Sasquatch, Slashers, And A Signed Skull

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The best horror conversations start with a prop on the table. Ours begins with a skull covered in signatures and spirals into a fast, funny, and surprisingly heartfelt ride through Abominable, Victor Crowley, and the moments that turn midnight movies into lifelong obsessions. With Tiffany Shepis at Round Con 2025, we unpack the creature‑feature charm of Abominable, why its stacked cameos keep blindsiding us, and how a “Friday night sci‑fi” label hid a sharp, crowd‑pleasing thriller in plain sight.

From there, we head straight into the Hatchet universe. Tiffany shares what it felt like to get the secret Victor Crowley script and discover her scenes would carry real dramatic heft inside a franchise famous for gleeful gore. We revisit a Halloween pre‑screening that welded shock and nostalgia into a perfect theater memory, then step back to ask a bigger question: why does horror still default to female nudity while dodging male bodies? The answers aren’t tidy, but the conversation is honest, and it points to how the genre keeps evolving when filmmakers challenge the gaze and let character guide the heat.

Because no horror chat is complete without mythbusting, we get nerdy about scene logic—specifically, how water displacement might have saved a character from drowning—and spin that fix into a fearless sequel pitch. Imagine Victor Crowley as an accidental caretaker, raising a child born of tragedy, turning a slasher into a twisted study of grief, legacy, and survival. It’s part love letter, part thought experiment, and a reminder that cult films live on when fans and creators dream out loud together.

If creature features, practical effects, and franchise lore make your heart race, you’ll feel right at home. Hit play, trade us your favorite Abominable cameo, and tell us where you’d take the Hatchet saga next. Subscribe, share with a horror‑loving friend, and leave a review so we can keep digging up the cult gems you care about.

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