Spooky Season Spooktacular 2025!
Hey all, happy October! I’m here to announce the theme for this year’s So Desensitized Spooky Season Spooktacular! Your options were:...
A Sheep in Wolves' Clothing
On the costuming of The Righteous Gemstones’ Keefe Chambers Hey all, this is a small break from your regularly scheduled horror programming before I...
Kids These Days Don't Have Favorite Scary Movies
Hi all! Splat summer has ended, autumn has almost begun, and school is back in session. The Spooky Season Spooktacular 2025 begins in less than a month, and...
Splat Summer Scrutinized
Hey all! Welcome to the last post of splat summer! I know fall doesn’t start for another while but I go back to school on Wednesday, so summer’s pretty much...
A Midsommar Night's Dream
Hey all, happy August! Voting is open on my Instagram for the theme for this year’s Spooky Season Spooktacular, and I expect everyone reading this to...
An X-traordinary Trilogy
Hi all, happy Friday! Today we are continuing what is shaping up to be a pretty damn fine splat summer with an analysis of Ti West’s X trilogy. It’s a little...
Kids These Days Keep Asking For “Positive Representation”
Hey all! Happy Friday! Today, you will be reading about my favorite horror movie. Yes, you heard that right, my favorite horror movie ever. Now, I want to...
Kids These Days Don't Read Classics Anymore + DDHFF Fargo!
Hey all! Splat Summer is off to a great start! We’ve had a Friday the 13th, some sunny days, and a great StokerCon weekend! But before we get into our...
Kids These Days Keep Trespassing At Summer Camp
[Alternately titled To Kill A Camp Counselor] Happy Friday the 13th, y’all! As promised, this post is about Friday the 13th Part 2, which, I gotta say, I...
The Girls Who Almost Made It: On Laura Palmer and Carrie White
Hey all, happy almost summerween! I’ll kick that off with my next post – which is also Friday The 13th Part 2, exciting times – but for this post, with prom...
Kids These Days Make A Joke Out Of Everything
Nostalgia and the Current Clown Horror Resurgence Hi all! So, I saw Clown In A Cornfield on Tuesday and absolutely loved it, so now I’m going to discuss the...
Kids These Days Couldn't Find The Bates Motel On A Map: ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY EDITION!
Reflections on Psycho, one year after the fact It’s the one year anniversary of So Desensitized!!! I can hardly believe it made it this far! Seriously, if...
The Terrifier Paradox
Politics, Horror Movies, and The Terrifier Franchise Hey all! I lied to you and am deeply sorry. I thought there was a Friday the 13th in April. There is...
Fearmongering: Part Five
2000-Now Welcome, one and all, to the final episode of Fearmongering! I’m taking you all through to the modern day with this one, then a bit of a wrap-up at...
Fearmongering: Part Four
Horror movies, their relevance, and their impact from 1980-2000 Hi all! Welcome back to another edition of Fearmongering, brought to you by my attempts to...
Fearmongering: Part Three
A look into the evolution of horror from 1960-1980 Hi all! With Valentine’s Day over, I’m back with more fearmongering! There are (I think) four parts left...
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
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