[Spoilers for pretty much the entire Child’s Play/Chucky franchise.] As a child, few things terrified me more than when I would catch a glimpse of dollified serial killer Charles Lee Ray during a late-night cable TV showing of any of the early Child’s Play films. …

[Spoilers for The Hellbound Heart (1986), Hellraiser (1987), Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988) and Hellraiser (2022).] “We have such sights to show you,” Jamie Clayton’s character (credited only as “The Priest”) says in direct echo of Doug Bradley’s unforgettable line as the lead Cenobite from Clive Barker’s 1987 directorial debut, Hellraiser…

“Don’t Let Anyone Make You Disappear”: Heartstopper and the (Re)Discovery of Queer Youth [Spoilers for Heartstopper (both the comic and the Netflix adaptation.)] The first time I came out to another human being — intentionally, backed by whole heart and full throat — I ended up apologizing to them. They were tired, they said, stressed out about something else that was going on…