By: Amanda Guarragi Five Nights at Freddy’s is a video game franchise that has grown over the past ten years. The characters of animatronic puppets and a security guard keeping the pizzeria (or other locations) safe have been reworked for nine games. The video games follow the same model but place the animatronic puppets in different environments. The games have gained a large cult following, … Continue reading ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ Review
By: Amanda Guarragi When we look back at history, the media has masked the brutality that occurred when colonizers came to North America. There is a stripped-down version of this and that of the Indigenous people. The book Killers of the Flower Moon, written by David Grann, highlighted the Osage murders and the birth of the FBI. Grann, an American journalist, crafted his novel with … Continue reading ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Review
By: Amanda Guarragi As someone born in the ‘90s, the Goosebumps series by R. L. Stine was everywhere. His books have always centred on children experiencing obscure fantastical events. Each book had a creature that would be directly linked to how the characters in his novels were feeling. Stine often wrote parallels between grief and loss when constructing his supernatural stories. The Goosebumps series was … Continue reading TV Review: ‘Goosebumps’ (2023)
By: Amanda Guarragi The lure of small-town myths is what makes Stephen King’s stories captivating. Every character is connected to the grounds they walk on. Their families have lived in the particular town for decades and have never found the heart to leave. Each family has their story, whether it is good or bad. In Pet Sematary: Bloodlines, the characters find out just how haunted … Continue reading ‘Pet Sematary: Bloodlines’ Review
By: Amanda Guarragi The Saw franchise has always been under a moral code from John Kramer (Tobin Bell). He only harmed those who have done terrible things or are horrible people. Over the years, the franchise has suffered balancing morally challenging backstories for their characters and the gore. The early Saw films did have a good structure. The characters were linked to Kramer and the … Continue reading ‘Saw X’ Review
Candid Cinema 