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May 3, 2021 - May 9, 2021 Hello readers. This week was Katie's birthday. I attempted to celebrate everyday from May 1st until her birthday with a gift-a-day. I started off with the big gift of roller skates. I got a pair for her, for our friend, and for myself. I explained it as: I got you a roller squad for your birthday. It was cheesy, but I didn't care. Have you ever seen that Chet Faker music video for his song, " Gold ?" Well, the video showcases the talents of Candice Heiden , April Corley, and Appelusa Fleming as they skate in real-time down a highway. It is amazing! And it is the reason why we now have roller skates in our house. We've been falling down left and right, but each day that we try, we gain more confidence. The next gift was a new bullet journal with a modified pen, in hopes she would write more reviews for me. I have to say, she went above and beyond this week. Not only did she complete the entries on her birthday movies, but she also wrote...

Or He Knows You're Copying.  Normally this would be unfair, because all of the slasher films of the eighties copied from the formula laid out very plainly by John Carpenter's Halloween .  Even Halloween was an homage to Italian Giallo films by Mario Bava and Dario Argento, but he took those somewhat complex plotlines and cut them down to the bare essentials.  Ironically enough, the slasher films that followed the wake of Halloween couldn't simplify enough and became more complex in trying to render a killer. Lets put some slashers in order here, we'll start off at Halloween and work our way to He Knows You're Alone released in September of 1980.. 1978 Toolbox Murders (released the same year as Halloween) 1979 Alien (yes, it's a slasher film in space) 1979 When A Stranger Calls 1980 Don't Answer The Phone (February) 1980 Friday The 13th (May) 1980 Prom Night (July) 1980 Dressed To Kill (July) Each of these films copied the prototype but d...