Hazel-Rah's Helliday #18 :And I Don't Know What I Want

 

Hazel-Rah's Helliday #18 :And I Don't Know What I Want

Hazel-Rah's Helliday turns 18 this year and I just don't know what I want. Here it is, the celebration mere days away, and I am just compiling my yearly mixtape. My heart was just not in it.Haven't even put up a tree this year. One of the most important people in my life died in September.And I'm finding it harder and harder to give a damn about the things that once brought me joy.Making my mixtapes of silliness and surprises was always something I enjoyed doing.For friends.For her. And now she won't hear any of these songs.I won't hear her laugh at my choices.Or sing the praises of any one particular tune. One song I had discovered after last years and held onto for this mix hit me with a surprising gut punch of emotion when I gave it a listen again.So even putting this together hurt. But Hey ! It's the most wonderful time of the year....right?RIGHT?!? Enjoy this for what it's worth.Enjoy it for her.

 

1 )    The Grinch (as portrayed by Rik Mayall) wants nothing more than to "Stop Christmas". I hear you Grinchy,can't we put a end to this ridiculousness? 2 )   Tarja Turunen goes dark with a spooky rendition of the classic "Jingle Bells" 3 )   I could have had a V-8 ,instead I got a Mussolini Headkick  and was left out in the cold to be "Forgotten". Brrrr So Cold 4 )  1000 HO-HO-Dj's  are full of the Helliday spirit because, for them, "(Every Day is) X-Mas" 5 )   Sheridan (Monty Woolley)  has some curt advice for those insufferable folks who wont stop their seasonal cheer : "Shut Your Nasty Little Face" 6 )   Josh Loughrey  is full of the spirit of Joy(Division) and they sing of their significant other as " She's Lost Control of Christmastime" 7 )   Homer gets his sexy on with Marge who loves his "Mr Plow" jacket 8 )   Kibble  just want a  "Warm Fireplace" to curl up in front of this Helliday 9 )   Reno 911 give us some community spirit for the season in this PSA, reminding everyone to let their slaves out of their  "Christmas Sex Dungeon". Spank you very much 10 )   Alex Reed laments that "Last Christmas Love Tore Us Apart".Joy to the WHAM ,baby ! 11 )   Hot Waffles knows  "Christmas When Your Goth" is hard when all feels black as midnight on a moonless night. 12 )   Vicar of Dibley questions  "How many Advent Calendars is too many?" One would think 30, but lady loves her chocolate 13 )   DJ Cummberbund drops a new mashup this Helliday that will make you yell more! More! MORE!! It's "Rebel Navidad (Jose Feliciano vs Billy idol vs Rob Zombie vs others)" 14 )   Beavis and Buttthead  do the "Dance of the Sugar Plum Ozzys" 15 )  Holly Golightly screams at the "Christmas Tree on Fire" Huh Huh Heh Fire!FIRE! FIRE!! 16 )    It's a nostalgic "Toys R Us Christmas Commercial from 1984" .Remember when there use to be stores with aisles and aisles of toys? Like walking into Santa's warehouse as a kid 17 )   Tom Lehrer sells his heart out in this "Christmas Carol" Tis' the season to buy buy buy ! 18 )   Uncle Scrooge is armed and ready for that jolly fat man.He remembers "How Santa Stole Christmas" . Santa is the one who better watch out 19 )   Life is like a candy cane in this Duck Tales Theme with a holiday twist 20 )  Let's slow things down to a whisper in this SNL take on NPR and pop some "Schwedy Balls" into our mouth.Mmm roll your tongue all over those balls 21 )  The kids of South Park watch in horror as it's "Santa Vs Jesus" There can be only one! 22 )    Bill McClintock is having a devil of a time this Helliday in his mashup "South of Christmas ( Slayer vs Wham)" Don't worry, this one won't send you to Whamhalla 23 )   The Members of Teen Titans GO! tell of the tale of why "Santa Wants Halloween". Heck,can't blame the guy, all I want for Christmas is another Halloween 24 )   Mikey Mason gets into the Halloween spirit with this spooky story of what happens when "Santa Goes Trick or Treating" 25 )    Dr Demento proclaims "I'm a Christmas Tree" .Hang your crap on me 26 )    From The Shining we have the horrible "Grady Story" of what happens when one is cooped up in the winter with family for long periods 27 )    A P Clarke spends a dark and lonely "Christmas In Florida". Serves him right for going to ...ugh...Florida 28 )    Nat King Cole and "The Little Boy That Santa Forgot" whose gettin nuttin for Christmas (and he wasn't even bad.) 29 )    Father Ted ask Father Dougal and Father Jack what they expect to find behind tomorrows "Advent Calendar" window 30 )    Glen Hansard and Lisa O'Neill perform "Fairytale of New York" at Shane MacGowans' funeral 31 )    River Song and the Doctor speak of every last christmas and the long "The Last Night on Darillium" 32 )    Thanatos laments "All the Gifts We Got Wrong" and how he will never see you again to make it right 33 )    George Bailey  prays for some higher spirit:"Show Me the Way" as he is at his ropes end 34 )    "I Believe in Father Christmas" sings Greg Lake .Boy, is he in for a rude awakening

Hazel-Rah's Halloween Mixtape #19 : The Night YOU Press Play

 

Here it is ! My yearly Halloween mixtape of all pumpkin sizes and shapes.

The NINETEENTH dive into terror-rific tunes to celebrate the season.

I almost didn't do one this year as a terrible event in my life has sucked all the joy out of living for the moment.My best friend passed away just a few days ago.But I thought of her and how she said she enjoyed these little audio adventures so I decided to do it for her.(and distract my thoughts & grief) 

With very little to start with, I dug deep into the squishy pumpkin guts and pulled out some seeds and innards to mix together and then carve out what will hopefully be a enjoyable listen.I threw this one together in one night,so if it sounds a little bit jumbled and jivey ,there's a reason.

In this one John Carpenter's classic Halloween theme gets medieval on your spooky ass.Puddles has a Pumpkin Party. And Elm Street makes it's usual appearance,albeit in an unexpected way.

We welcome the Weird AL of Horror  to stalk the halls,trailers abound,and things get both weird and funky.

So saddle up your buzz buzz,press play, and have a

Happy Halloween! 

1) In promotion of the new SAW X movie , Billy does a parody of the Nicole Kidman AMC Movies trailer.
2) Every year I like to include a variation of "John Carpenter's Halloween Theme", this years comes to us from Its Winter Productions in a spooky Medieval version
3) Conal Cochran shares with us his folklore on the "Bloody Traditions of Halloween" and how it's more than begging for candy
4) Aviators speak of the many "Masks" we wear in this Alternative Orchestral version of their song
5) The Light Asylum search for "Dark Allies" in the darkest of alleys
6) Alice Hardy tries to tell the people of Crystal Lake that the boy Jason, "He's Still There" .If only they listened
7) The Midnight sing to "Jason" to keep on running
8) Hannibal Lector knows a thing or two about how "Blood looks in the Moonlight"
9) Titus Jones mashups  Ghost Vs Gloria Gaynor vs Metric for a spooky tune called "Survive the Dance"
10)Things get tense with Mommy in this "Evil Dead Rise Trailer"
11) Panic Priest want to watch you "Shiver and Crawl"
12) From 1980 comes this "Prom Night Trailer".Everything will be all right.
13) O. Children  throw a Halloween party that ends in a "Dead Disco Dancer"
14) Duran Duran are releasing a Halloween themed album this October, but not till Oct 27th, this "Dance Macabre" track was an early release
15) Louis Edward is full of some "Halloween Funk"
16) Knock Knock Knock. Something is behind the wall in this "Cobweb Trailer"
17) Julie London sultry sings of the "Dark"
18) Young Dr Frankenstein cries to the heavens to "Give It Life" and raise his creature
19) Vigil take a walk and are shocked to see "Gargoyles" come alive
20) Laurie Strode knows intimately that evil never dies it just "Changes Shape"
21) Jeff Whitmire, the Weird AL of Horror,takes us for a ride down "Halloween Road" in this parody of the Lindsey Buckingham song
22) The "Critters" have got bite in this trailer for the movie that utilizes the score from Wes Craven's A Nightmare on Elm Street
23) Steel Breeze go "Bump in the Night" in this song from the movie Witchcraft
24) According to Letterkenny,To throw a party before October 31st is know as "Premature Ejack-O-Lantern"
25) Rexurex celebrate that "Everyday is Halloween" (and not as a cover of the Ministry tune)
26) Puddles Pity Party says to all those spice lovers "Let's Give Them Something to Pumpkin About" The Spice must flow !
27) R.E.M. celebrate those wonderful Muppets known as "Furry Happy Monsters"
28) Patty,Selma,and Marge Simpson compare the spoils of their first night of Trick or Treat "I got a Caramel Cod!"
29) This Halloween themed version of the new DuckTales show is seasonally spooky
30) Count Floyd  tells us "The Gory Story of Duane and Debbie"
31) Charlie Brown finally gets a "Invitation to a Halloween Party"
32) This "Spooky Soiree" short song comes from the end credits to a Halloween episode of Bob's Burgers
33) Gene Belcher can't wait for the arrival of Halloween so he can eat so much that he is "Poopin' Candy"
34) Lonely Wyatt and the Lonely Spooks shout out that "Halloween is Here"!
35) "OOOH Candy! Happy Halloween"  celebrate the We Bare Bears

SCREAM VI and the "death" of Gale Weathers

 

I enjoyed the latest installment of the Scream franchise.Though, like many genre sequels before ,I felt it didn't know what to do with it's legacy character.

Our Gale.She shows up,but is not really present. Her scene in the Shrine should have been her time to shine as she reflects on the many objects in the room that are part of her past with Ghostface.The investigative work that got everyone to this moment.Her continued influence on it all with her glorification of the murders in her true crime books.And more importantly,show how closely the memory of Dewey is connected to this and her life's experiences.

Personally, I would have liked a sequence where she is walking among the items on display and as she looks upon each ,she hears in her head a quote from Dewey from it's respective movie.

The initial Shrine scene could have been both powerful and haunting.And even potentially have an impact like the opening murder in Part two that happens while a theater of viewers cheer it on.

While we the viewers are ooohing and aahing over each revealed "prop" from previous films,they could have had each of the survivors emotionally commenting on a display that connects them to a victim or their own attack.Gale,looking at Randy's display while standing next to Chad and Mindy, mentioning how the phone call that ended his life was meant for her.Foreshadowing the call that she would get later from Ghostface.

Each character voicing their sadness at the loss of a friend or their own pain and continued physical suffering from the wounds as a result of the violence that is devotedly on display in each glass case. Hitting home the realization that an actual person is dead from that violence that is so callously on display. Have one of the characters even break down in tears at the violent reminder of how their friend died.Subconsciously putting their hand on the place where they themselves were stabbed by the same killer.

If Sidney had been a part of this movie , I would have loved to have seen her walk the aisle past a part 4, part 3, part 2, and then end up on a tableau of her mother...with Gales first book about the start of this madness on display with the items. In fact, each tableau shown would have a copy of one of Gale's corresponding books. And then a conversation with Gale about her potential influence on these murders with her continued glorification. Including the most latest,which could have been sighted by the STAB conspiracy theorist in their accusations of Sam.And maybe address why she didn't or emotionally couldn't write the book about Dewey.

Gale's first scene is basically a rehash of a sequence we have already seen in several previous Scream movies.By movie 6 it is a odd beat to repeat without a twist. She playing the sensationalist reporter and getting punched accordingly.What did she think was going to happen? After years of going through this with Sidney.Even with their awkward friendship that developed,most likely due to Dewey's influence,one would think that she would now have a bit more awareness on how to approach a STAB victim.

Maybe,without Dewey's influence, Gale not changing is the point.Though it's sad to see. Gale Riley is dead to us.

Scream VI takes place a year after Part 5.
This timeline raises some questions. Particularly in regards to Gale's book that she has written about the events of the fifth movie.
Originally ,she stated to Sidney that she intended to let those killers die in anonymity. And that she professed wanting to write a book about Dewey.A choice that showed growth in her character and would have served as a way to give presence to Dewey in the next film.

I had once gave thought to not only Gale's first Ghostface call but how it could be connected to her book about Dewey in a scene: http://mypartyofone.blogspot.com/2022/01/hello-gale-seen-any-good-scary-movies.html

Sadly,Gale must have given up this ghost very quickly ,or was offered too much money to turn down taking a stab at Woodsboro Murders Part 5 .
Did she find writing a book about Dewey difficult?
Too personal? Too exposing of herself? Too soon to poke at the open wound? Was it greed and ego or was she afraid to go there?

With the movie taking place only a year later,that means the book was fast tracked to publishing.So much so that already the Carpenter ladies have read it to be aware of how they were described in the book. Maybe Gale sent them a copy?

But still, that's a fast turnaround.

Gale wasn't present for half the attacks and Dewey wasn't around long enough to fill her in on the details afterwards.Neither was Sheriff Judy Hicks.Gale would have had to interview the survivors.I could see her using the intention of writing a book about Dewey to get access to information about his last efforts from his fellow former police officers but in truth she wanted the details about the murders.

Did Gale do any research?
The Billy Loomis connection would have been something she would have wanted to exploit in her book for additional sensationalism points.Would Gale have questioned Sam and Tara's Mother about the relationship?Especially after the killings.Get the Mothers quote in on what it felt like to discover she was pregnant with Billy's kid and then he shortly later acts out his serial murder fantasy?
Not to mention a reaction to the events of the first attack becoming a best selling book and popular movie series.And then it happens all over again with her and Billy's daughter?

 Maybe that is indicative of the content and her awareness. If Gale did a cursory research into the backstory of both Amber and Ritchie because she needed to get the book written as soon as possible.Got facts wrong (in turn firing up the conspiracy nuts)  That would explain how Gale had no awareness whatsoever who Ritchie's brother and sister were ,let alone what his father looked like or was even a detective.Remember, Gale didn't recognize Mrs Loomis, despite interviewing her for a book.

Wouldn't she want a quote from them for the book?Maybe she did reach out, but they rebuffed her before she even met them.

I would think one's son becoming a serial killer,especially one attached to a legacy killing spree,and when the Dad is a cop would have received much more press outside of Gale.Someone(s) would have had to know that Ritchie was Det. Baileys son(former classmates,friends,people who hated him in high school,Cousins). Someone in his past had to also be a Stab fan,the odds are in that favor.And after the media attention from the killings,Someone would connect the dots.And there could have been pictures,video of reporters trying to question the cop father or family.As Gale says, someone was going to write it. So she couldn't have been the only one looking into the killer's personal lives.Someone would have posted something online and would have been noticed.Shared.

A super STAB/Horror fan might even theorize that one of Ritchie's family members would be the next killer-following in the footsteps of Mrs Loomis and Woodsboro history.

Mindy Meeks can't be the only horror nerd to try and put 2 and 2 together.With Kirby being in the FBI, and her familiarity and personal connection to all things STAB, she should have thought of it as well.And her access to information about Ritchie's family could have been a key to discovering the killers.Was no one curious from which this killer came? Especially after the Billy Loomis connection to the last event?And that every single STAB attack has had a family connection to the main players in the first movie.

Gale's choice to forgo telling Dewey's tales of heroism is also an unfortunate character choice. Why have her make that statement at the end of part 5, after surviving yet another attack and losing Dewey, the man who truly loved her,her family.Only To drop it so fast and return to her old ways. I was more interested in seeing what changes this attitude adjustment would bring to Gales storyline in the next movies.Would she become part Gale and part Dewey in her actions/choices .WWDD? What Would Dewey Do? being her mantra.Without Dewey, would Sidney ever trust her again?Wouldn't Sidney be disgusted (though not surprised) by Gale going against her words.Abandoning Dewey's memory.Feeding the STAB fandom yet again. And what is up with Gale's last words after her attack? It's established that the two of them are not in close communication.And while there may have been some mutual mourning together of Dewey,a funeral attended. Would they have really spoken much afterwards?So much that Gale thought of Sidney in her final conscious moments?

One of the things missing from Part 5, that for me was always a enjoyable moment in all the movies was when Dewey and Gale investigated together.The banter between the two was what made them a high point.Gale doesn't do much of that in part 6. She somehow has discovered this Shrine that she brings everyone to see.I would have preferred the shrine being discovered in the moment. Gale investigating missing evidence from previous Ghostface attacks. Following pieces online.Maybe even setting up a trap.Posting something personal of Gale Weathers "Stab" evidence.Or something of Dewey's. To find out whose buying up all these items.Thinking she's going to catch the killer before they start the next movie

Random thought : What if one of the phones on display in the shrine started ringing? Picture it....Gale is looking at a display devoted to her and a cracked phone in the case suddenly starts ringing, with the caller ID as "Dewey"

I kind of wish the Shrine had disappeared near the end.The Ghostface hall of fame would be discovered during the course of the movie but after the events of the final attack it is revealed that it has mysteriously disappeared.Implying that the ones who would put together such a horrific tribute are still out there.And watching.I hate that its one and done.

It would also have been more interesting if the Shrine had been a larger collective creation rather than just a couple of rich weirdos. Leaning harder into the cult of Ghostface concept.A group where each member is tasked to obtain the originals or recreate them to the letter.

But then perhaps sometime shortly after the final attack occurs, the shrine, which would have been closed off by the police, would have been gutted of its contents and went missing. Any cops left on guard would have been killed.Leaving the audience with a what happens next cliffhanger. There's still Ghostface danger out there....and it's coming back.(Not every movie needs a post credit scene,but that could have been one)

Within the films,each killing took place at multiple different locations and cities and as such would have their evidence stored in different police districts evidence lockers.Wouldn't that evidence be something of a badge of honor for the police station.Something they show off to new officers at the station."Hey....you know about that Stab 2 movie? Guess what, it happened here, we have the real deal Ghostface costumes.Wanna see?" And wouldn't it's disappearance raise an alarm?

While each different police station wouldn't necessarily have communicated to the others about the missing evidence.Both for reasons of why would they? and also ,it makes them look bad for losing whole boxes of evidence associated with such famous crimes. If it had somehow become known that so much of it was missing, that would have,should have created a stir.

But this is where having no Dewey and Hicks in the mix comes into play.Dewey would have been told if the Woodsboro murder evidence had gone missing for Parts 1 and four.Someone he worked with before at the department would have gotten word to him.He might have even been approached by his former officers to be questioned.And in the process making him aware of the developing situation.Then he could have contacted the other police stations in a personal inquiry.Discovering that evidence has gone missing from all previous Ghostface attacks.

It could have even been a cool way to make Dewey be part of the current story's investigation,even though he is no longer alive. Dewey could have already been looking into this development off screen during part 5,things having started all the way back then,Or even before,and he could have files of information.Tracking of pieces sold online.And these notes/files are something that Gale would have discovered in Dewey's belongings when his trailer was cleaned out after his death. Maybe even Dewey left a sweet note to Gale attached to the material. Making his "appearance"(like say spoken in a voice over) a bit like Randy's farewell video in part 3.

I would also have loved it if Gale's book had been the impetus for this story's attack.Use Gale's own words as a commentary on the dangers of sensationalism for sale.Lay in her other books amongst the crime evidence from previous attacks in the Shrine.Emphasizing a talking point of does her brand of media encourage these murders by perpetuating the mythos? From another case to another book to another hyped media film,on and on.

That the hatchet job she does on Ritchie and Amber would infuriate the families.She clearly did little research,what with pressure to get the book out before interest waned.Attention spans to tragedy being what they are these days.And Gale's ego wouldn't want someone to beat her too it.It being her claim to fame, after all.
If only she had written the book about Dewey....

Hello Gale....Goodbye Courtney?

 

   

Hello Gale....Goodbye Courtney? 

A full trailer has been revealed for the upcoming SCREAVI movie .But what does it mean for the fate of our favorite reporter?

In it, we see scenes of Gale as she receives the traditional taunting phone call from the killer and then gets attacked by a Ghostface in what is presumably her apartment.And for all impressions ,she looks like she is in serious danger.

For viewers of the SCREAM series this is a significant moment as it is the first time that Gale has received a distracting call from a killer.(She came close in Part 2 ,but Randy took the phone away from her along with her meet cute with Mother Death and suffered the consequences)

It may just be the editing of the trailer,but this feels like a two Ghostface attack. One on the phone, the other in the apartment waiting to strike. As we see GF attack the other unknown person in the apartment while Gale is listening to THE VOICE on the phone.

Killing Gale Weathers? 

While it would be sad to lose another classic character.And one of the last direct connection to the original movie/storyline, since Neve Campbell is respectfully out until they offer to pay her the well earned paycheck. It could effectively kill off any reason to bring Sidney back. Since she wouldn't have anyone from the original with for her to have a connection. Gale would be someone who could call Sidney.Draw her into the story.Sidney doesn't have time for that crap from a stranger.

The scenes inclusion in the trailer could be playing off the expectation of events thanks to Scream V.Dewey's death is still fresh in viewers minds.Could Gale really be the next to go? Trailers too often give away a lot. But Scream movies are about the mystery.Who is the killer?Even,who might get killed?The dramatic moment seen in this trailer is sure to build anticipation for the release of the movie while generating online buzz and conversations among the fanbase.

But is it a ruse?
Edited to make us think the worst will happen?
I seem to recall David Arquette doing a lot of press for Scream V.And now knowing his fate it explains why. His last hurrah in the world of Scream. If we see Courtney Cox doing a lot of interviews before the movie and the week of its release. I will fear the worst.

If the the idea is to remove the legacy characters to make room for the next wave then hopefully they at least take advantage of the anticipation of the death of Gale by introducing someone who is also into investigating.Someone nosy but useful to propel the story. Perhaps Kirby?

Where does this Gale scene take place? 

One of my first possible impressions are that it is the opening kill scene.
But no,Gale somehow survives. The opening kill....is Gale killing Ghostface.But she understandably realizes that this one is not working alone and that more killings are going to happen.Perhaps she gets a call back from GF after she has killed the one invading her apartment."Catch you later..."

Though, if it occurs in the opening scene, the tension and fear would be limited as we already know that Gale survives. Clearly, Gale is involved in the movie proper as we see her in key scenes.Meeting Kirby with Sam and Tara.And particularly the standing in the "Shrine". Placing her there means she and the rest of the scoobys have been investigating who is trying to get their Ghost. 

Maybe,specifically,whose collecting all the items from the past. What if they tried to trick the "person" buying Woodsboro murder related items online and it leads them to this place? Like say they use something of their own as bait?(Gale's original interview tapes of Cotton Weary) Or Sam kept something from her original experience in part 5 and sold it online to help pay for school or other bills.And the receipt is a lead.

The Ghostface graffiti seen on what appears to be an alley wall kind of gives the impression that it might be painted on the outside of the building that holds the Shrine.Maybe someone is planning to open it in an old movie theater as a museum of true crime.And Gale became aware of its existence.The group just stumbling upon its existence in a big city would be questionable.

Gale could already be investigating the possible theft of the Ghostface killing items from the Woodsboro police storage before the movie starts.Maybe something that was taken this time belonged to Dewey.And Gale gets a call letting her know.Spurring her own investigation.

What if something from her apartment is discovered stolen during the opening attack that belonged to Dewey?And it shows up in the Shrine.Letting her know this place isn't a red herring.There is connection to this movies killer(s)

But she more likely was following a lead after hearing about the theft of the historic evidence.Worried that another attack was in the making.Trying to figure out who is responsible.That it's not just sick "STAB" fans trying to collect the ultimate "movie" prop

The mood in the attack scene feels relaxed until GF appears.Fire is in the fireplace.Gale has a guest who himself doesn't seem readily involved in some action other than coming into the room as if returning from the restroom.She is not in the middle of some obvious moment when the call comes.(Sorting through notes.Mid killer conjecture conversation.) She's just in this home.Screen time is valuable. So if this scene were to take place somewhere in the middle of the movie, it could be a pace killer.They would have to introduce who the man is,why he is there.Then give him reason to leave the room.Watching a scene of Gale just hanging out at home would feel off for her character in the middle of a potential new story for her to cover.Unless she really has changed,decided to stop reporting on these types of murders and would rather be focused on her book about Dewey.(Hope we get a moment where she turns to a memory of Dewey when looking for courage to face the killer) 

Once the killings start in these movies,there has to be a move forward from victim to clue to killer....not a... "Announcer voice : And now we join Gale relaxing in her apartment after a busy day of hunting a psycho...".

This movie takes place in New York,not a small town,or college campus, so the suspects are numerous.Will once again the killer(s) be someone our circle of characters already know? Or will that be one of the new rules:"I'm something different" 

Regardless,there will need to be a some serious time spent investigating what clues exist to pinpoint who the killer may be before the big reveal.Downtime is not an option

So my first impression is ,it's the opener. Setting a serious tone with an important character to the series being put in danger with an attempted kill. This killer is starting with a iconic bang.Someone whose death would grab media attention. No random person murdered in New York.

Yet also in this new rules environment, the killer is the one who is killed in the opening.Setting up a possible pattern of multiple Ghostface deaths throughout the movie.But,just when you think it's safe to answer the phone....

The existence of a Woodsboro Murder shrine just makes me think there are more than two killers this turn.I have a feeling we are dealing with a Cult of Ghostface this time.And to be welcomed into the fold they have to each make a kill in the tradition of the series.Bonus points if it's a survivor from a previous occurrence. 

Since this movie gives the impression that it takes place around Halloween, as we see a subway full of people in familiar horror movie costumes, it would be a perfect set up time to learn that there were multiple Ghostface killings occurring off screen by other cult members who killed under the guise of dressing up for Halloween.A Ghostface Halloween panic.

I wonder if they will comment on the fact that a series of random people are dressing up for fun as a "real" killer in front of actual survivors of that mask?

I'm also wondering if this subway moment may be a dream of the horror movie loving character Mindy.She would be someone who would dream in iconic horror characters and also have night terrors from her traumatic experience in the last movie.

I could also see Gale's attack scene taking place as a post opening credit moment. The movie starts with the opening dramatic kill known for the series, signaling GF is back. Next scene gets us up to date with where Sam and Tara are personally in this story.Sam therapy session?Then GF calls Gale.Cue the knife.

Or...what if it happens at the very end of the movie?

Gales comment about this person being the tenth guy to try this could be a trailer mislead. For example,She gets the series count wrong.Or it's a trailer fake out ,and in the movie she says a different number.

Really crazy thought, what if the number is indicating the killers who were taken out in this movie already.What if were presented with 9 killers in this movie.Some of them just random crazies,influenced by the idea of Ghostface (Movies don't create psychos. Movies make psychos more creative!).But even more sinister,some are connected to a killing Cult of Ghostface.And the previous 9 were taken out at various stages during this movie.The movie ends with the death of Gale Weathers as the blade strikes down hard for the kill

SCREAM 

Cut to black 

                     Hazel-Rah's Helliday #17

  I'll Show You X-Mess Like You've Never Seen

It's that time of year again.....

We've barely smashed our pumpkins and stuffed the turkey and the evil spirit of Mariah has crawled out from shadows to come for your spirit. While somewhere, waiting in the dark, is George ,hungry and twitching to WHAM you into your Last Christmas . 

So to help you in your struggles of the season, I've been digging through the Cemetery of Forgotten Songs in search of tracks for this years "X-Mess" mixtape. 

Christmas Carols for the cranky.Yule tunes for the cold hearted(or the black hole where it used to be) Weird,wintery,WTF??s! that will leave you snowblind with nipples so hard they could cut glass. 

Enjoy my Hazel-Rah Helliday Mixtape,it's Seventeen: I'll show you X-Mess like you've never seen!

 

 

1) Michael Caine's Scrooge speaks from the heart that Christmas crazies should be "Cooked with their own Turkey and buried with a stake of holly in their hearts"(well,Don't want them coming back)

2) Shhh ,Watch Out! You know who coming for you in this dark orchestra version of "All I Want For Christmas " by Lucas King

 3) MX Justin Vivian Bond invokes the spirit of the witches on the Solstice during these

"Burning Times"

4) Jill Tracy croons of something cold and creepy is happening in "Room 19"

5) Seasons Beatings everyone in this trailer for "Violent Night"

6) Inkubus Suckubus "Hail the Holly King" 

7) Dawn French tells her child a very scary Christmas story with a surprise ending

8) Blondie sing of how cold you have become like "Winter"

9) Frasier knows what's in the hearts and minds of every child on Christmas morning :

"Is That All I Got ?"

10) Masego has some funky "Favorite Tings" to sing about this holiday

11) Wendy foreshadows her own snowbound troubles when she inquires about the "Donner Party" in the Shining

12) Kyle Andrews is feeling a bit "Frostbite"n this season

13) Every holiday has it's own stories , but have you ever heard of the "Legend of the Christmas Witch"

14) Count D gives us the spooky seasonal song of "The Christmas Witch"

 15) Fake Shark Real Zombie  inform us that "Winona Ryder Hates Christmas".Amen, sister

16) What's your favorite Christmas special to watch every year? Star Wars? Snoopy?Bloom County?  Don't forget to catch "Kiss Saves Santa" on Family Guy.

17) Santa Sabbath go "Santanaut" in this tribute to both Black Sabbath and the season

18) Shhh! Do you smell something?  It "Smells Like Christmas Spirit" according to Chris Townsend

 19) OOOH look what was in my stocking *puts on best Present Face "McDonald's Gift Certificates"

 20) The petite Love Goddess Judy Tenuta left us pigs this year but not before leaving us her "Christmas Wish" 

21) The Baroness Von Sketch Show let's us know that Santa's having a rough Christmas this year

 22) It's "Christmastime in Painesville" for The Deadbeat Poets

 23) The family of Bobs Burgers have already put up their tree and it's barely past Halloween

24) French and the Punk are just like me , they want "Halloween for Christmas"

25) The officers of Reno 911 provide a "Holiday Survival PSA"

26) Bindley Hardware Co. sing of how things can get troublesome when the dinner conversation gets political around the table.You need "Bipartisanta" to save the family

27) Exit 57's Paul Dinello has it rough this year as he says "My Wife Left Me For A Guy Named Jesus".

28) Kent Brockman talks of the effects of a snowless holiday on the "Eskimos"

29) Glasvegas mopes until "A Snowflake Fell(And it Felt Like a Kiss)"

30) Karen Carpenter & Georgia Engel perform for us the original version of Silent Night" in "Stille Nacht"

31) Scrooge learns the completely wrong thing from his night of three ghosts in this Robot Chicken bit.

Hazel-Rah's Halloween Mixtape #18: Press Play to get in ,Pray to get out! (2022)

 

Just when you thought it was safe to press play....It's baaaaaaack!
Coming in with just days to go till Halloween strikes 31, it's my yearly Mixtape of seasonal spooky songs and soundbites. Had a bit of trouble this year finding time to carve this one out what with all that has been going on, but here it is in all it's gory.
 

We've got Vampires,Werewolves(not swearwolves),and Transvestites, Oh ,MY !

This year we see the End of Halloween.

Say goodbye to the original Mrs Lovett with a tribute nod to the wonderful Angela Lansbury.

And bid farewell to the original Walking Dead show by going back to the beginning before it spins off into obscurity with it's planned multiple shows and movies and unanswered questions.

So cuddle up with your popcorn and butter the one you love!

 We've got MIXTAPE SIGN !!
(Like a Vampire ,The last track is sure to suck.)
 

Press Play to get in ,Pray to get out!
It's Hazel-Rah's Halloween Mixtape #18

1) "You Wanna See Something REALLY Scary?" Watch the Twilight Zone
2) Halloween has come to an End,and Myers is depressed.So here is the "Halloween Theme (Sad Piano Version)" by Lucas King to fit the mood
3) Haunt Me wants to "Watch You Bleed"
4) "You Wait Till Mom Finds Out".Mom's hate it when you Vamp out without doing your chores
5) LeeDM101 mashes up Depeche Mode vs Gerard McMahon for a "Lost Celebration".
6) When there is a "Knock at the Cabin(Trailer)" door, it can't be good.
7) Babel lets out "The Howling" to the full moon that even your sister would love.
8) The Walking Dead is coming to an end,but in the original episode Morgan explains to Rick that "You Come Back"
9) The Sound speak of living like "Skeletons"
10) It's the FINAL Trailer for the FINAL "Halloween" movie.Yeah,right.Like
this series ever truly "ENDS".
11) Graveyard Club are wrapped up in a sheet like a kid on "Halloween"
12) Homer Simpson thinks we've become "A Little Old for Trick or Treating"
13) Adriana A Mashes up Ministry vs. Calvin Harris for a happy "My Way Is Halloween"
14) It's Heeeeeeere! The "Poltergeist Trailer"
15) Angels of Liberty welcome the "Haunted"
16) Sleepaway Camp is a nice place for summer vacation. A perfect place to die!
17) OneboredJeu gives us "S & M Transvestite" that mashes up Rhianna with Tim Curry for a real ass slapping tune.
18) WANNA DATE? The Frankenhooker Trailer?
19) Voltaire likes the looks of the "Zombie Prostitute"
20) Freddy gets frisky with Nancy,insisting that "I'm Your Boyfriend Now"
21) You know Steve & Friends are right,"It's Kind of Weird How Johnny Depp is in Nightmare on Elm Street"
22) Neve Cambell knows all about loss of blood in horror movies.It's "A Bloody Nightmare" how much the Red Cross could make good use of all that red.
23) We have such new sights to show you in this "Hellraiser Trailer"
 for the new movie
24) The Merkins sing of the "Man in the Box",Lemarchand's box that is, in this spot on note worthy Alice in Chains tribute to Pinhead
25) Little Girl, Big "PG Psycho Goreman" Official Trailer
26) The good times never end at "Willy's Wonderland" by Emoi
27) We lost Angela Lansbury this year .Maybe a little "Substitutiary Locomotion" will lift our spirits.
28) Grover is worried about the Monster at the end of his book.
29) But it's just a lovable furry ol' "Monster in the Mirror"
30) Linus pleads "Great Pumpkin ,Where are you ?!"
31) "On All Hallows Eve" Killing Joke song a song of celebration
32) The mixtape is almost over,"Where You Gonna Go ? Where you Gonna Run"
as the Body Snatchers come for you
33) Nasa shares the sounds of a "Black Hole"

Hello Sidney.....

 What if the next Scream begins with a Ghostface attack on Sidney ?

Viewers know the opening scene is suppose to be a killer, in more ways than one.That this person is in danger.And with Part 5, we know a legacy character can fall.Sure ,Neve Campbell has said she doesn't want Sidney to die.But what if that was to throw us all off of anticipating the worst.

Picture it: In her home at sunset when she returns from work

Black screen.A scream is heard.A phone rings
Sidney comes in the front door,mail in hand.Turns off the alarm.Phone continues to ring.
"Honey, I'm home" Calling out for her husband and kids....no one answers.Phone stops ringing.
She goes to the kitchen. Starts dinner.Turns on oven,Gets pans out.
On the fridge we see children's drawings.The child's name written in big crayon in the lower right corner
Sidney flips through the mail.Bills.A Red Valentine addressed to "My Cassandra"
No return address.
She opens the envelope.
Inside is a Valentine , on the front it says "I just called...to say.."
She goes to open the card and a piece of folded paper drops out.
Sidney picks it up and unfolds it.
On the paper is a childs drawing image of a stick figure family.Holding hands
Someone has drawn over the faces so they are each wearing the Ghostface mask image.
Children and Father with knives in their bodies.
"My Family" written along the bottom in red with a little Ghostface drawn in the lower corner
Over the name of the child who drew the original.The same name as the pictures on the fridge. 

The inside of the card has a poem "Blood is Red,Corpses are Blue..One is dead....and so are YOU!!"
She gets out her phone.Texts husband.
"Where are you?"
After a pause....."Right behind you" the text reads
Sydney turns...no one is there
Phone says "Someone is typing"
But before she can see the response..the landline rings.
Sidney answers.
An old familiar Voice says "Hello Sidney"
Sid "Not today" and hangs up.
Then presses a button on phone base.
Sid grabs a knife from a kitchen drawer and goes to a cupboard
Opens it to reveal a series of security screens of her house,inside and out
Everything looks quiet.Except something is off with the kids room image
Shes prepared.Sidney Fuckin' Prescott
Sidney opens an app on her phone(ignoring the text from her husband),
She can now see the same camera angles as the security cams
She then gets on houses intercom.
"The police are on their way.You can fuck off.Now. Or they can claim whats left of your piece of shit body."
Pause.Silence.No movement on screens.
Then the voice says over the same intercom:
"Sidney,Sidney,Sidney..such a mouth on you...Did you learn to talk like that from your Mother?...
...Do you talk to your kids like that?
Oh...by the way...Have you checked the children?"
Sid instinctively looks at the screen of the kids room.Nothing.
Then the image of the kids room changes as a gloved hand pulls a taped photo away.
Revealing a room with blood everywhere.On the wall scrawled in child like lettering:
"Where were you Mommy?"
On the camera a Ghostface walks over to one of the beds.There is a body shaped lump
The Ghost violenty stabs the shape repeatedly.Blood flies.
Sidney runs to room.
To find it empty.And clean.No blood anywhere.
The VOICE on intercom:"What's wrong,Sid?
"Is the great Sidney Prescott going crazy after all these years?
"You're not...Seeing things?Are you?"
Her phone gives off some beeps.Sidney glances at her phone quickly,back up to her surroundings
Back to her phone.On every security screen in her house there is a Ghostface standing in each of the rooms.
Waving their knife hand at the camera.
THE VOICE on intercom ,childlike "Come and Play with US"
Sid ..not sure where to turn or run....goes to the middle of the stairs.Glances up and down
Puts the phone in her jacket pocket.Knife extended out at the ready.
Over the intercom " kill kill kill....ma,ma,ma"
Then " Kill her Mommy....Kill her"
Sidney goes for her back pocket, but before she can do anything we hear ,coming from downstairs:
"MOMMIE HELP ME"
Sid knows its a trap.But still takes a few steps down towards the voice.
Sid Yells "Come out and show yourself, you Bastard"
THE VOICE "With Pleasure" and Ghostface emerges from an upstairs doorway.Knife swinging
Running towards Sidney
Who doesnt turn and run.But makes her stand,knife at the ready.
Ghostface pulls to a stop.Shes not running?
Theres a moment of standoff...
Sids angry eyes glaring at the Ghostfaces black eye holes.It turns its head quizically
Then Sid says" Ok, asshole.Let's Dance" and she goes for her back pocket.Dropping her knife.
As she pulls out a small gun and fires,the Ghostface throws his knife at her,hard.
Causing her to move to avoid and making her aim go off.Shooting at the feet of the Ghostface.
The Ghostface turns and runs into a nearby room.Slams the door shut.We hear it lock.
Sid picks up the knife
But instead of running up the stairs she goes for the front door.
Being careful at the bottom of the stairs, in case someone is waiting around the corner.
No one there in the adjacent room.
Sid makes a break for the front door.Opens it
And sees a Ghostface running fast towards her.With a bit of a limp
She slams the door shut just as the Ghostface hits the door in a hard run.
Shoving the door open.
Sid turns and runs,the Ghostface slashes at her.The knife running across the back of her hair.
Sid rounds the corner, knocking over a tall floor lamp behind her.
Ghostface follows closely,not seeing the lamp post,and trips.
As it gets to it's feet....all the lights in the house go out.
We follow Ghostface as it moves slowly through dark rooms.Mask glowing green in the dark.Randomly swinging the blade at air.
Opening doors and stabbing into the darkness.Noticeably frightened.
It rounds the corner,and notices a closet door.
Thinking it has her...Ghostface raises the knife and slowly turns the door knob.
Swinging the door open.
Empty
"HEY" Sid yells
Ghostface turns
Sid shoots Ghostface right in the head with a bigger gun than before.Sending the body back and to the floor.Blood filling the white mask
As Sid approaches the fallen body, she shoots both its knees.One in the crotch for good measure
Sidney stands above the body,gun still smoking when she hears
"Sidney"
She looks up. Her husband and kids are in the front doorway. Ice cream in hand.
Behind them we see police lights approaching.
The Ghostface body makes a gurgling noise and twitchs.
Sidney casually shoots it again without even glancing
The little girl screams
Cut to black screen
"SCREAM" title card.

We would learn the real killers set this Ghostface up to fail.
Picked an over eager fanboy(whose real use would be revealed later)
They knew Sidney would stop this person.Easily.
Even tampered with his costume/shoes/knife.
 

I briefly pictured Sidney putting on Night Vision Goggles to watch the Ghostface in the dark.(A reverse of the basement moment in the end of Silence of the Lambs). Tossing items across the darken room to distract the Ghostface and make it move where Sidney needed it to stand to spring a trap.Or get a good shot

Maybe Sidney gets the upper-hand by putting on her own Ghostface costume
and approaches this person
Pretending to be a partner in the kill.
We don't see her put on the costume and are given no hint she is under the mask...until she shoots the original Ghostface and does a dramatic mask reveal (like in part 1) .

Sidney would step out of the darkness in the costume and silently ,maybe with the knife in her hand, direct the other Ghostface by pointing up the stairs to indicate that is where Sidney has run off. When the first Ghost turns its back she pulls out her gun and shoots.

After the Ghost is dead, Sidney removes the mask off the body (gruesome visual of the former white mask completely bloody and  brain splattered from bullet hole in forehead). Does not recognize this person at all.Searches body,doesn't find a phone

Now why would she have THAT costume?

Maybe She has a mask for therapy reasons.Face her Abuser

Or She uses it in fight practice exercises. 

After all shes been through,maybe she has a kink she shares with her husband