Day 20: The Fan (1981)
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Day 20: The Fan (1981)

Hello and welcome back! It's Day 20 of our 31 Days of Horror series, and today we're talking about 1981's The Fan, starring the lovely Lauren Bacall. If you've spent much time with me, either in person or via my internet ramblings, you know that I am in a committed relationship with Classic Hollywood. We are not exclusive, per se, but let's face it--I'm not really interested in seeing other people. Charles may take every opportunity to rib me about my love of Barbara Stanwyck (we even did an episode about her on The Good, The Bad, and the Podcast!) and other 1940s actresses of a…
Day 19: The Shining (1980)
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Day 19: The Shining (1980)

Welcome back for Day 19 of our 31 Days of Horror series! We're big fans of '80s movies here at ItsJustAwesome.com, so we are fitting in FOUR reviews from this decade, instead of just three. Today, we're launching that exhibition in a big way with Stanley Kubrick's horror classic, The Shining (1980). The Shining is based on the chilling novel by Stephen King, and it is yet another movie that has permeated pop culture to such an extent that it's impossible not to have heard of it. Even if you haven't seen the movie, there are certain unforgettable moments in it that I'll wager…
Day 18: Alien (1979)
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Day 18: Alien (1979)

It's Day 18 today, and I'm extremely excited to be talking about the 1979 Sci-fi/Horror classic Alien with you guys. Alien is directed by Ridley Scott, and stars a young Sigourney Weaver as the Supreme Badass of the Final Frontier: Ellen Ripley. I have no idea how this is possible, but up until now, I'd managed to go my entire life without ever having seen this movie. It's not that I purposely avoided it, but I'm not a huge extraterrestrial/space movie person--I suppose I just never got around to it. Suffice it to say that I'm glad I finally did. Y'all, Alien has 8.5…