Backyard Movie Critic
Gen X film junkie: silent horror to streaming chaos. Grew up on VHS gore and HBO late nights. Unapologetic recs for backyard screenings and Friday nights. No pretension, just movies that matter. Rated R for a reason. And a little poetry.
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10 Babysitting Movies that Screwed up GenX
So here is the deterioration through the late 70s and 80s of my trust for certain babysitting institutions and technologies. I was 5 in 1980, and by the time I was 15 I was anti-babysitting, terrified of camp, and afraid when the TV went fu...
10 Fears That Screwed Up Gen X
10 Fears That Screwed Up Gen X That Probably Weren’t True
Before Creepypasta and even the internet, GenX was terrified by these urban legends and horror stories. They have influenced the culture and movies of today. Even though the Black...
The Greatest Black-and-White Halloween Watch List Ever Made
So I wanted to do a watch list of old movies for Halloween. Believe it or not, even though I do watch 1 horror movie per day from Sept 1 to Oct 31, I still add in other movies sometimes. If I have a lazy Saturday or Sunday, many times I fil...
10 Halloween Pranks Gen X Did Best
10 Halloween Pranks Gen X Did Best
Nothing says Halloween in the 80s like Halloween tricks. Yes, no treat and you got a trick. Not really, but we did play a lot of pranks on Halloween. I think they were some of the best pranks by the gen...
20 Things to Do to Capture the Halloween Spirit GenX Edition
20 Things to Do to Capture the Halloween Spirit GenX Edition (With a Halloween Checklist!)
Here are 20 things you should do this Halloween to both capture the spirit of Halloween and make it more like GenX. Yes, I think back in the day H...
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