• PDI Press

    PDI Press

    BETTY WHITE VS THE STUPID WORLD: The Movie

    PDI Press
    January 17, 2022 2

    Betty White Vs the Stupid World (Chapter Seven)

    PDI Press
    January 16, 2022 1

    Betty White Vs the Stupid World (Chapter Six)

    PDI Press
    January 15, 2022 3

    Featured

    BETTY WHITE VS THE STUPID WORLD: The Movie

    John E. Meredith
    PDI Press
    January 17, 2022 2
    • PDI Press Catalog
    • PDI Press Writers
      • Fiction
  • Columns A-D
    • A Fistful of Dollar Comics
    • ABCs of Horror
    • All Binge… No Purge
    • Anything Joes
    • Beautiful Creatures
    • Big Eyes Smart Mouth
    • Big Sleeps and Long Goodbyes
    • Cahiers du Horror
    • Dispatches From the Field
    • Drive-In Saturday
    • Dungeons & D-Listers
  • Columns F-P
    • The Final Girl
    • First Looks… Second Thoughts
    • The Flesh is Weak
    • Innocence and Experience
    • Lost in Translation
    • Marvel at the Movies
    • Muppets 101
    • Page to Screen
    • Popcorn Cinema
    • The Psycho Drive-In Podcast
    • Psycho Essentials: The ’80s!
  • Columns S-Z
    • Schlock & Awe
    • Shakespeare on Film
    • Shot for Shot
    • Sick Flix
    • Unnatural Selections
    • Versus
    • Video Word Made Flesh
    • We Got Lists
    • Women in Horror
    • The Xeno File
    • Zombies 101
  • Reviews

    Reviews

    Superman (2025)

    Movies
    July 10, 2025 93

    Final Destination: Bloodlines (2025)

    Movies
    June 26, 2025 9

    Predator: Killer of Killers (2025)

    Movies
    June 8, 2025 14

    Featured

    Superman (2025)

    Nate Zoebl
    Movies
    July 10, 2025 93
    • Books
    • Comics
    • DVD/Blu-ray
    • Movies
    • TV
    • Series
  • Interviews

    Interviews

    Interview with Indie Horror Master, Chris Bickel

    Interviews
    July 13, 2018 397

    David Black: Carnies, Carnage, and the Creative Chaos of Darkness Visible

    Interviews
    March 7, 2017 223

    Jaiden Kaine joins the Marvel Universe as new Luke Cage baddie, Zip

    Interviews
    September 29, 2016 9

    SDCC 2016 Interviews: The Cast and Creators of Batman: The Killing Joke

    Interviews
    July 28, 2016 61

    SDCC 2016 Interviews: The Cast and Creators of Syfy’s Van Helsing

    Interviews
    July 27, 2016 4

    Wondercon Interview: The Cast of Damien

    Interviews
    April 16, 2016 3

    Featured

    Interview with Indie Horror Master, Chris Bickel

    The Final Girl
    Interviews
    July 13, 2018 397
  • News

    News

    Regular Show: The Complete Series DVD is here!

    News
    February 9, 2025 20

    “PATER NOSTER AND THE MISSION OF LIGHT” UNLEASHES TERRIFYING UNDERGROUND HORROR – A PSYCHEDELIC CULT MOVIE EXPERIENCE COMING SOON!

    News
    November 15, 2023 74

    Breaking Down The Upcoming DC Studios Slate

    Shot for Shot
    February 1, 2023

    Featured

    Regular Show: The Complete Series DVD is here!

    Paul Brian McCoy
    News
    February 9, 2025 20
    • Trailers
  • Psychos
  • Shop
Breaking
  • Superman (2025)
  • Final Destination: Bloodlines (2025)
  • Predator: Killer of Killers (2025)
  • From the World of John Wick: Ballerina (2025)
  • RSS
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Twitter
  • Tumblr
  • Who We Be
  • Contact
    Home
    Columns
    Popcorn Cinema

    Popcorn Cinema: Santa Claus, Doo Doo, and Rare Exports (2010)

    John E. Meredith
    Popcorn Cinema
    December 5, 2015 2

    RARE EXPORTS: A CHRISTMAS TALE. 2010, Finland. Written and directed by Jalmari Helander. Starring Onni Tommila, Jorma Tommila, Rauno Juvonen, Peeter Jakobi.

    01-rare-exports

    CINEMA: Returning to my car last week, after some Christmas shopping, I found a bright red flyer stuffed under my windshield wiper. I assumed it was another advertisement and nearly tossed it without even looking. As it turns out, the flyer was from a local church.

    POPCORN: Inviting you to their potluck?

    CINEMA: No, it was from someone calling himself Pastor Bob, explaining the origin of Santa.

    POPCORN: Born of a virgin, straight outta the North Pole?

    CINEMA: Not according to Pastor Bob. By his account, there was an ancient pagan ritual which took place in Britain on the night of December 21st, the Winter Solstice. It was called the Ritual of the Stag. In a darkened forest, a high priest with long white hair and a beard would kill a male deer in sacrifice to the gods.

    POPCORN: A little Christopher Lee for the holidays. Pretty sure you already told me all about that.

    CINEMA: In Pastor Bob’s version, the deer was skinned and its furry hide turned inside-out, with the raw, blood-soaked inner flesh serving as a bright red coat. The antlers were left intact on the hide, serving as a mask and headpiece for the final part of the ritual. A human being, preferably a virgin, was brought before the priest, who would then use the antlers to gore the sacrifice to death. This would be followed by an orgy that lasted into the wee hours of the morning.

    POPCORN: Dude, that sounds . . . awesome.

    I

    CINEMA: There were big letters at the top of the flyer, proclaiming Christmas to be a “silent night, bloody night.” It went on to explain that this white-haired priest in the bloody robe and the deer’s head were Santa and Rudolph. It further explained that “Santa” is merely “Satan” misspelled, and that the people of America have been duped by the Father of Lies.

    POPCORN: Donald Trump?

    CINEMA: Not in this case. The churches of America got together in 1933 and accepted the Santa Claus story, about an immortal being with a magical sled and the ability to know which children were good and which were bad. According to Pastor Bob, this was the Devil attempting to confuse those who were devout (but apparently brain-dead) into worshipping the wrong individual. Obviously, Pastor Bob would like everyone to reject the Santa mythology and join his church.

    POPCORN: Potluck, man. I told you. What dish are you bringing?

    CINEMA: His argument was that presenting the Santa lie to our children now makes them question the truth of everything we might tell them later. In essence, we start training them early to be good little liars and disbelieve everything they are taught.

    POPCORN: Bob’s not a total dumb-ass.

    CINEMA: No, he’s not. He might be a bit over the top, and in serious need of some decaf, but his logic here is sound. At least until he gets to all of that business about Satan. He’s also got a great flair for horror, if he ever decides that a career change is in order.

    POPCORN: You hear ’bout that thing with the hooker?

    03-saint-nicholas

    CINEMA: Pastor Bob had a hooker?

    POPCORN: No, man. The other red suit.

    CINEMA: You mean . . . Saint Nicholas?

    POPCORN: Yeah, him. Dude was, like, a priest in the Middle East or something –

    CINEMA: He was a fourth century bishop in Turkey, using his vast fortune to help the poor and the needy –

    POPCORN: Yeah, yeah, that’s it. So there was this chick. She was Ramen-noodle poor, getting ready to hit the corner for some extra cash. Then ol’ Nick strolls past her house and tosses a gold coin in her window. I think he was just trying to be first in line. But the coin, it drops in a sock that’s hanging by the fireplace to dry. Girl grabs that coin and gets outta the business before she even starts. But she’s got a big mouth, tells everybody about it –

    CINEMA: And they all start hanging their stockings by the chimney with care.

    POPCORN: You heard that one?

    CINEMA: It’s not an obscure story.

    POPCORN: Telling you, dude. All of us are whores for Santa.

    CINEMA: Um, yeah, in a sense. However, he wasn’t always the jolly, gift-giving machine that we think of today. The early illustrations of Nicholas depict him as more a symbol of discipline and punishment than of merriment, with him holding a birch rod –

    POPCORN: All about that S&M.

    04-santa

    CINEMA: Possibly. He had the money, and was the patron saint of banking, piracy, butchery, thievery, and . . . New York City. Initially, Santa wasn’t even considered to be of human origin, nor was he depicted that way in the earliest stories.

    POPCORN: What the hell was he?

    CINEMA: Well, the people of many European countries believed that spirits, both good and bad, were very active throughout the Twelve Days of Christmas. It’s not so different from the pagan origins of Halloween –

    POPCORN: Alright, dude. The twelve days of Christmas . . . I got Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Years . . . maybe you can count Thanksgiving . . .

    CINEMA: It’s a liturgical thing, and somewhat complicated, having to do with differences in calendars and church traditions. Basically, it’s the twelve day stretch from Christmas Day until January 5th, which is known as Epiphany. This was the supposed date when the Three Wise Men finally reached the Christ child, bearing gifts –

    POPCORN: But we say screw all this waiting shit, gimme my presents now?

    CINEMA: In true American style, yes. Anyway . . . these spirits, that were so active around the day we’ve come to know as Christmas, have evolved into elves. Santa more or less stepped up to be king of the elves, due in part to Clement C. Moore’s 1823 poem “Twas the Night Before Christmas”. It wasn’t until Thomas Nast’s illustration for an 1863 issue of Harper’s Weekly that Santa Claus was pictured as a large, jovial human being. Before then, he was generally perceived as . . . a large elfin creature.

    POPCORN: Dude.

    CINEMA: Creepy, right?

    05-rare-exports

    POPCORN: This thing’s just slidin’ down the chimney and coming into the house while we sleep. Little Keebler bastards. Wanna know what else looks like elves, dude?

    CINEMA: Demons.

    POPCORN: Uh-huh.

    CINEMA: Well, then you should really like RARE EXPORTS: A CHRISTMAS TALE, a dandy little Finnish horror movie from a few years ago. This movie is a bit like THE THING. If, instead of Kurt Russell, it starred the kid from A CHRISTMAS STORY.

    POPCORN: Ralphie!

    CINEMA: Set in a bleak, snowy wasteland at the border of Finland and Russia, there is a massive and foreboding mountain dominating the landscape on the Russian side. An excavation team is there, not surprisingly led by an American scientist. They have made some kind of discovery deep within the mountain, which the scientist is calling the largest burial mound in the world. The men are given a few basic rules: no cursing and no smoking.

    POPCORN: You better not pout, you better not cry, you better watch out –

    CINEMA: I’m telling you why. There are two young Finnish boys who have been spying on the excavation, sneaking back through the hole they’ve cut in the fence. There’s Pietari, who bears a striking resemblance to Ralphie – right down to the rifle slung over his shoulder, Army style – and his friend Jusso. It’s almost Christmas, so Pietari starts talking about Santa. Jusso explains that Santa doesn’t exist.

    06-rare-exports

    POPCORN: But Ralphie does some research.

    CINEMA: He does, and he doesn’t really like what he finds. The real Santa was totally different, he tells Jusso. The Coca-Cola Santa is a hoax, but this other character . . .

    POPCORN: Big horns. Boiling kids.

    CINEMA: You got it.

    POPCORN: Ralphie’s no fool, though. He armors up in hockey gear and sticks that bear trap in the chimney. Kids are always smarter than adults in these flicks.

    CINEMA: So Pietari’s father, Rauno, is part of a local group of reindeer herders, rounding up the deer and then skinning them, processing them, in a commercial butcher shop set up in the garage. Rauno and Pietari join some other villagers in the round-up area, finding that almost all the reindeer have already been killed. They discover the hole Pietari and his friend had cut in the fence, assume that the excavation team are responsible, and head up toward the mountain to demand compensation.

    POPCORN: But everybody’s gone. Nothin’ but a big crater in the middle of the mountain. Dude, that was THE THING all the way. When they go to the camp and a bunch of dead dipshits have thawed out the alien critter . . .

    CINEMA: Pietari tries telling his father and the other men about the centuries-old legend, that Santa was this monstrous, child-eating entity that terrorized the local villagers. They were able to trick him onto the lake, then freeze him and bury him under the mountain.

    07-rare-exports

    POPCORN: Yeah, kid. Sure. Why don’t you go suck on a lollipop.

    CINEMA: But then they find that creepy old man in Rauno’s wolf trap.

    POPCORN: Dude . . .

    CINEMA: And all the kids in the village are coming up missing, including Pietari’s friend.

    POPCORN: Dude, that old Santa creature.

    CINEMA: He wasn’t so much Santa as –

    POPCORN: Well, they put the creepy old bastard in a Santa suit. Not crazy about the way he was looking and sniffing at Ralphie.

    CINEMA: There is something truly unsettling about this thing they call Santa.

    POPCORN: Imagine all the mommies and daddies walking Junior up to see Santa at Macy’s and finding this freaky son-of-a-bitch sittin’ up there.

    CINEMA: While the film still contains messages about familial love, brotherhood, and friendship, not to mention a more-or-less happy ending, all of these things are arrived at naturally. There’s none of this Christmas miracle stuff saving everyone in the end.

    POPCORN: Whoa, dude. Where’s the red-and-green love?

    08-rare-exports

    CINEMA: While completely on board with Halloween, I’m something of a Christmas skeptic. Whatever meaning this holiday once had has been utterly obscured by rampant commercialism, religious arrogance, and the complete and total loss of . . . anything that made it magical when I was a child.

    POPCORN: Dude.

    CINEMA: All apologies, it’s not nearly as bitter as it sounds. It’s just that all of these traditions have so little basis in reality. You enjoy the mistletoe, right?

    POPCORN: Yeah, dude.

    CINEMA: Did you know that “mistletoe” is from an Anglo-Saxon word meaning “little dung twig”? It’s a parasite that grows on evergreen trees, spread through bird droppings.

    POPCORN: Alright, you Ebenezer bastard, I got one for you.

    CINEMA: Oh good.

    POPCORN: Yep. Even wrote it down here. You ready?

    CINEMA: Well, I sup –

    POPCORN: Ever heard of . . . Caga Tio?

    CINEMA: I can’t say that I have.

    09-caga-tio

    POPCORN: Really? Well, it’s this thing they do somewhere in Spain. Caga Tio . . . it means the pooping log. The kids get these logs, all hollowed out, with legs and little faces drawn on them. They start feedin’ them on, like, December 8th or something. Sticking stuff down inside the log. Then, on Christmas Day, they put this little log-dude in the fireplace and just start beatin’ the shit outta him with sticks and stuff.

    CINEMA: No way. You made this up.

    POPCORN: No, for real, dude. They beat the log and it poops out candy and fruit and nuts. Something here about the last thing being . . . a garlic bulb or onion. Maybe a herring.

    CINEMA: You’re obviously high.

    POPCORN: Got nothin’ to do with it. The whole family crowds around the log and sings while the kids are beating the holy hell out of it for Jesus . . .

    “Shit log, 
    shit log, 
    hazelnuts and cottage cheese, 
    if you don’t shit well, 
    I’ll hit you with a stick, 
    shit log!”

    CINEMA: Get out of here.

    POPCORN: Swear, dude. Shit’s on the internet.

    CINEMA: Well, then it must be true. Your . . . log . . . might somehow correspond to another Catalan tradition, known as the Caganer.

    POPCORN: Jimmy Caganer.

    10-caganer

    CINEMA: It’s a Christmas statue found in nativity scenes throughout parts of Spain, Portugal, and Italy. There’s the entire town of Bethlehem, with Mary and Joseph, little baby Jesus, and the Caganer figure way over in the furthest corner from them. He’s taking a crap.

    POPCORN: Nuh-uh.

    CINEMA: Absolutely true. He’s usually wearing a red cap, dressed as a peasant, with his pants around his ankles. Beneath him, most figures even include a little plastic poo. Modern versions have come to include Santa, nuns, devils, and even celebrities. No one has really ever been able to confirm where this tradition came from, but the Caganer has been shitting in Bethlehem for hundreds of years now.

    POPCORN: Sounds like someone else I know.

    CINEMA: Sweet potatoes.

    POPCORN: What?

    CINEMA: I’m taking sweet potatoes to the potluck.

    POPCORN: You might wanna take that movie too. Pastor Bob would probably like it.

    APPIP ERROR: amazonproducts[
    AccessDeniedAwsUsers|The Access Key Id AKIAIIK4RQAHE2XK6RNA is not enabled for accessing this version of Product Advertising API. Please migrate your credentials as referred here https://webservices.amazon.com/paapi5/documentation/migrating-your-product-advertising-api-account-from-your-aws-account.html.
    ]
    (Visited 295 times, 1 visits today)

    Related

    John E. MeredithPopcorn CinemaRare Exports A Christmas Tale

    FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
    Previous All Binge… No Purge: The X-Files S8 Part One
    Next Marvel’s Jessica Jones and the Repercussions of Domestic Violence
    monsterid
    John E. Meredith
    J. Meredith is a freelance writer currently working on his first novel while still trying to keep the lights on. He’s got too many interests to ever pursue them all, though he spends far more time with movies, music, and books than he really should. As a Halloween baby, he feels a natural tendency toward things dark, horrific, or at least black-and-white. Feel free to haunt him on his Facebook Page or on his Instagram accounts Scribe_69 and john_e_meredith.

    Related Posts

    The Psycho Drive-In Podcast 07: Superman (2025)

    Paul Brian McCoy
    The Psycho Drive-In Podcast
    July 13, 2025 11

    The Psycho Drive-In Podcast 06: 28 Years Later

    Paul Brian McCoy
    The Psycho Drive-In Podcast
    June 24, 2025 7

    Daily Top Ten

    • guinea-pig-devils-experiment-headerSick Flix: Guinea Pig – Devil’s Experiment (1985) by Corin Totin
    • i-spit-on-your-grave-09The Final Girl: I Spit on Your Grave (2010) by The Final Girl
    • Starlost-06Lost in Translation 389: Remaking The Starlost (1973) by Scott Delahunt
    • babylon-5-blu-ray-04Babylon 5 Complete Series Blu-ray Review by Paul Brian McCoy
    • muppetmadness-headerMuppet Madness: You’re the Director by Jessica Sowards
    • The BodyResurrecting and Redeeming The Dead Girl in… by Thom V. Young
    • superman-headerSuperman (2025) by Nate Zoebl
    • AT608-executionAdventure Time 6.08 “Furniture and Meat” by Dave Hearn
    • MacbethShakespeare’s Macbeth (2010) by Paul Brian McCoy
    • deep throat 1Inside Deep Throat by Jason Sacks
    400x400 GI Joe Funko Banner

    Weekly Top Ten

    • i-spit-on-your-grave-09The Final Girl: I Spit on Your Grave (2010) by The Final Girl
    • superman-headerSuperman (2025) by Nate Zoebl
    • star-wars-headerLost in Translation: The History of Adaptations, 1970-79 by Scott Delahunt
    • babylon-5-blu-ray-04Babylon 5 Complete Series Blu-ray Review by Paul Brian McCoy
    • belladonna-03Big Eyes Smart Mouth: Belladonna of Sadness by Serdar Yegulalp
    • 80s-headerLost in Translation: The History of Adaptations, 1980-89 by Scott Delahunt
    • 2001Lost in Translation: The History of Adaptations, 1960-69 by Scott Delahunt
    • goldfinger-headerLost in Translation: The Bond Project – Goldfinger by Scott Delahunt
    • mary-shelleys-frankenstein-headerEZMM 2024 Day 4: Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1994) by Paul Brian McCoy
    • men-in-blackLost in Translation: The History of Adaptations, 1990-99 by Scott Delahunt

    psychodrivein

    We came here to chew bubblegum and write intelligent reviews and commentary on cult TV and movies! And we're all out of bubblegum!

    Today at https://psychodrivein.com Anything Joes: Today at https://psychodrivein.com

Anything Joes: S02E30 - Jaren Gets A Comic Grail

In this episode of ANYTHING JOES, Jaren scores a long-time comic grail and we’re celebrating! 
—
Watch the @AnythingJoesPod guys at the link in our profile!

#AnythingJoes #GIJoe #MarvelComics
    Today at https://psychodrivein.com Anything Joes: Today at https://psychodrivein.com

Anything Joes: ZARTAN UNBOXED! | Hiya Toys 1:18 G.I. Joe Figure Review & Comparison 

In this video, Greg cracks open the Hiya Toys 1:18 scale ZARTAN figure and takes a detailed look at his design, articulation, and accessories.
—
Watch Greg at the link in our profile!

@AnythingJoesPod #AnythingJoes #Zartan #HiyaToys #GIJoe
    Today at https://psychodrivein.com The Psycho Dri Today at https://psychodrivein.com

The Psycho Drive-In Podcast 07: Superman (2025)

Join Paul and John on the Psycho Drive-In Podcast as they delve into the first official DC Universe live-action film release, Superman!
—
Listen to the boys at the link in our profile!

#PsychoDriveIn #PsychoDriveInPodcast #Podcast #Superman #JamesGunn #DavidCorenswet #RachelBrosnahan #NicholasHoult #DCU #DC
    Today at https://psychodrivein.com Lost in Transl Today at https://psychodrivein.com

Lost in Translation 483: One More Trailer

The Fantastic Four: First Steps is a period piece set in the 60s, around the time the comic was first published.
—
Read more of Scott’s article at the link in our profile!

#LostInTranslation #FantasticFour #FantasticFourFirstSteps #MarvelStudios #MCU
    Today at https://psychodrivein.com Superman (2025 Today at https://psychodrivein.com

Superman (2025)

Superman is proof that the DC film universe might actually have the perfect person in charge of charting their cross-franchise courses.
—
Read more of Nate’s review at the link in our profile!

#Superman #JamesGunn #DavidCorenswet #RachelBrosnahan #NicholasHoult #DC #DCU
    Today at https://psychodrivein.com Lost in Transl Today at https://psychodrivein.com

Lost in Translation 482: Examining Recent Trailers

Two new trailers dropped that are of interest to Lost in Translation: Spaceballs 2 and The Naked Gun!
—
Read more of Scott’s article at the link in our profile!

#LostInTranslation #Spaceballs2 #TheNakedGun #Trailers
    Today at https://psychodrivein.com Final Destinat Today at https://psychodrivein.com

Final Destination: Bloodlines (2025)

FINAL DESTINATION: BLOODLINES is a return to form for a franchise that never should have been on the brink of death.
—
Read more of Nate’s review at the link in our profile!

#FinalDestination #FinalDestinationBloodlines #AdamBStein #ZachLipovsky #KaitlynSantaJuana #TonyTodd
    Today at https://psychodrivein.com Anything Joes: Today at https://psychodrivein.com

Anything Joes: S02E29 - File Card Focus: Big Boa
 
Greg and Jaren return to take a hard look at Cobra’s one-man trainer: Big Boa! 
—
Watch the @AnythingJoesPod gang at the link in our profile!

#AnythingJoes #GIJoe #Cobra #BigBoa #FileCardFocus
    Today at https://psychodrivein.com The Psycho Dri Today at https://psychodrivein.com

The Psycho Drive-In Podcast: 28 Years Later

Paul and John are back with a new PSYCHO DRIVE-IN PODCAST with a brand-new review of 28 YEARS LATER plus a look back at the franchise, its themes, its innovations, and its impact on the genre!
—
Listen to the guys at the link in our profile!

#ThePsychoDriveInPodcast #28YearsLater #28WeeksLater #28DaysLater #DannyBoyle #AlexGarland #AlfieWilliams
 #AaronTaylorJohnson #JodieComer #RalphFiennes
    Follow on Instagram

    Look Who's Talking

    Shawn EH
    Shawn EH - 5/4/2025
    Thunderbolts* (2025)
    Yep, very well done; avoiding the big flashy battle that these heroes (can any of you fly?)...
    Ideonova
    Ideonova - 12/26/2024
    Page to Screen: F. Paul Wilson’s The Keep
    Not living up to the source material? What source material? The book is a predictable, at times...
    Fred L. Taulbee Jr.
    Fred L. Taulbee Jr. - 8/17/2024
    Cahiers du Horror 03: Frank Henenlotter and The Brain that Wouldn’t Die
    I need to see that again. Maybe make it a double feature with All of Me. Steve Martin is someone you...
    RSSTwitterFacebookinstagramtumblr

    Archives

    Large_rectangle_336X280
    • PDI Press
      • PDI Press Catalog
      • PDI Press Writers
        • Fiction
    • Columns A-D
      • A Fistful of Dollar Comics
      • ABCs of Horror
      • All Binge… No Purge
      • Anything Joes
      • Beautiful Creatures
      • Big Eyes Smart Mouth
      • Big Sleeps and Long Goodbyes
      • Cahiers du Horror
      • Dispatches From the Field
      • Drive-In Saturday
      • Dungeons & D-Listers
    • Columns F-P
      • The Final Girl
      • First Looks… Second Thoughts
      • The Flesh is Weak
      • Innocence and Experience
      • Lost in Translation
      • Marvel at the Movies
      • Muppets 101
      • Page to Screen
      • Popcorn Cinema
      • The Psycho Drive-In Podcast
      • Psycho Essentials: The ’80s!
    • Columns S-Z
      • Schlock & Awe
      • Shakespeare on Film
      • Shot for Shot
      • Sick Flix
      • Unnatural Selections
      • Versus
      • Video Word Made Flesh
      • We Got Lists
      • Women in Horror
      • The Xeno File
      • Zombies 101
    • Reviews
      • Books
      • Comics
      • DVD/Blu-ray
      • Movies
      • TV
      • Series
    • Interviews
    • News
      • Trailers
    • Psychos
    • Shop
    • PDI Press
      • PDI Press Catalog
      • PDI Press Writers
        • Fiction
    • Columns A-D
      • A Fistful of Dollar Comics
      • ABCs of Horror
      • All Binge… No Purge
      • Anything Joes
      • Beautiful Creatures
      • Big Eyes Smart Mouth
      • Big Sleeps and Long Goodbyes
      • Cahiers du Horror
      • Dispatches From the Field
      • Drive-In Saturday
      • Dungeons & D-Listers
    • Columns F-P
      • The Final Girl
      • First Looks… Second Thoughts
      • The Flesh is Weak
      • Innocence and Experience
      • Lost in Translation
      • Marvel at the Movies
      • Muppets 101
      • Page to Screen
      • Popcorn Cinema
      • The Psycho Drive-In Podcast
      • Psycho Essentials: The ’80s!
    • Columns S-Z
      • Schlock & Awe
      • Shakespeare on Film
      • Shot for Shot
      • Sick Flix
      • Unnatural Selections
      • Versus
      • Video Word Made Flesh
      • We Got Lists
      • Women in Horror
      • The Xeno File
      • Zombies 101
    • Reviews
      • Books
      • Comics
      • DVD/Blu-ray
      • Movies
      • TV
      • Series
    • Interviews
    • News
      • Trailers
    • Psychos
    • Shop
    Type to search or hit ESC to close
    See all results
    Username
    Password
    Remember Me
    Lost password?
    Create an account
    Username
    Email
    Cancel
    Enter username or email
    Cancel