Wednesday, January 1, 2025

Best Horror Films of 2024

For those of you who don't know, I self-published my first horror novel in both ebook and paperback on Kindle, Barnes & Noble, and Kobo. It's a YA cosmic horror novel called Many Arms Unfold Us, and my pseudonym is Diavolo Ray. Please follow me on tiktok, instagram, bluesky, and Goodreads. You can buy my book here: https://www.amazon.com/Many-Arms-Enfold-Diavolo-Ray/dp/B0DDHDMLPK

This was a banner year for quality scary movies. Here's my ranking:

1. Late Night With The Devil

2. Longlegs

3. The First Omen

4. Alien: Romulus

5. Heretic

6. Arcadian

7. Abigail

8. Blink Twice

9. Nosferatu

10. Strange Darling

11. Immaculate

12. Cuckoo


I've yet to see The Substance, Soderberg's Presence, or The Abandon, so the rankings may change.

Summer Indie Music 2024

Tough putting this together. Maybe it'll get you through the winter months. I can't help gravitating toward retro sounds in new music, whether it's psych, new wave, glam, funk, disco, yacht, or classic rock. The most important think is it's happier and more danceable than the weepy crap most indie artists seem obsessed with. It's been a twenty-year navel gaze and so many boxes of tissue. They say the best art comes in times of suffering. Maybe the newly-elected chaos regime will wake artists up from their trauma porn and make them commit to bringing joy back into the world. Like Kamala's campaign. Sometimes you gotta be the only light.

1. Ginger Root - All Night

2. Mannequin Pussy - Nothing Like

3. Yard Act - Dream Job

4. Sheer Mag - All Lined Up

5. Modern English - I Know Your Soul

6. Allie X - John and Jonathan

7. Chromeo - BTS

8. Omni, Izzy Glaudini - Plastic Pyramid

9. Lime Garden - Floor

10. STRFKR - Armatron

11. St. Vincent - Big Time Nothing

12. Corridor - Jump Cut

13. Peel - In the Sedentary

14. Camera Obscura - Pop Goes Pop

15. Dehd - Don't Look Down

16. Psymon Spine - So Far Away

17. Paul Weller - Jumble Queen

18. Kim Deal - Crystal Breath

19. GIFT - Wish Me Away

20. BODEGA - City Is Taken

21. Kasabian - Coming Back To Me Good