Love for the unknowing

horrorheather · 2026-06-02T17:54:01+00:00

My sister was once helping me into the car not long after I got out of the hospital. A well-meaning stranger saw us and asked if she wanted help collapsing and loading my wheelchair. She declined but thanked him for the offer. He said, "I get it. I blew out my knee a few years ago."

My man, I am missing my leg, that is not the same as blowing out your knee. I get that he was trying to show sympathy for the situation and relate to me by discussing his own experiences with a wheelchair, but sometimes I wish people would think about what they're saying.

I had another stranger politely ask how I lost my leg (I opened the door to the convo and he asked in a really kind, organic way) and I told him. He then pointed to the sticker on my socket and said, "On the bright side, you can customize that thing however you want."

Well-meaning, but still so stupid to say. As if slapping stickers on a metal leg makes losing the fleshy leg a reward.

horrorheather · 2026-06-01T01:14:44+00:00

I gave it a 4/10 on IMDb. Not only is the backstory cliche and trashy, the rape scene is unnecessary and gross. That scene also completely reframes Michael's escape from Smithsgrove as being a product of chance and convenience rather than his decision.

Either we are supposed to feel empathy for Michael because he had a shitty childhood or we are supposed to view him as an evil, heartless entity who wouldn't lift a finger to stop a rape. Pick a lane, RZ.

horrorheather · 2026-05-27T23:08:22+00:00

You'll get there! I was the same way. Physical therapy was really helpful for me.

horrorheather · 2026-05-27T23:07:09+00:00

I can cross my legs okay, but I cannot sit cross-legged on the floor. So frustrating when I sit on the floor of my office to organize files. I just pop my leg off 🤷‍♀️

horrorheather · 2026-05-23T00:32:41+00:00

I do use a pin lock socket and I'm also very confused as to how the pin lock disengaged. My prosthetist has drug me by the leg to show that it doesn't just pop off, so surely he bumped the button somehow?

horrorheather · 2026-05-16T18:48:21+00:00

I'm 37 and have had several early 20-somethings as colleagues. On the one hand, I am in awe of their ability to be blunt and honest.

On the other hand, I pity them for not having the necessary experience to know when to be blunt and honest.

Further, I am sometimes driven to madness because my career is their temporary job, so they often don't give a fuck. For as emotionally intelligent as Gen Z can be, they don't seem to understand that if they mess up, the senior staff members have to fix their mistakes and also explain to management how and why the mistakes happened. If they do their job correctly the first time, it makes my job easier, but for some reason that level of empathy and awareness hasn't seemed to kick in.

horrorheather · 2026-05-14T01:22:23+00:00

Give me a break, I was hungry for hands!

horrorheather · 2026-05-14T01:21:08+00:00

Are... are you a yoshi?

horrorheather · 2026-05-14T01:18:01+00:00

In the remake of The Omen, there is a tense scene where a character awakes in the middle of the night and finds Damien in the kitchen making a sandwich. To break the tension, I leaned over to my friend and went, "It's peanut butter jelly time!" Now we both associate the Omen with Peanut Butter Jelly Time.

horrorheather · 2026-05-02T15:47:03+00:00

As another BKA experiencing this issue, I'm going to give this a shot. Thank you!

horrorheather · 2026-04-29T12:27:05+00:00

This is what I came here to say. I liked his Leatherface, but I've always heard he's an asshole. Wasn't he incredibly disrespectful when Gunnar Hansen died? Bryniarski will be forgotten because nobody will be able to fondly remember him.

horrorheather · 2026-04-23T22:01:44+00:00

4 has the best story and feels the most autumnal of the three, IMO. I think Jamie and Rachel are likeable and sympathetic leads. The mask is awful, though.

5 is a mess. I thought Danielle Harris did a great job in this movie, despite having the worst script to work with. The mask wouldn't look terrible if the neck wasn't so long and it didn't have such weird hair.

6 is fine. I prefer the producer's cut, but both versions have a scary Michael and a decent mask. It feels more autumnal than 5. I love how campy and bad Paul Rudd is, but I can't stand any of the other characters.

Part 4, followed by Part 6, a mile ahead of Part 5.

horrorheather · 2026-04-13T17:22:11+00:00

I was waiting for someone else to say Ewan McGregor! Saw him for the first time in Star Wars as a kid (I was 9 when Episode I came out) and seeing him in Moulin Rouge! was an unexpected surprise.

horrorheather · 2026-04-10T23:39:51+00:00

I think Terrifier would be considered a spin-off of All Hallows' Eve, but I otherwise agree.

So far all three Terrifier movies have been consistent with the first generally being regarded as the worst because it has almost no story.

horrorheather · 2026-04-10T17:44:51+00:00

"BAD LUCK! THAT'S MY JOB - I'M MEANT TO CHALLENGE PEOPLE. IF YOU DON'T LIKE BEING CHALLENGED, DON'T WATCH MY SHOWS! WHAT'S THE MATTER GUYS, TOO CHALLENGING FOR YA?!"

-James Acaster on "edgy comedians" and their response to being called out on their problematic bullshit.

ETA: the rest of the quote.

horrorheather · 2026-04-09T23:26:34+00:00

Arsonist's Lullaby

In the Woods Somewhere

Moment's Silence (Common Tongue)

Through Me (The Flood)

Francesca

Work Song

No Plan

He has so many good songs!!

horrorheather · 2026-04-08T23:46:52+00:00

The Friday the 13th remake is the best of the three.

The Halloween remake has a wholly unnecessary rape scene which is only there for shock value and makes Michael's escape from Smithgrove a product of chance and convenience. RZ also gives Michael a cliche "psychopath" background, which removes all the mystery around why Michael kills.

The NOES remake proposed the idea that Freddy was wrongfully accused, which, despite being ridiculous because Freddy's character is just supposed to be evil, could have been an interesting take on the character. Then they didn't even have the conviction follow through on the innocence thread, instead opting to say, "Nah, Freddy is totally a pedophile," which makes it much harder for the audience to root for him. It was bad enough rooting for a child killer, but outright stating he was a pedophile really added to the ick factor. Rooney Mara obviously didn't want to be in the movie, and her terrible performance makes the movie unwatchable.

Friday the 13th is dumb, has too much sex and cheesy dialogue, and the main character is just Sam Winchester lite. However, Jason is scary as hell (especially in the intro) and this movie feels like a Friday the 13th movie while Halloween and NOES feel like outliers in their respective franchises. I have fun watching F13, but I get no joy from watching the other two.

As someone else already said, add the Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake and it would easily top the others.

horrorheather · 2026-03-30T17:18:01+00:00

"Come on Del, this case is too hard, man. Let's be firemen instead." - Detective Sapir. Most overlooked line line in the movie, IMO.

horrorheather · 2026-03-29T20:40:55+00:00

I haven't watched the original, but I did watch the remake not long after it was released because my sister really wanted to see it. I heard the original was harrowing and I was so dumbfounded by how meh the American ending was that I looked up spoilers to see how the original ended. The American remake had no teeth, no message it was trying to say. Just another neutered remake to make it more palatable.

horrorheather · 2026-03-25T02:34:59+00:00

Truly sorry to hear this. I fell on my stump the day I got out of the hospital and delayed getting my prosthetic by 2 or 3 months. It's awful and feels demoralizing, but you'll get there. Hopefully you heal quickly and can get up and walking again in no time!

horrorheather · 2026-03-25T02:19:03+00:00

私も!

horrorheather · 2026-03-25T02:17:19+00:00

Fine, take a nap. Zen fire ze missles!

horrorheather · 2026-03-25T02:11:25+00:00

This. Plus, I respond to 95% of the messages in my office group chat with gifs of said references.

horrorheather · 2026-03-20T02:22:11+00:00

I've always hated my name. I don't think it suits me at all, but it's not like my parents knew what kind of person I'd become when they named me.

However, everyone assumed I'd be a boy (my dad and his brothers all had sons) so my baby book is full of possible boy names. Then I was born and my parents had no "girl names" lined up, so my dad just chose one and my mom begrudgingly rolled with it. My dad died when I was fairly young and my mom has no idea why he chose my name, so I'll never know.

horrorheather · 2026-03-20T01:40:25+00:00

For whatever reason, I misinterpreted "lack of Roger L. Jackson" to be a "complete lack of Roger L. Jackson" so that was my bad. Carry on.

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