We’re back, Whorrors! In honor of what we hope to be a promising year ahead, we’re dancing to Stars are Blind in the pharmacy to kick the season off with 2020’s Promising Young Woman.

***CONTENT WARNING: discussion sexual abuse/assault, r*pe, suicide

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Sources:

• Cassandra Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassandra

• Gilbert, Sophie. “Promising Young Woman Sets a Ravishing Trap.” The Atlantic, 28 Dec. 2020, www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2020/12/emerald-fennell-promising-young-woman-subverting-femininity/617467/. Accessed 16 Dec. 2025.

• Gilchrist, Tracy E. “Laverne Cox on How Promising Young Woman Examines the ‘Nice Guy’ Trope.” The Advocate, 5 Jan. 2021, www.advocate.com/film/2021/1/05/laverne-cox-how-promising-young-woman-examines-nice-guy-trope

• Promising Young Woman Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Promising_Young_Woman

• Promising Young Woman IMBd: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9620292/

• Stephen Nothum [authorstephennothum]. Tik Tok.

A familiar movie title with a whole new cast of characters! While this Christmas Eve isn’t necessarily filled with holiday cheer, there’s plenty of slaying to go around in 2006’s Black Christmas.

***CONTENT WARNING: discussion sexual abuse/assault, r*pe, true crime

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Sources:

• Black Christmas 2006 Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Christmas_(2006_film)

• Black Christmas IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0454082/trivia/?ref_=tt_dyk_trv

Freshman year of college comes with many horrors: boys, tests, six demons inhabiting your body only fixed via exorcism…the usual. Read up on the court notes and consider your verdict carefully as we try to crack the case of The Exorcism of Emily Rose.

***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of loss of bodily autonomy, religious trauma, true crime

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Artwork by Gabrielle Fatula (gabrielle@gabriellefatula.com)

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Sources:

• Anneliese Michel Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anneliese_Michel

• Exorcism of Emily Rose IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0404032/trivia/?ref_=tt_dyk_trv

• Exorcism of Emily Rose Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Exorcism_of_Emily_Rose