Brennan Klein
@itsrainingbrens.bsky.social
Don’t be scared, I just like horror movies. Senior Reporter @ Screen Rant / Rotten Tomatoes-Approved Critic / Contributor @ Horror Press / Podcaster @ Alternate Ending & Attack of the Queerwolf
🧵Some @screenrant.bsky.social box office updates from this weekend! 1/3: Spider-Man: Brand New Day has officially outcrossed Titanic, pushing the James Cameron classic out of the all-time Top 5 after 28 years. Cue the Celine Dion. screenrant.com/spider-man-b...
James Cameron Officially Loses All-Time Box Office Ranking 28 Years Later
A new movie has taken its place.
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🧵Here’s my @screenrant.bsky.social box office roundup for Saturday! 1/3: The Dog Stars is set to be earn Ridley Scott’s fifth lowest domestic debut since 2000. An ungreat kickoff after Jacob Elordi ruled the roost in February with Wuthering Heights. screenrant.com/the-dog-star...
Ridley Scott's The Dog Stars Earns One Of The Director's Lowest Box Office Debuts Of The Century
Scott has helmed 20 features since 2000.
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Our next slasher is 1984’s SINS OF THE PAST, a TV movie melodrama that stars baby Kim Cattrall! Read my review: jiffypopculture.blogspot.com/2026/08/cens...
Census Bloodbath: Sex Work-Life Balance
Year: 1984 Director: Peter H. Hunt Cast: Barbara Carrera, Kim Cattrall, Debby Boone Run Time: 1 hour 34 minutes Plot: Sins of the Past f...
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On @horrorpress.com, I have delved further into the Prom Night franchise than perhaps anyone ever should. Here’s my review of the pseudo-sequel THE CLUB! horrorpress.com/reviews/1400...
Wait, ‘The Club’ Is a Secret ‘Prom Night’ Sequel?
I like to consider myself something of an expert on the Prom Night franchise. So imagine my surprise when I discovered the 1994 movie The Club. To be fair to me, it’s unassuming on the outside. No rep...
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Out now on @horrorpress.com is my guide to the best PG-13 horror movies! Check it out and embrace eradicating the stigma around the rating 🙏 horrorpress.com/movies/14040...
10 Best PG-13 Horror Movies Ranked
PG-13 horror movies get a bad rap. Partially because it’s often assumed that art made for teens is less valuable than art made for adults. And then you get the sense from horror fans that extreme gore...
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🧵 from the @screenrant.bsky.social box office ticker on Sunday Spider-Man Brand New Day concludes its fourth weekend by passing The Force Awakens to become the 6th highest-grossing movie ever. It should be kicking Titanic out of the Top 5 any day now. screenrant.com/spider-man-b...
Spider-Man: Brand New Day Box Office Swings Past Star Wars' Biggest Hit On All-Time Chart
It's one of the highest-grossing movies ever.
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🧵 It’s time for my @screenrant.bsky.social box office roundup for Saturday! First of all, Spider-Man: Brand New Day is set to be the first 2026 movie to be #1 four weekends in a row! It could potentially go 5 if The Dog Stars underperforms 👀 screenrant.com/spider-man-b...
Spider-Man: Brand New Day Breaks Major Box Office Record With Fourth #1 Weekend In A Row
Spider-Man beat out Insidious 6 this weekend.
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Over at @nofilmschool.bsky.social, I wrote about 10 underrated movies from 1991! Check it out and learn about some gems celebrating their 35th anniversaries: nofilmschool.com/overlooked-m...
1991 Had More Great Movies Than You Remember: 10 Overlooked Gems
These underrated titles are celebrating their 35th anniversary.
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In other slasher news, I’ve also written a breakdown of the classics that are referenced in TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA! Check it out over on @nofilmschool.bsky.social: nofilmschool.com/10-slasher-r...
10 Classic Slasher Movies Referenced in ‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’
Jane Schoenbrun's new slasher pays homage to what came before.
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If you’ve ever wanted to get into slasher movies but don’t know where to start, never fear! I’ve curated a list of essential titles on @horrorpress.com that takes you from the 1930s all the way up through the modern age! Check it out here: horrorpress.com/movies/14021...
Slasher Movie Essentials: A Watchlist for Every Horror Fan
I have devoted my life to watching slasher movies (including a project where I’m reviewing every 1980s slasher). Whether or not that’s a good idea is up to you. But if you want to get slasher experien...
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My latest slasher review is the 1984 Hong Kong giallo PITUITARY HUNTER! Check it out: jiffypopculture.blogspot.com/2026/08/cens...
Census Bloodbath: Gland Guignol
Note: The English subtitles that were available to me for this Cantonese-language movie were very poorly translated, so take my review with...
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It’s time for my @screenrant.bsky.social box office roundup for Saturday! First, Spider-Man: Brand New Day stays winning with a third #1 weekend in a row. It’s only the 2nd 2026 release to have a 3-week streak. Can it reach 4? Only if it beats Insidious. screenrant.com/spider-man-b...
Spider-Man: Brand New Day Box Office Pulls Ahead Of Avengers: Endgame In Week 3
They're in a neck-and-neck race.
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🧵 My @screenrant.bsky.social Box office roundup for Sunday! First of all, updated numbers are in for Ice Cream Man. Its per-screen average has plummeted $730 lower than Saturday’s projections, cementing its status as a record low for director Eli Roth. screenrant.com/ice-cream-ma...
Controversial New Horror Movie's Box Office Debut Hits Record Low
The movie has set social media ablaze.
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🧵Here’s the latest from the box office ticker at @screenrant! *Spider-Man: Brand New Day drops 60% in weekend 2, still manages to outgross the OPENINGS of all but one other 2026 movie (Toy Story 5) screenrant.com/spider-man-b...
Spider-Man: Brand New Day’s Week 2 Box Office Is Better Than Most Movies' Debuts
It's one of the best sophomore weekends ever.
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The latest slasher on the chopping block is the 1983 Hong Kong movie CRAZY BLOOD, which is like 15% scenes of people buying ice cream and 50% annoyance that women can have jobs now. Read my review: jiffypopculture.blogspot.com/2026/08/cens...
Census Bloodbath: Don't Break Daddy
Note: I don't have access to full, translated credits for this Cantonese-language movie, so unfortunately I can't accurately credit every ro...
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Our next slasher, 1982’s WRITTEN IN THE FOG, hails from Spain. Congrats on the World Cup, but your movie’s boring! Read my review here: jiffypopculture.blogspot.com/2026/07/cens...
Census Bloodbath: I Haven't The Foggiest
Note: This movie was only available to me in unsubtitled Spanish. While I'm not half bad at Spanish, I'm full bad when it is rapidly spoken ...
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I watched HOSTEL for the first time for your reading pleasure over at @horrorpress.com: horrorpress.com/reviews/1385...
‘Hostel’ (2005): A First-Time-Watch Review
I got into horror in about 2010, exactly when the so-called “torture porn” movement was dying out. Therefore, I didn’t get around to exploring the subgenre much until I was an adult. After watching se...
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My next slasher review covers the part giallo, part British TV melodrama oddity THE SECRET OF SEAGULL ISLAND! Check it out: jiffypopculture.blogspot.com/2026/07/cens...
Census Bloodbath: The Screams Of Seagulls
Year: 1982 Director: Nestore Ungaro Cast: Prunella Ransome, Jeremy Brett, Nicky Henson Run Time: 1 hour 42 minutes Plot: Englishwoman B...
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My latest slasher review is CRY FOR THE STRANGERS, a 1982 TV movie from the director of The Changeling! Check it out: jiffypopculture.blogspot.com/2026/07/cens...
Census Bloodbath: Drown By The Seashore
Year: 1982 Director: Peter Medak Cast: Patrick Duffy, Cindy Pickett, Lawrence Pressman Run Time: 1 hour 32 minutes Plot: Cry for the ...
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One of my great joys is traveling to horror movie filming locations, and I’m pleased to get to share that with you all with my latest @horrorpress.com article, which is full of tips and tricks for some of the coolest ones you can visit - for free! horrorpress.com/movies/13813...
10 Horror Filming Locations You Can Visit For Free
One of my absolute favorite things to do when I’m on vacation is to visit horror filming locations. Wherever you happen to be going, odds are that at least one horror project was filmed there at some ...
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Spoiler alert for 2013’s HER: I really like to imagine the scene that takes place like two weeks after the ending of the movie where there is a huge class-action lawsuit on behalf of everyone whose Siri transcended.
Check out my review of the baffling but oh-so charming 1988 slasher KISS OF THE SERPENT: SNAKE ISLAND! jiffypopculture.blogspot.com/2026/06/cens...
Census Bloodbath: Snake Charmer
Note: The 1988 slasher Kiss of the Serpent: Snake Island, which was produced and set in Florida, was apparently never released in the United...
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Over on @horrorpress.com, check out my ranking of the surprisingly robust THE FLY franchise! horrorpress.com/misc/13529/t...
‘The Fly’ Movies Ranked (There’s More Than You Think)
When people talk about the 1980s’ great horror remakes, they always bring up three titles updating 1950s sci-fi classics. Those would be John Carpenter’s The Thing, David Cronenberg’s The Fly, and Chu...
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Check out my review of the ravishingly weird 1982 mummy movie/college slasher/sci-fi epidemic drama TIME WALKER! jiffypopculture.blogspot.com/2026/05/cens...
Census Bloodbath: Funky Tut
Year: 1982 Director: Tom Kennedy Cast: Ben Murphy, Nina Axelrod, Kevin Brophy Run Time: 1 hour 23 minutes MPAA Rating: PG Plot: Time Wa...
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Let me steer you toward some of the scariest vehicles in cinema, over on @horrorpress.com! horrorpress.com/editorials/1...
The 10 Scariest Horror Movie Cars
Things instantly got complicated when I sat down to think about the 10 scariest horror movie cars. When the topic comes up, a bunch of movies leap to mind. But what makes a car scary? Is it how it loo...
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My ode to horror movie colors is out now on No Film School! nofilmschool.com/horror-movie...
Bold Colors in Horror Movies Can Be Just as Disturbing as Shadows
Every color of the rainbow is terrifying when used well.
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I’ve been married for a month and a half, and I’ve had no idea what to say whenever people ask me “how’s married life?” But now I can respond by explaining that the first thing I said out loud this morning was “how did this DVD of Connie & Carla end up on our kitchen table?”
Over on No Film School, I wrote about the symbolism of rain scenes in movies! There’s a non-zero chance I referenced Hilary Duff multiple times. nofilmschool.com/rain-movies-...
The Hidden Meaning of Rain in Movies: When and Why Filmmakers Use It
Find out why filmmakers use rain to heighten emotion, deepen symbolism, and create unforgettable cinematic atmosphere.
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New byline alert! Check out my first piece for No Film School, breaking down the trailer for Zach Cregger’s RESIDENT EVIL! nofilmschool.com/resident-evi...
Zach Cregger’s 'Resident Evil' Movie Is Leaning in on His Biggest Strengths
'Weapons' director Zach Cregger brings his signature blend of intimate character work and deeply unsettling horror to a franchise that has needed it for a long, long time.
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In what is perhaps the most important piece of my career, I have officially ranked the business cards from AMERICAN PSYCHO over on @horrorpress.com! horrorpress.com/editorials/1...
The ‘American Psycho’ Business Cards, Ranked
We’re digging into workplace horror this month at Horror Press. While there are plenty of horror stories about the evils committed against workers, other movies take a different tack. Sometimes they’r...
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