Littlewit Philips
Bio
Short stories, movie reviews, and media essays.
Terribly fond of things that go bump in the night.
Stories (78/0)
Creatively Bankrupt?: THE EVIL DEAD (1981) vs EVIL DEAD (2013)
In 1930, a technological revolution exploded through Hollywood with an audible bang: sound. Universal Studios, seeing the implications of this new addition to the medium, remade earlier films to incorporate this shocking new artistic device. Even though The Cat and the Canary had only come out three years before, Universal remade it as The Cat Creeps, and the horror-movie remake entered the world.
By Littlewit Philips3 years ago in Geeks
"There's Someone Inside Your House" REVIEW
There's Someone Inside Your House begins with a familiar sequence of events: Jackson Pace is home alone. A few household objects are out of place, but he only considers them briefly before moving on. By the time he realizes he is in danger, it's too late. There's a killer inside his house, and the killer will not stop before stabbing him to death. To add insult to injury, Jackson's death is synchronized with a mass text that reveals Jackson's most vile secret to the whole world.
By Littlewit Philips3 years ago in Geeks
"Werewolves Within" REVIEW
Beaverfield has attracted a weird bunch of residents. There's the new forest ranger, the gas tycoon who wants to build a pipeline, the reclusive hunter, and even the pair of gay tech-millionaires. Some residents, like the environmental scientist, want to stop this new pipeline. And some, like the residents who would profit from the pipeline, really want to build it.
By Littlewit Philips3 years ago in Geeks
The Final Pirate King
As kids, we spent so much time around the lake that I never imagined it might be dangerous. It was our playground, and you don't realise that a playground could be dangerous until one of two things happen: You can get old enough that you see all of the possible splinters and the places where, should a child slip, they could break their bones. Or you can tumble yourself and have the whole event come crashing home at once.
By Littlewit Philips3 years ago in Fiction
The Battle of the Bad Old House: AFTERMATH (2021) vs THINGS HEARD & SEEN (2021)
Imagine this: a young couple buys a house only to uncover that these walls were witness to violence. Dangerous events escalate along with private frustrations. Evil has left a mark on this place, and that evil might be strong enough to split the marriage apart. The events boggle the imagination, but nothing stretches the audience's capacity for belief more than one detail:
By Littlewit Philips3 years ago in Geeks
"No One Gets Out Alive" REVIEW
Why don't they just leave the evil house? Why don't they just call the cops? For as long as I can remember, these questions were tossed around like the ultimate gotcha for horror movies. They weren't treated like genuine questions; it was like the asker was firing his proton torpedoes down the exhaust shaft of the story. Why don't they call the cops? Boom. Story destroyed.
By Littlewit Philips3 years ago in Horror
- Top Story - September 2021
The Day I Got Set On Fire (Metaphorically)Top Story - September 2021
Do you ever wonder how it felt when Prometheus rose to Olympus to steal the fire of the gods? Was there a rush of power? The stomach-lurching feeling of slipping over the edge of a roller-coaster, feeling momentum take control?
By Littlewit Philips3 years ago in Education
"Nightbooks" REVIEW
If you participated in the Summer Fiction Series, you should be able to empathise with the plight of Alex: having been kidnapped by a witch, Alex will only be allowed to live as long as he tells the witch a scary story every night. It's Goosebumps meets One Thousand and One Nights. Or it's a slightly more intense version of the SFS without any cash prizes.
By Littlewit Philips3 years ago in Horror
Welcome! Everything is Fine.
"But why?" Most fantasy stories can answer the why question pretty simply. Sauron must be stopped before he can defile the Shire. Voldemort must be stopped because he's a wizard Nazi. The Empire must be stopped because they're space Nazis. Presumably we'll end up seeing Jason Momoa fight a fish Nazi in an Aquaman sequel, and so on and so forth until all forms of Nazis have been exhausted.
By Littlewit Philips3 years ago in Geeks
"Kate" REVIEW
In July of 2002, Matt Damon stepped into the role of Jason Bourne, the world's deadliest assassin. In June of the same year, Tom Hanks played the part of Michael Sullivan in Road to Perdition, the world's deadliest hitman. 2003 brought us Kill Bill and Uma Thurman's infamous and exceptionally-deadly character, the Bride.
By Littlewit Philips3 years ago in Geeks