Peg AloiIn honor of Beltane: a new podcast!Hello! Yes, it’s been a while! Happy Beltane to you all.May 3May 3
Peg AloiThe Craft: Legacy is a featherlight reboot to a dark cult addictionThe cultural impact of the 1996 horror-thriller The Craft goes far beyond its status as a cool femme-goth paean to mid-1990s fashion and…Oct 28, 2020Oct 28, 2020
Peg AloiWatching The Witch with Two Actual Witches(originally published on the A24 Film blog!)Oct 27, 2020Oct 27, 2020
Peg AloiTV Review: “Ratched” — A Sensational Sartorial FollyRatched is lurid, violent, sexually explicit, outrageous, and has nothing whatsoever to do with Ken Kesey’s novel or Milos Forman’s…Sep 18, 2020Sep 18, 2020
Peg AloiThe Awakening of SpringEaster is a day of seasonal splendor for me. Raised Catholic as many witches were, Easter has always held a special magic of memory, in…Apr 12, 2020Apr 12, 2020
Peg AloiWATCH CLOSELY: Peg’s Pandemic Picks — Medieval Plague EditionThis new series will offer ideas for movies and series that have stories or themes at least marginally related to the pandemic we’re all…Mar 19, 2020Mar 19, 2020
Peg AloiThe Latest “Dracula” is Bold and BloodyThis BBC/Netflix production is an audacious rekindling of the undying appeal of literature’s most famous vampire.Jan 17, 20201Jan 17, 20201
Peg AloiActually…Witchcraft is HardMy coven has a little framed bit of calligraphy hanging by the entrance door to our temple, hung there back in the 1970s I believe, that…Jan 14, 20203Jan 14, 20203
Peg AloiWATCH CLOSELY: Stephen King is My Boyfriend — Hanging out at “Castle Rock”If Castle Rock is intended to be a commentary on Trump’s not-so-great America, well, what better genre than horror to spread the angst?Oct 21, 2019Oct 21, 2019