News and Reviews

• New Scaredy Cat column: The number 7

  submitted at Jan 25, 2010 at 5:00 PM by Tim Haskell

  Seven is a quantity, a numeral, an idea, a superstition, and apparently a universal spiritual element: in the Japanese Shinto belief system, there are seven gods of good luck, the Muslims believe there are seven heavens, Kaballists belief in seven elements of creation, Christianity, seven heavenly virtues as well as seven deadly sins, Buddhists seven chakras, ancient Egyptians, seven gods, ancient Romans believed that the human spirit is renewed every seven years, and so on …(read more)

• Film Review: Daybreakers

  submitted at Jan 13, 2010 at 4:47 PM by Tim Haskell

  So i finally saw Daybreakers late last night. I was hoping to have seen it this past weekend as promised, but I didn’t get a chance. I hope all of you that were anxiously awaiting my response didn’t go crazy with impatience and kill yourself. That is my hope.

  But, now I do have thoughts on it. I don’t know if this movie was so profound that it made me think the following, or if it was merely the straw…, but I can’t review Daybreakers without first addressing whether scary movies are even scary. What? excuse …(read more)

• DAYBREAKERS

  submitted at Jan 8, 2010 at 1:49 PM by Tim Haskell

  For some crazy reason I was not invited to the premiere of Daybreakers, the new vampire flick starring Ethan Hawke and Willem Defoe. But I am going to see it today and post a review over the weekend. I care because it is a real vampire film. Not just real in that it is not a tweener vampire film or tv show or what have you, but also in that word has it that it is pretty good. The NY Times gave it an excellent review today and Time Out NY …(read more)

• Donny No Skins

  submitted at Jan 7, 2010 at 1:50 PM by Tim Haskell

  Check out this macabre animated series about a little boy who was born with no skin aptly titled “Donny No Skins”. I think this should be on television; it is very funny and original. check out these shorts:

  <ob …(read more)

• Happy New Year's Fellow Freaks

  submitted at Jan 5, 2010 at 12:37 PM by Tim Haskell

  I think wishing people “Happy New Year” is as empty of a sentiment as there can be. Considering people say it until like March, it truly is just a substitute for “how are you” for those who have gotten bored with saying that and need a three month reprieve from the same empty pat salutations. I mean, if you truly think about it, what really happens when the clock strikes midnight on January 1st? Nothing. There is a symbolic “out with the old in with the new” but nothing truly, physically ushers that in. Other than the …(read more)

• Dexter Season 4 - A Review

  submitted at Dec 14, 2009 at 5:48 PM by Tim Haskell

  Dexter is the best show on television, obviously. If you don’t agree you can blow it out your ear. And I have never really written a review of it (largely because the show pre-dates Haunternet and there was no sense starting to review the show starting with Season 2, and I’m lazy). But i was compelled to say a few words about Season 4.

  Season 3 was somewhat of a disappointment. It was still the best show on television, but True Blood was thinking about taking its place (My …(read more)