HorrorMeganthon Part One
Halloween is my favorite holiday. It’s a time for fun, for costumes, for candy, and for something I love almost as much as anime and manga: horror movies. For the last few years I’ve been doing one of those “watch one horror movie per day” challenges for the entirety of October, which I have dubbed the “#horrormeganthon.” Previously I only chronicled it through social media, but this year I wanted to try something a little different: to write some longer, more complete thoughts on each film on this very blog to share with the world. Thus, here we are with the first, Gothic-heavy week of Horror Meganthon 2025. DAY 1: DANZA MACABRE For those who may not know, I have long had a fondness for mid-20 th century Gothic horror films. These are films that generally don’t have a lot of outright scares or gruesomeness but more than make up for it in sumptuous visuals, solid acting, and loads of spooky a...