Vampires Forever: Wrapping Up The 2026 So Desensitized Spooky Season Spooktacula
Hi all, happy November, and welcome back to the 2026 So Desensitized Spooky Season Spooktacular! This is the ninth of your promised ten posts and it is a day...
I Was A Teenage Vampire Hunter: Notes on Fright Night
Hi all and welcome back to week four of the So Desensitized Spooky Season Spooktacular! Today we’re talking about another installment in the eighties teen...
They're Only Noodles, Michael: Reflections On The Lost Boys
Hi all and welcome to week four of the 2026 So Desensitized Spooky Season Spooktacular! This week, we’re looking at some favorite eighties vamps, from when...
We Are All Sinners: Black Vampires Throughout History
Hi all and welcome to the second post of week two! Today we’re talking about the history of Black vampires in vampire media! This post is likely to be very...
I HEARD YOUR HEARTS DANCING!: On IWTV And The Gay Vampire
Hi all and welcome to week three of the So Desensitized 2026 Spooky Season Spooktacular! This week is all about minority vampires, and today we’ll be talking...
Twelve For A Long Time: Reflections On Let The Right One In
Hi all and welcome to week two of the So Desensitized Spooky Season Spooktacular 2026! There’s been a bit of a schedule change, so today we’ll be talking...
From Gothic Mansions To Southern Suburbs: The Journey Of The Literary Vampire
Hi all, and welcome back to the 2026 So Desensitized Spooky Season Spooktacular! Today wer’re wrapping up week one with a chat about all your favorite...
Oceans of Time: Romantic Vampires in the Modern Day
Hi all and welcome to the first official post of the So Desensitized Spooky Season Spooktacular 2026! Starting out with some classic vamps, we’re going way...
BAT! A Spooky Season Spooktacular 2026 Bonus Post!
Hi all, and welcome to your surprise bonus post! Weren’t expecting this, were you? (Yes you were, I put it in the announcement and this was a test to see if...
Spooky Season Spooktacular Announcement 2026
Hi all and happy October! The Spooky Season Spooktacular is officially upon us, and this years theme is… 🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁 VAMPIRES!!! The full schedule is below,...
Kids These Days Don't Host Charged Dinner Parties Anymore
Hi all and welcome back to So Desensitized! I must first apologize both for my delay in getting this post out and for falling off the map for like a month...
Kids These Days Don't Eat Their Classmates Anymore
Jennifer’s Body is perhaps the cultiest of cult classics. The movie critics were least ready for. And in retrospect, maybe it was too much to ask of 2009 to...
Gateway Horror: Gravity Falls
Hi all, and welcome back to So Desensitized! Today we’re talking about the show that shaped my childhood, my view on the world, and my love for all things...
Kids These Days Aren't Patriotic Anymore
Hey all, and welcome back to So Desensitized! I know it’s a week late for a Fourth of July post, but I’ve got one anyway! I know the Fourth was…weird this...
Kids These Days Can Be Overtly Queer In Horror Media (And That's Mostly a Good Thing)
Hi all, happy Pride, and welcome back to So Desensitized! If you’ve seen my Instagram, you’ll know that today’s discussion is on queer-coding in horror, why...
Kids These Days Don't Re-Animate Their Classmates Anymore
Hey all and welcome back to So Desensitized! Today, we’re discussing a movie I think all movies should be more like, but also…classic literature? Let’s dive...
Fear Street: The Perfect Modern Slasher
Hi all, and welcome back to So Desensitized! Today we’re talking about one of the best modern slasher franchises in recent memory - and no, I don’t mean...
John Bellairs: The Master Of Gateway Horror
Hi all and welcome back to So Desensitized! Today we’re talking about one of my favorite authors ever who shockingly few people I’ve talked to know about....
The Falls are not What They Seem: Gravity Falls as an Extension of Twin Peaks
It’s here, y’all! The two-year anniversary of So Desensitized, a project started out of equal parts genuine passion for horror and critical writing, and...
John Constantine: The People's Princess
Hi all! Today we’re talking about one of my favorite comic characters ever. (Probably I’ll talk about his comic as horror at a later date as well). He’s...