Jordan Pressler

🔔Blog Name Update: Just Sayin is now The Cherry Hill Chainsaw Massacre. Same gory-good content, more genre-specific title.

Halloween 6: The Curse of Michael Myers attempts to marry a self-serious tone to a laughably nonsensical storyline to drearily dull effect, demystifying one of horror's most chillingly enigmatic villains in the process. jordanpressler.blogspot.com/2026/03/hallow…

James Caan and Kathy Bates make deliriously contrasting adversaries in Misery, a taut, suspenseful pressure cooker that uses its confined setting and simple story of survival to impart prescient commentary on the thin line between fandom and obsession. jordanpressler.blogspot.com/2026/03/misery…

Gus Van Sant adopts a slice-of-life approach to dramatizing one of the most infamous massacres in American history, but his cinema-verite style is more pretentious than profound, with an inexperienced cast undermining his commitment to authenticity. jordanpressler.blogspot.com/2026/03/elepha…

Horror made history at the 98th Academy Awards, winning a combined 8 Oscars. Sinners: (4) Original Screenplay, Cinematography, Score, and Actor. Frankenstein: (3) Makeup & Hairstyling, Costume Design, and Production Design. Weapons: (1) Supporting Actress.

Sinners was soooooo close to becoming the first horror film of the 21st century to win Best Picture, and the second in history after The Silence of the Lambs. Still a landmark year for horror at the Academy, though.

Michael B. Jordan is now the first Best Actor winner for a leading male performance in a horror film since Anthony Hopkins for The Silence of the Lambs.

That's a match for Sinners, winning its third Oscar for Cinematography by Autumn Arkapaw.

Sinners' second Oscar goes to Ludwig Goransson for Best Score.

That's three Oscars for Frankenstein: Best Production Design.

Sinners' first Oscar of the night: Best Original Screenplay. Now the first horror film to win for Original Screenplay since Get Out.

Frankenstein has won two Oscars back to back: Best Costume Design and Best Makeup & Hairstyling. That's three wins in total for horror so far, and I can smell more coming.

Amy Madigan just won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for Weapons -- making her the first actress to win for a villainous female horror performance since Kathy Bates for Misery.

Doubling down on the self-referentiality that gives this franchise its sharpest edge, Scream 2 doesn't come close to the freshness or suspense of its predecessor, but remains an exciting, high-energy slasher that invalidates the worthlessness of sequels. jordanpressler.blogspot.com/2026/03/scream…

Horror makes history at the 2026 Academy Awards: two Best Picture nominees, including one that's set a new record for most nominations ever. Check out my latest list for a breakdown of every horror film haunting this year's Oscars. jordanpressler.blogspot.com/2026/03/horror…

The Killing of a Sacred Deer puts a cerebral and idiosyncratic spin on its standard eye-for-an-eye premise -- although a trio of mesmerizing performances and disorienting camerawork can't entirely smooth over stilted dialogue and clinical direction. jordanpressler.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-ki…

Slavishly retracing the fundamental beats of The Strangers without recapturing the blood-curdling suspense or psychological empathy that made it stand out, Chapter 1's only real source of tension is the inevitability of two more to follow. jordanpressler.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-st…

Finally! Something in the way of valuable information. Mike Flanagan's 8-episode adaptation of Carrie is set to premiere on Amazon Prime sometime in October. No-brainer month for a hotly anticipated horror release. thedirect.com/article/stephe…

To my fellow horror hounds. It's that special time of the year! #HorrorCommunity #Friday13th

2026 may be a triumphant year for horror, with the Academy having officially lifted its bias against the genre, and yet it STILL managed to overlook this original & moving film. Should've been nominated for Best Casting, Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography, and Original Score.

The rules are as straightforward as they are grueling: walk until you drop. My Review: jordanpressler.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-lo…