2022 Christmas Movies
Posted on 28 December 2022 | No responses
Decided to go on an off-beat Christmas movie jaunt. White Christmas is an old standard which I feel obligated to watch each year (it’s a great movie so it’s not really much of a hardship obligation).
Black Christmas is by Bob Clark — the same director who brought us A Christmas Story and Porky’s.
- American Psycho (2000)
- Black Christmas (1974)
- Brazil (1985)
- Coming to America (1988)
- Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
- Gremlins (1984)
- L.A. Confidential (1997)
- Tokyo Godfathers (2003)
- Trading Places (1983)
- White Christmas (1954)
Halloween 2022 Movie List!
Posted on 2 November 2022 | No responses
Here it is all of my loyal fans!! Since I know y’all have been waiting for this, here is the 2022 Spooktober movie list! You’ll notice that it’s not as long as last year’s. I tried to get in 31 days of movies but I couldn’t stay totally horror-focused this year. That being said, we did watch the *Blade* and *Hellboy* trilogies along with the “Monsterverse” versions of Godzilla and King Kong. I had hoped to get Jordan Peele in this year but I think that’ll be part of next year’s theme.
Again, I feel like I pushed it and “watched” some movies without enjoying them but — especially with Freaks — I rediscovered how great the movie is
- 28 Days Later (2002)
- Apt Pupil (1998)
- Beetlejuice (1988)
- The Amityville Horror (1979)
- Blade (1998)
- Blade 2 (2002)
- Blade Trinity (2004)
- Casper (1995)
- Corpse Bride (2005)
- Christine (1983)
- Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)
- The House that Dripped Blood (1971)
- The Howling (1981)
- Donnie Darko (2001)
- Freaks (1932)
- Godzilla (2014)
- Godzilla vs Kong (2021)
- The Gorgon (1964)
- Hellboy (2004)
- Hellboy: The Golden Army (2008)
- House of Wax (1953)
- Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988)
- Kong: Skull Island (2017)
- Pet Semetary (1989)
- Pitch Black (2000)
- Psycho (1960)
- Shaun of the Dead (2004)
- Swamp Thing (1982)
- They Live (1988)
- Young Frankenstein (1974)
Halloween 2021 Movie List
Posted on 4 November 2021 | No responses
Here it is folks! The 2021 Halloween Movie List. You’ll notice that this one is quite a bit longer than last year’s plus I had a few themes: Cloverfield Trilogy, Scream franchise, The Living Dead Trilogy, a few Lovecraftian horror films, etc. Overall, there were quite a few new (to me) films that I am really glad I disovered and some other ones (like the Scream franchise) which are utter crap. I made sure that none of the films from last year are on this list, as well.
Next year I won’t probably try to watch so many. It was a little tiring and I’m “Halloween/Thriller/Horror” movie burned out now!
- 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)
- The Addams Family (1991)
- Addams Family Values (1993)
- An American Werewolf in London (1981)
- The Blob (1958)
- Cabin in the Woods (2011)
- Cloverfield (2008)
- Cloverfield Paradox (2018)
- Color Out of Space (2020)
- The Creeping Flesh (1973)
- Creepshow (1982)
- Critters (1986)
- Dagon (2001)
- Dark City (1998)
- Dawn of the Dead (1978)
- Day of the Dead (1985)*
- Dead Snow (2009)
- DeepStar Six (1989)
- Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors (1965)
- The Dunwich Horror (1970)
- E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
- Event Horizon (1997)
- Flatliners (1990)
- The Fly (1958)
- The Fly (1986)
- Hotel Transylvania (2012)
- Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015)
- Hotel Transylvania 3 (2018)
- House (1985)
- House of Usher (1960)
- In the Mouth of Madness (1994)
- Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
- Lady in White (1988)*
- The Lair of the White Worm (1988)
- The Mist (2007)
- The Monster Squad (1987)*
- Necronomicon (1993)
- Night of the Living Dead (1968)
- Pandorum (2009)
- Phantasm (1979)
- Pit and the Pendulum (1961)
- Poltergeist (1982)
- Prince of Darkness (1987)
- The Raven (1963)
- Re-Animator (1985)
- Scream (1996)
- Scream 2 (1997)
- Scream 3 (2000)
- Scream 4 (2011)
- Slugs (1988)
- Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990)
- Teen Wolf (1985)
- The Thing (1982)
- Trilogy of Terror (1975)
- Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
- Vampire Hunter D (1985)
- Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (2000)
- The Vault of Horror (1973)
- The Void (2016)
- Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)
- The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf (2021)
- The Witches (1990)
* Movies actually watched on Halloween
Halloween 2020 Movie List
Posted on 26 October 2020 | No responses
Because of COVID-19 and working from home, I’ve had a lot of time to fill October with Halloween monster and horror movies! Many of these I’ve seen before so I can just put them on in the background while working whereas others I like to watch with my girls (especially the older Universal Monster Movies!). I also introduced them to the Simpsons Treehouse of Horror episodes which we’ve been churning through thanks to Disney+.
I’m not sure what we’ll be watching on Halloween itself (Halloweentown? Hocus Pocus?)
Since it’s not Halloween quite yet, I’m sure I’ll add a few more to this list over the next week!
Final Update (Nov 1): list is final for 2020! Overall, I think this was a good set of movies but there’s still plenty for next year.
- Dracula (1931)
- The Mummy (1932)
- Invisible Man (1933)
- The Devil-Doll (1936)
- The Wolfman (1941)
- Mighty Joe Young (1949)
- The Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
- The House on Haunted Hill (1959)*
- The Birds (1963)
- The Haunting (1963)
- Jaws (1975)
- Halloween (1978)
- Alien (1979)
- The Fog (1980)
- Cujo (1983)
- Videodrome (1983)*
- Aliens (1986)
- Hellraiser (1987)*
- The Witches (1990)
- The Addams Family (1991)
- Aliens 3 (1992)
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)
- Dracula (1992)
- Frankenstein (1994)
- The Frighteners (1996)
- Alien: Resurrection (1997)
- Vampires (1998)
- The Haunting (1999)
- The Mummy (1999)
- Sleepy Hollow (1999)
- Blood the Last Vampire (2000)*
- Ghosts of Mars (2001)
- The Revenant (2009)
- The Wolfman (2010)
- Prometheus (2012)
- What We Do in the Shadows (2014)*
- Pride & Prejudice & Zombies (2016)
- Alien: Covenant (2017)
- Annhilation (2018)
* Movies actually watched on Halloween
Homeschool Resources During COVID-19 Pandemic
Posted on 17 March 2020 | No responses
This is a work-in-progress of resources that may be helpful for parents trying to keep their kids occupied and up-to-date with their education when they’re out of school due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This is not a resource for information about the pandemic itself! I’ve pulled these links from various sources and will continue to post to this as I get more information and links to share.
I cannot guarantee that these links and resources will be valid once the pandemic has lifted. All of these links open new browser windows.
- General Resources
- PBS
- Google: Distance Learning Resources
- Into the Book
- Dreaming Zebra – free home art kit
- Online Courses and Learning
- Khan Academy – online classes
- ReadWorks
- edhelper.com
- Scholastic Learn at Home
- National Geographic Kids
- Age of Learning, use code SCHOOL7771 for all links below
- ABCmouse.com – Early Learning Academy
- Reading IQ – preschool through 6th grade
- Adventure Academy – 3rd through 8th grade
- Coding, CS, Development
- Code.org – Online coding lessons for beginners
- Minecraft: Education Edition
- Amazon Future Engineer
- Museums, Zoos, and Virtual Tours
- Pacific Science Center – live streaming science shows, hands-on STEM activities
- Virtual field trips – Google Doc listing sites with virtual field trips
- The Museum of Online Museums
- Educational Games
- Switch Zoo
- Funbrain
- Starfall – reading resources K-3
- ABCya
- Highlights Kids
Update 07.20.2020:
- Online Camps
- Time: Camp TFK
- Varsity Tutors: Virtual Summer Camps
- Pacific Science Center: Curiosity at Home
- edmodo: Camp Mo
- KidsGardening
- Science Buddies: Summer of STEM
- Class is Back in Session with Professor Spikes
- Seneca Park Zoo: Zoo Projects at Home
- Mama Teaches: 25+ Free Digital Escape Rooms
- Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum: K-12 Learning Resources