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It Came from the 80’s

The 80’s were a golden age for horror. Friday the 13th, A Nightmare on Elm Street, and their many offspring were everywhere. It was also a golden age for pop and rock music. Prince, Bruce Springsteen, and Culture Club, among many others. So what happens when you put those two things together? In It Came from the 80’s, Poison’s “Talk Dirty to Me” turns into a battle to the death between good and evil magic, “Footloose” becomes a grotesque mass violence event, and even “Escape (If you love pina coladas…)” transforms into a grim tale of desire gone wrong.

Domesticated Creatures

George-Rupert is a struggling writer and failing donkey parent who is trying to navigate suburban absurdities and moonshot dreams alongside his unsympathetic wife. Then Gene, a reaper, moves into The Hills and befriends him alone. A relationship with cloaked death becomes one more complication, or perhaps salvation, as his life threatens to fall apart.