Year: 2018

MOTS-O-Ween 2018: The Invisible Man (1933)

Chaos, madness, train wrecks and unhealthy relationships are all topics of discussion in our review of “The Invisible Man,” starring the voice of Claude Rains. [Aggregate score 8.33]

 

MOTS-O-Ween 2018: The Mummy (1932)

TLS unearths some recurring themes, a couple fine performances and a creepy love triangle from the sarcophagus of 1932’s “The Mummy.” [Aggregate score 6.75]

 

 

MOTS-O-Ween 2018: Frankenstein (1931)

Angry mobs with torches, the titular doctor’s madness and a nameless monster in love, bring discussions of creators and creations in 1931’s “Frankenstein.” [Aggregate score 7.6]

 

MOTS-O-Ween 2018: The Wolf Man (1941)

A new moon, wolfsbane in bloom and a voyeur’s intent is thwarted by a band of gypsies, a wolf and a discussion on the duplicity of the human condition in our review of 1941’s “The Wolf Man.”  [Aggregate score 7.75]

 

MOTS-O-Ween 2018: Dracula (1931)

TLS scare up Universal’s oeuvre of monsters for this year’s MOTS-O-Ween, starting with a discussion of vampires, stalkers and European economics in 1931’s “Dracula” starring Bela Lugosi. Leave the bugs, bring the garlic.  [Aggregate score 8]

 

Film & TV: Halloween (2018)

Just in time to lead into our annual MOTS-O-Ween marathon, the latest entry in the grandfather of horror franchises returns for the modern age and manages to recapture what made it great in the first place.  [Aggregate score: 9.5]

 

Games & Gaming Culture: The Mechanics of Tension

In keeping tradition, TLS closes off this season of Games & Games Culture with a discussion on horror games, this year focusing on their mechanics and design features via this article from Gamasutra.

Games & Gaming Culture: Time-Travel Based Games

Travel through time with TLS as we attempt to parse out how best to integrate the conceit of time-travel in videogames, narratively and/or mechanically.

 

AFI Top 100 #089: The Sixth Sense

TLS sees specters and reevaluates their own misconceptions in an AFI review of M. Night Shyamalan’s original horror/thriller.
[Aggregate score: 10]

Film & TV: Venom

TLS slithers along with Sony’s live adaptation of Marvel’s Venom in all it’s sub-par glory.
[Aggregate score: 4]