usual
Other Recaps: Recap #236: The Last Vampire #8 | Thirst #4: The Shadow of Death by Christopher Pike (Part Three) (Wing on 15 Aug 2019)
Wing recaps The Last Vampire 8 | Thirst 4: The Shadow of Death chapters 15-21 and Sita is holding the idiot ball waaaaay too much of the time. Also: some people die.
Tropes: Continuity? Fuck that shit, DED FROM STUPID, Gimme a blindfold and some stupidity, Mental health: with tact and sensitivity, My that's awfully convenient, Racism: business as usual
Tags: ACTUAL DEATHS!, annoying main character, author: christopher pike, awesome lead characters, cool location, crazy means dangerous, metaphor abuse, recaps by wing, supernatural oooooh!, VAMPIRES
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Other Recaps: Recap #226: Short And Shivery by Robert D. San Souci – Part 3 (Jude Deluca on 27 Jun 2019)
Title: Short & Shivery a.k.a. “The Wide World of Horror” Author/Editor/Reteller: Robert D. San Souci Illustrator: Katherine Coville Summary: Everyone loves a spooky story. Don’t you? Welcome to a chilling world of hair-raising tales! The thirty stories in this book were gathered from around the world, selected for their ghastly details and terrifying twists. Come […]
Tropes: Cheer on the killer, DED FROM STUPID, Dun-Dun-DUNNNNN!, Gimme a blindfold and some stupidity, He's the killer! He's the killer! He's … my LOVAH!, I beat you because I love you, ME! It's all about ME!!!, My that's awfully convenient, pointless foreshadowing for fun and profit, Racism: business as usual, Roses are red Violets are blue I'm going to fucking kill you, This place deserves a lawsuit, Well that escalated quickly
Tags: ACTUAL DEATHS!, ACTUAL WEREWOLVES!, adults are helpful, adults are useless, annoying main character, author: robert d san souci, awesome lead characters, good bffs, shady boyfriends, supernatural oooooh!, WHY IS IT ALWAYS SPIDERS
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Other Recaps: Recap #223: Batman: The Drowned #1 (Jude Deluca on 6 Jun 2019)
Jude recaps Batman: The Drowned 1 and it's all Dark Multiverse All the Time around here. Drown the world. Drown. the. World.
Tropes: DED FROM STUPID, Dun-Dun-DUNNNNN!, Fuck My Little Pony! Friendship is not magic!, Hypocrites are hypocritical, ME! It's all about ME!!!, Mwahahahaha!, My that's awfully convenient, Racism: business as usual, Well that escalated quickly, World of fail
Tags: ACTUAL DEATHS!, author: dan abnett, bad guy pov sucks, Batman recaps, cool location, DC Comics recaps, metaphor abuse, recaps by jude, strong bad guy motivation
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Other Recaps: Recap #219: The Witching Hour #1 (Jude Deluca on 2 May 2019)
Jude recaps The Witching Hour 1.
Tropes: Cheer on the killer, DED FROM STUPID, Dun-Dun-DUNNNNN!, Gimme a blindfold and some stupidity, McGuffin ahoy!, ME! It's all about ME!!!, Mental health: with tact and sensitivity, Mwahahahaha!, My that's awfully convenient, Oh you wacky kids with your hi-jinks and your pranks, Parents? What parents?, physical deformity for chills & thrills, pointless foreshadowing for fun and profit, Racism: business as usual, Well that escalated quickly
Tags: ableism, ACTUAL DEATHS!, adults are absent, adults are useless, annoying main character, awesome lead characters, comics, cool location, crazy means dangerous, DC Comics recaps, needs more werewolves, recaps by jude, shady boyfriends, strong bad guy motivation, supernatural oooooh!, witches
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Other Recaps: Recap #197: Bone Chillers #4: Frankenturkey by Betsy Haynes (Jude Deluca on 22 Nov 2018)
Title: Bone Chillers #4 – Frankenturkey, a.k.a. “Help! My Turkey Is A Frankenstein” Author: Betsy Haynes Cover Artist: Tim Jacobus (?) Tagline: Look who’s coming to Thanksgiving dinner… Summary: …it’s not Grandma! Kyle and Annie want to celebrate Thanksgiving like the Pilgrims. They want to wear stovepipe hats, bake their own pies – even raise […]
Tropes: Cheer on the killer, cultural appropriation ahoy, Dun-Dun-DUNNNNN!, Gimme a blindfold and some stupidity, He's dead! He's dead! HE'S FUCKING DEAD! ... oh wait he survived, ME! It's all about ME!!!, Mwahahahaha!, My that's awfully convenient, pointless foreshadowing for fun and profit, Racism: business as usual, This place deserves a lawsuit, Well that escalated quickly
Tags: adults are idiots, adults are useless, author: betsy haynes, awesome lead characters, bone chillers, racism, recaps by jude, supernatural oooooh!
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Other Recaps: Recap #196: Spellbound by Christopher Pike (Wing on 15 Nov 2018)
Title: Spellbound by Christopher Pike Summary: No one knew how the girl had died. They found Karen Holly in the mountain stream, her skull crushed. There was only one witness to the tragedy, Karen’s boyfriend, Jason Whitfield. He said a grizzly had killed her. But a lot of people didn’t believe him. They thought Jason […]
Tropes: He's dead! He's dead! HE'S FUCKING DEAD! ... oh wait he survived, Head injury? Walk it off, I hate the hot chick! (And she hates me.), Incest is relative, Parents? What parents?, Racism: business as usual, sexual harassment happens everywhere even in the woods
Tags: ACTUAL DEATHS!, adults are absent, author: christopher pike, cool location, needs more werewolves, recaps by wing, shady boyfriends, storming off in a huff is mature, strong bad guy motivation, supernatural oooooh!
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Other Recaps: Recap #132: Last Vampire #2: Black Blood by Christopher Pike (Wing on 15 Feb 2018)
Title: Last Vampire #2: Black Blood by Christopher Pike Summary: Believing that she and her partner, Ray, are the last remaining vampires, five-thousand-year-old Alisa is stunned when she learns about a series of brutal murders in the United States that can only be the work of their own kind. Tagline: The wave of death spread like a […]
Tropes: Dun-Dun-DUNNNNN!, He's dead! He's dead! HE'S FUCKING DEAD! ... oh wait he survived, Incest is relative, ME! It's all about ME!!!, Racism: business as usual
Tags: ACTUAL DEATHS!, author: christopher pike, awesome lead characters, cool location, recaps by wing, VAMPIRES
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Point Horror Recaps: Recap #98: The Forbidden Game #2: The Chase by LJ Smith (Donna on 23 Oct 2017)
The Author: Who uses really oddball descriptions of things, repeatedly. Seriously. What the hell are spaniel eyes? Maybe? I don’t know. But one character, Michael, always has some kind of spaniel eyes going on. And Audrey with her spiky lashes and bangs. The same thing. All the time. And who others the crap out of […]
Tropes: Parents? What parents?, Racism: business as usual
Tags: adults are absent, author: l j smith, comments by wing, cool location, needs more werewolves, recaps by donna, shady boyfriends, supernatural oooooh!, threatening phone calls, whimsical notes
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Friday the 13th movies, Let's Do It! recaps: Recap #87: Friday the 13th, Part 2! (Virgin on 13 Sep 2017)
Title: Friday the 13th Part 2 (I guess we’re not into Roman numerals yet?) [Wing: Well, the cover image I have is into Roman numerals, but there are a bunch out there without it.] Summary: Get ready for twice the terror with Friday the 13th Part 2: Deluxe Edition! Fives years after the massacre at Camp […]
Tropes: Cheer on the killer, crystal lake body count, detail your disability to me, He's dead! He's dead! HE'S FUCKING DEAD! ... oh wait he survived, Mental health: with tact and sensitivity, physical deformity for chills & thrills, physical payback for comedic laughs, pointless foreshadowing for fun and profit, punished for basic biology, Racism: business as usual, sexual harassment happens everywhere even in the woods, super cute fake out involving animals, too cool for school
Tags: ableism, adults are idiots, bad guy pov sucks, cool location, crazy means dangerous, movies, recaps by virgin, sex sex sex omg sex!, stupid sequels
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Fear Street Recaps: Recap #80: Fear Street Saga #9: Heart of the Hunter by R. L. Stine (Wing on 15 Aug 2017)
Title: Fear Street Sagas #9: Heart of the Hunter by R. L. Stine Summary: A medicine woman tells Jamie Fier the love potion she gave him will cost him. Now Jamie finds himself transforming into a wolf—and if his true love sees him in this form, he will remain a wolf forever. Tagline: The full […]
Tropes: Cheer on the killer, Dun-Dun-DUNNNNN!, Mental health: with tact and sensitivity, Racism: business as usual
Tags: ACTUAL DEATHS!, ACTUAL WEREWOLVES!, annoying main character, author: r l stine, comments by jude, cool location, needs more werewolves, recaps by wing, strong bad guy motivation, supernatural oooooh!
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Other Recaps: Recap #73: Silent Stalker by R. T. Cusick (Wing on 15 Jul 2017)
Title: Silent Stalker by R. T. Cusick Summary: Trapped in a madman’s castle, a young girl must fight to save her sanity Thunder bellows as Jenny and her father pull up to the gate of Worthington Hall. As they inch onto the grounds of the ancient estate, a disheveled young woman thrusts her head through […]
Tropes: Cheer on the killer, Dun-Dun-DUNNNNN!, I beat you because I love you, Mental health: with tact and sensitivity, My that's awfully convenient, Parents? What parents?, Racism: business as usual
Tags: ableism, adults are absent, adults are idiots, adults are useless, author: richie tankersley cusick, awesome lead characters, cool location, crazy means dangerous, obvious red herring is obvious, punctuation abuse, recaps by wing, weaksauce bad guy motivation, whimsical notes
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Point Horror Recaps: Recap #63: Wickedpedia by Chris van Etten (Dove on 10 Apr 2017)
Dove recaps Wickedpedia by Chris van Etten, one of the new Point Horrors, that address the injustice of the lack of diversity of leads in PH: we need MOAR WHITE MALES. And that's probably the least shitty thing about this book. Brace yourself.
Tropes: Dexter would not pull this shit, Dun-Dun-DUNNNNN!, Head injury? Walk it off, Mwahahahaha!, Parents? What parents?, Racism: business as usual
Tags: ACTUAL DEATHS!, adults are absent, annoying main character, author: chris van etten, comments by wing, recaps by dove, weaksauce bad guy motivation
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Point Horror Recaps: Recap #62: Twins by Caroline B. Cooney (Wing on 27 Mar 2017)
Title: Twins by Caroline B. Cooney Summary: Twice the evil. Twins Mary Lee and Madrigal are living double lives – with some shocking secrets Mary Lee and Madrigal are twin sisters, beautiful and deeply attached to each other. Then in high school, Mary Lee and Madrigal’s parents decide to send Mary Lee away to boarding […]
Tropes: Continuity? Fuck that shit, Mental health: with tact and sensitivity, Racism: business as usual
Tags: ableism, ACTUAL DEATHS!, adults are idiots, adults are useless, author: caroline b cooney, comments by dove, cool location, crazy means dangerous, inappropriate teacher-student relationships, metaphor abuse, recaps by wing, shady boyfriends
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Nightmares Recaps: Recap #61: Books of Blood 3: The Coach by M. C. Sumner (Dove on 13 Mar 2017)
Dove recaps Books of Blood 3: The Coach by M. C. Sumner, which is not really an accurate title, but behold EVEN MORE VAMPIRES, and they can look like anyone.
Tropes: Head injury? Walk it off, Racism: business as usual
Tags: ACTUAL DEATHS!, author: m c sumner, awesome lead characters, comments by wing, cool location, recaps by dove, series: books of blood, supernatural oooooh!, VAMPIRES
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Nightmares Recaps: Recap #52: Hall Pass by Robert Hawks (Dove on 5 Dec 2016)
Dove recaps Hall Pass by Robert Hawks, and still has no idea what it was about.
Tropes: Continuity? Fuck that shit, DED FROM STUPID, Dun-Dun-DUNNNNN!, I beat you because I love you, Mental health: with tact and sensitivity, Mwahahahaha!, Racism: business as usual
Tags: ableism, ACTUAL DEATHS!, adults are idiots, adults are useless, annoying main character, author: robert hawks, comments by wing, crazy means dangerous, inappropriate teacher-student relationships, recaps by dove, weaksauce bad guy motivation
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Point Horror Recaps: Recap #40: The Stranger by Caroline B Cooney (Dove on 29 Aug 2016)
Dove recaps The Stranger by Caroline B Cooney, which turns out to be an unexpected joy. It is basically Twilight, except the Bella character is not an energy-sucking void, and the Edward character is cursed with an *actual curse*, rather than "tragically attractive and awfully good at everything he does".
Tropes: Cheer on the killer, Continuity? Fuck that shit, Dun-Dun-DUNNNNN!, Hypocrites are hypocritical, Racism: business as usual
Tags: ACTUAL DEATHS!, author: caroline b cooney, awesome lead characters, comments by wing, cool location, recaps by dove, shady boyfriends, supernatural oooooh!
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Title: Friday the 13th Part III-3D (Out of eleventy-billion, am I right?) [Wing: Pretty much.] Summary: A carefree summer becomes a deadly nightmare for another group of naïve counselors who choose to ignore Camp Crystal Lake’s gruesome legacy. They find themselves in a bloody game of cat-and-mouse with the maniacal Jason who stalks their every move… […]
Tropes: crystal lake body count, disobey your parents? you gonna die!, getting high, gonna (eventually) die, He's dead! He's dead! HE'S FUCKING DEAD! ... oh wait he survived, Mental health: with tact and sensitivity, Misogyny is for pussies, physical deformity for chills & thrills, pointless foreshadowing for fun and profit, Racism: business as usual, sexual harassment happens everywhere even in the woods, she's pregnant, token fat friend, you idiots
Tags: adults are idiots, adults are useless, bad guy pov sucks, comments by wing, crazy means dangerous, friday the 13th, movies, recaps by virgin, sex sex sex omg sex!
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