- Nosferatu (1922)
- Frankenstein (1931)
- Eyes Without A Face (1960)
- Octaman (1971) (RiffTrax verson, 2019)
- The Exorcist (1973)
- The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
- Jaws (1975)
- Tourist Trap (1979)
- Phantasm (1979)
- The Shining (1980)
- The Thing (1982)
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)
- Tremors (1990)
- Ice Cream Man (1995) : Only real horror fans know about this classic... (Very gross, kinda offensive, what is even happening in it)
- Scream (1996)
- Funny Games (1997)
- Ringu (1998)
- The Blair Witch Project (1999)
- Ravenous (1999) : One of my favorites. Blunt, political, and America-hating, as all things should be.
- Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon (2006)
- A Field in England (2013)
- Willow Creek (2013)
- The Borderlands (2013) : Very ambiguous, expects you to think about the nature of faith, religion, and spirituality along with the characters.
- The Taking of Deborah Logan (2014)
- Creep (2014)
- Get Out (2017)
- Hex (2017) : Almost nothing happens in this movie and yet I came away from it feeling dirty.
- The Ritual (2017) : Being given a do-over of your trauma where you get to try and do things right, only to have it end the same anyway.
- Hereditary (2018) : Peter is one of my fave horror characters and I really enjoyed this movie but I have. Criticism. Of Ari Aster's writing.
- Blood Quantum (2019) : A goofy, gross, sometimes hard to follow zombie movie that somehow left me feeling moved.
- The Lighthouse (2019) : What if homosexuality was straight, and a man was another man's tradwife?
- Spree (2020)
- Underwater (2020)
- Vicious Fun (2020)
- Skinamarink (2022)
- The Sudbury Devil (2023)
- Five Nights At Freddy's (2023)
- Thunderheart (1992)
- Gone Girl (2014) : A deeply evil yet well-made movie. Absolutely unbearable in the wake of the anti-MeToo backlash and the Depp v Heard trial. My full review here.
- Mad Max (1979) : Thought it was fascist garbage. I'm sorry. It's literally about a hero cop fighting to "maintain order" against an oncoming wave of bisexual rapists coming to tear apart the nuclear family and destroy society. After watching it I was so annoyed that I dug around on the internet until I found someone who agreed with me (a blog post by a gay dude) so I could experience the relief of knowing that someone else sees what I see. In the process I also found conservative blog which saw these same themes but agreed with them, which made me want to bleed from my eyes.
- Heathers (1988)
- Clueless (1995)
- But I'm A Cheerleader (1999)
- Saved! (2004)
- Mean Girls (2004)
- Twilight (2008) (And 2009 RiffTrax commentary)
- The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009)
- The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010)
- Super 8 (2011)
- The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Parts 1 & 2 (2011–2012)
- I Am Not A Serial Killer (2016) : Sincere and visually enjoyable with a fun fantasy/horror element. One of my favorites.
- The War of the Worlds (1953)
- Communion (1989)
- Starship Troopers (1997)
- The Fourth Kind (2009)
- The Seventh Seal (1957)
- The Princess Bride (1987)
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
- The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
- The Two Towers (2002)
- The Return of the King (2003)
- Dave Made a Maze (2017)
- The Producers (1967)
- Young Frankenstein (1974)
- Street Fighter (1994)
- Waking Ned Devine (1998)
- Smoke Signals (1998)
- Office Space (1999)
- Stone of Destiny (2008)
- Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016)
- The People's Joker (2022)
- Strictly Ballroom (1992)
- Shall We Dance? (1996)
- Within Our Gates (1920)
- Stand by Me (1986)
- Dead Poets Society (1989) : I went into it without a trigger warning, ended up having a mild panic attack. This is your reminder to read those content guides before watching things!
- There Will Be Blood (2007)
- I, Tonya (2017)
- The Half of It (2020)
- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
- The Cowboys (1972)
- Django Unchained (2012)
- Free State of Jones (2016)
- Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)
- Ethnic Notions (1987)
- Grizzly Man (2005)
- Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People (2006)
- Reel Injun (2009)
- Killing Us Softly 4 (2010)
- Blackfish (2013)
- Cowspiracy (2014)
- Pencils Down! The 100 Days of the Writers Guild Strike (2014)
- Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
- The Black Stallion (1979)
- Addam's Family Values (1993)
- The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl (2005)
- Akeelah and the Bee (2006)
- The Adventures of Tintin (2011)
- The Kid Who Would Be King (2019)
- Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure (1977)
- The Lord of the Rings (1978)
- The Castle of Cagliostro (1979)
- The Flight of Dragons (1982)
- Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
- Castle In The Sky (1986)
- My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
- Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)
- Porco Rosso (1992)
- Whisper of the Heart (1995)
- Princess Mononoke (1997)
- Cats Don't Dance (1997)
- Spirited Away (2001)
- The Cat Returns (2002)
- Tokyo Godfathers (2003)
- Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
- Nocturna (2007)
- Dragon Hunters (2008) : One of my favorites. The bit where the building gets struck by lightning and explodes is a life-changing piece of animation.
- Ponyo (2008)
- The Secret of Kells (2009)
- Arrietty (2010)
- A Cat in Paris (2010)
- From Up On Poppy Hill (2011)
- Rango (2011)
- The Wind Rises (2013)
- Song of the Sea (2014)
- April and the Extraordinary World (2016)
- The Red Turtle (2016)
- A Silent Voice (2016)
- Mary and the Witch's Flower (2017)
- Wolfwalkers (2020)
- The Sea Beast (2022)
- The Boy and the Heron (2023)
- The Birth of a Nation (1915) : Not only is it infamously racist, it's also deeply boring, annoyingly melodramatic, and generally unpleasant.
- Possibly In Michigan (1983)
- My house walk-through (2016)
- Curve (2016)
- The Pretty Thing (2018)
- The Sky (2020)
- Opal (2020)
- Portrait of God (2022)
- Kenny (2018)
- The Centrifuge Brain Project (2011)
- Breaking Bad (2008-2013) :
- Better Call Saul (2015-2022)
- The End of the F***ing World (2017-2019) : The romance of all time. If only I had spent my precious youth on a teenage crime spree with a lover instead of being physically sickly and psychologically debilated in my room.
- Succession (2018-2023)
- I Am Not Okay with This (2020)
- The Terror Season 1 (2018)
- Doctor Who (1963-1989)(2005-ongoing)
- The X-Files (1993-2002)(2016-2018)
- Severance (2022-ongoing)
- The Good Lord Bird (2020)
- Oggy and the Cockroaches (1998-2019)
- Dragon Tales (1999-2005)
- Invader Zim (2001-2006)
- Peep and the Big Wide World (2004-2011)
- Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005-2008)
- Horseland (2006-2008)
- Magi-Nation (2007-2010)
- Bakugan Battle Brawlers
- Wakfu: The Animated Series (2008-2024)
- My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (2010-2019)
- Gravity Falls (2012-2016)
- Avatar: The Legend of Korra (2012-2014)
- Steven Universe (2013-2019) : Even as a child I loved the horror and surreal episodes and wished it had leaned more into that.
- Over The Garden Wall (2014)
- BoJack Horseman (2014-2020)
- Star vs. the Forces of Evil (2015-2019)
- Mob Psycho 100 (2016-2022)
- Steven Universe: Future (2019-2020)
- My Hero Academia (2016-Ongoing) : I never finished it. I couldn't take it anymore.
- Marble Hornets (2009-2014)
- EverymanHYBRID (2010-2019)
- HiImMaryMary
- Hiding In My Home
- The Walten Files
- Gayle (2012-2015)
- New Kids On The Rock
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- Gorgeous Freeman (Half-Life 2)
- Freeman's Mind 1 (Half-Life 1)
- Half-Life VR But The AI Is Self-Aware (Half-Life 1)
- Potter Puppet Pals (Harry Potter)
- Mob Psycho 100 by ONE
- A Rocky Destiny by Sparrow (Warriors)
- A Rocky Foundation by Sparrow (Warriors)
- Skyfall (Warriors) : Contains one of the first gay characters I saw in fiction. Thank you Warriors fandom for my life.
- As The Crow Flies by Melania Gillman
- The End of the Fucking World by Charles Forsman : Unfortunately something about the pacing just didn't fully vibe with me.
- I Am Not Ok With This by Charles Forsman
- Fun Home by Allison Bechdal : Watched a bootleg of the musical & read this and then cried and cried and cried.
- My Friend Dahmer by Derf Backderf : A fascinating and earnest work wrestling with the reality of evil.
- Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio by Derf Backderf
- Johnny the Homicidal Maniac by Jhonen Vasquez : One of my favorites of all time, the art is very detailed.
- Squee's Wonderful Big Giant Book of Unspeakable Horrors by Jhonen Vasquez
- Uzumaki by Junji Itō
- Gyo: Ugomeku Bukimi by Junji Itō
- Blood on the Tracks by Shūzō Oshimi
- Through the Woods by Emily Carroll : Genuinely scary. I do not want to be full of worms.
- On A Sunbeam
- The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood, adapted by Renee Nault
- Baptized in Blood: The Religion of the Lost Cause, 1865-1920 by Charles Reagan Wilson
- The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
- Are Prisons Obsolete? by Angela Y Davis
- A Return to Modesty: Discovering the Lost Virtue by Wendy Shalit : Read it when I was younger at the recommendation of a more conservative family member.
- Pro-Life Feminism: Different Voices edited by Gail-Grenier Sweet : Read it when I was younger at the recommendation of a more conservative family member. This is a bit of a weird book. Its main argument is that abortion allows men to use women as sex objects without consequences, referencing the classic "paying for the abortion to avoid a sex scandal" scenario. It also uses the classic "abortion traumatizes women" argument, invoking stories of women haunted by the children they aborted. Unlike your standard conservatives, they also argue for government welfare to pay for all these kids. That said, the strangest and most revealing essay is the one on suicide, arguing that "the mind has no right to kill the body" because the body's reflexes may thwart a suicide attempt. In this way, they state out loud the usually more implicit total rejection of bodily autonomy as a concept. Rather than the body as a vessel of one's consciousness, they argue, in effect, that you are required to be a caretaker of your body, helping it to fulfill it's "natural purpose". The body wants to live, wants to have children, wants to not have an abortion, because these things are natural and spiritually right. Your responsibility is to comply with these biological imperatives. Usually conservatives argue on the basis that abortion is murder and against the "clump of cells" argument, ignoring the bodily autonomy discussion entirely. It's fascinating to see someone argue against abortion by trying to argue against bodily autonomy as a concept. I wonder what these women would think about trans people. I think I already know.
- The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women by Naomi Wolf : A mixture of very valid criticisms of a very big industry and some deeply weird arguements. She's right that the beauty industry is bad, but I can see how she ended up becoming a conspiracy theorist.
- Last Days At Hot Slit: The Radical Feminism of Andrea Dworkin edited by Johanna Fateman and Amy Scholder : Absolutely grueling. Incredibly difficult. I have my criticisms of Dworkin, but she has some deeply insightful writing. Most disturbing is a part near the end, near her death, facing the new reality of a world with date-rape drugs. Her writing on that, on the absolute necrophilia of men's sexual objection of and sexual violence against women, will haunt me.
- Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat: Why It's So Hard to Think Straight About Animals by Hal Herzog
- NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity by Steve Silberman
- Jesus, Interrupted: Revealing the Hidden Contradictions in the Bible (and Why We Don't Know About Them) by Bart D. Ehrman : Not gonna lie, this book had me crying about the crucifixion of Jesus and I'm not even a christian.
- The Triumph of Christianity: How a Forbidden Religion Swept the World by Bart D. Ehrman
- The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels
- American Monsters: A History of Monster Lore, Legends, and Sightings in America by Linda S. Godfrey : A fascinating look into the world of cryptozoology, but full of hippie-style anti-indigenous racism.
- The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins
- The Harry Potter Series by J K Rowling : This was the first proper book series I ever read by myself as a child. I did not notice or barely noticed the problems with it because it was my first time reading myself a chapter book. I grew up surrounded by a more conservative evangelical culture but not fully a part of it, and that culture was opposed to the Harry Potter series for being "anti-Christian." My family was cooler and more chill than the broader culture of evangelicalism. Of course, the Harry Potter series is actually quite conservative and quite christian, just in a sort of centrist lib kind of way. J K Rowling is, well, who she is. It wasn't really that outside the culture after all. I've frequently found myself realizing that a lot of the issues I see present in the religious culture I've tried to avoid are, in fact, present all around, even in places that are supposedly cooler, more chill, and more progressive. There is no real dichotomy between the weird, repressive, conservative religious culture and the cooler, more progressive, more liberated rest of society, it's all just facets of the same structures, spewing different flavors of the same bullshit. It makes me feel a lot of grief.
- Be More Chill by Ned Vizzini
- Devil House by John Darnielle : Has a very tender writing style, particularly in the descriptions of people and places.
- The Cat Master by Bonnie Pemberton
- To Be A Cat by Matt Haig : Technically more of a shapeshifting/bodyswap story.
- Guardians of Ga'Hoole Series by Kathryn Lasky
- Warriors (Original Series/The Prophecies Begin) by Erin Hunter
- Varjack Paw by S. F. Said