[He/him/his] Ricky is a writer, actor, and singer. He's also the host of Rick or Treat Horrorcast, a biweekly horror movie podcast. He lives in a super haunted apartment in New York City above a giant, spooky cemetery with his evil cat, Renfield, and the ghosts of reasons he moved to New York in the first place. www.RickOrTreat.com
If I had any doubt that last week’s episode couldn’t bring everything home in the season’s penultimate, I sure was wrong. Every time the season seems to top itself, it manages to outdo itself in surprising, “explosive” new ways week after week. It seems like the goal of season 2 has been to showcase Chucky in as many different and new ways as possible, from Buff Chucky to Good Chucky, to Apocalypse Now Chucky, to Exorcist Chucky…the show gets kudos…
Continue Reading
Oh, man. They did it. On a show that carelessly walks the line between comedy and horror, and in a season that has hyped up its camp factor to the max, we just had to be reminded just how evil Chucky really is…and boy, is he evil. This episode is certainly a turning-point for the season. The stakes are all laid out clearly now, and as we have our new heroes reuniting with our legacy characters, it’s evident an epic…
Continue Reading
Episode 7 of RICK OR TREAT!…
Continue Reading
This Halloween season delivered a number of horror films, but none so surprising as TERRIFIER 2. With HALLOWEEN ENDS being considered by many to be a disappointment, it’s this surprise indie film that people can’t seem to stop talking about. Social media has been abuzz with reports of audience members passing out and vomiting, one instance resulting in an ambulance being called. With a budget of $250,000, it has made over 30 times that amount, raking in $10.1 million to…
Continue Reading
Episode 6 of RICK OR TREAT!…
Continue Reading
What's impressive to me is the series' ability to show us new and ridiculous iterations of the same schtick. By now, after 34 years, seven films, and one and a half television seasons, you'd think we'd have seen it all. The show's strength is its ability to laugh at itself and embrace its ridiculousness.…
Continue Reading
Bonus mini-sode of RICK OR TREAT…
Continue Reading
This is exactly what I wanted for an official introduction to Glen & Glenda (Lachlan Watson), returning from their ridiculous conception in SEED OF CHUCKY. The show's ability to maintain the franchise's batty plotlines while driving the story forward is incredibly impressive.…
Continue Reading
Episode 5 of RICK OR TREAT!…
Continue Reading