Kids These Days Don't Have Valentine's Day Dances Anymore
Happy Valentine’s Day, all! Whether you’re spending it with a partner, with friends, or with just yourself, I’m glad you’re spending at least some of it here...
Fearmongering: Part Two (1945-1960)
Hi everyone! Welcome to my first post on Buttondown! This is where I'll be posting from now on, since Substack wasn't really working for me. So Desensitized...
Fearmongering: Part One
Horror and War: 1914-1945
So Desensitized 2025
Plans for the new year
Universal Monsters
2024’s Spooky Season Spooktacular! Announcement/Schedule Dracula: Book V. Movie Dracula Daily Frankenstein: Lisa Frankenstein Frankenstein: Young...
Kids These Days Don't Walk Abroad Among Their Fellow Men Anymore
Thoughts on why Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol is a beautiful, long lasting, horror story.
Kids These Days Wouldn't Answer The Calls Coming From Inside The House
How does Black Christmas hold up as a proto-slasher?
Gateway Horror: Kids These Days Still Know About Christmas Town
Thoughts on Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, and the importance of doing what you love.
Spooky Season Spooktacular 2024
Looking back on the season.
Monster Mash
A little reflection on The Universal Monsters.
Ginger Snaps
A beautiful, coming of age movie about two sisters. Also, one of them's a werewolf.
Werewolves And Vampires: An Analysis
It's a Dracula/The Wolf Man crossover!
Bubba Ho-Tep
The only pop culture mummy that gets it right.
Mummification Fascination
Reflections on mummies in pop culture.
Young Frankenstein
A comic take on the Universal classic.
Lisa Frankenstein
Reflections on a masterful tribute, and a diss of Rotten Tomatoes.
Dracula Daily
A classic revived through the internet.
Dracula: Book V. Movie
How was the story of Dracula changed when Universal adapted it?
Spooky Season Spooktacular!
This year's FIRST EVER So Desensitized Spooky Season Spooktacular's theme is...
Kids These Days Don't Spend Enough Time In Rural Texas
Is The Texas Chain Saw Massacre still as depraved as it used to be?