Census Bloodbath: Everyone's entitled to one good scare

APRIL FOOL'S DAY

Thirteen Halloweens.  That's sinister, don't you think?  And that's how long we've been crossing over with Brennan Klein of Popcorn Culture in the Old Switcheroo, where for the duration of October he supplements his ever-burgeoning encyclopedia of the slasher, Census Bloodbath, with a takeover of our own wholesome 50s sci-fi feature, Cardboard Science, while I get the sharper end of that bargain here.

1986

Directed by Fred Walton

Written by Danilo Bach

Spoilers: severe

Census Bloodbath: Faces bright with Christmas fever

SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT

Thirteen Halloweens.  That's sinister, don't you think?  And that's how long we've been crossing over with Brennan Klein of Popcorn Culture in the Old Switcheroo, where for the duration of October he supplements his ever-burgeoning encyclopedia of the slasher, Census Bloodbath, with a takeover of our own wholesome 50s sci-fi feature, Cardboard Science, while I get the sharper end of that bargain here.

1984

Directed by Charles E. Sellier Jr

Written by Paul Caimi, Dennis Whitehead, Scott J. Schneid, and Michael Hickey

Spoilers: moderate

Census Bloodbath: I know what you did last prom night

PROM NIGHT

Thirteen Halloweens.  That's sinister, don't you think?  And that's how long we've been crossing over with Brennan Klein of Popcorn Culture in the Old Switcheroo, where for the duration of October he supplements his ever-burgeoning encyclopedia of the slasher, Census Bloodbath, with a takeover of our own wholesome 50s sci-fi feature, Cardboard Science, while I get the sharper end of that bargain here.

1980

Directed by Paul Lynch

Written by Robert Guza Jr, William Gray, and John Hunter

Spoilers: man, you could say "moderate," you could say "high," but I would say "it doesn't matter much anyway"

The fish on the land ain't happy; they sad 'cause they in the bowl

CHAO

2026

Directed by Yasuhiro Aoki

Written by Saku Konohana

Spoilers: mild

Darol's strawberries

ALL YOU NEED IS KILL

2026

Directed by Kenichiro Akimoto

Written by Yuichiro Kido (based on the novel by Hiroshi Sakurazaka)

Spoilers: moderate

We could've been anything that we wanted to be, with all the talent we had

THE BAD GUYS 2

2025

Directed by Pierre Perifel

Written by Yoni Brenner and Etan Cohen

Spoilers: moderate

Hansen's disease

PRIMETIME

2026

Directed by Lance Oppenheim

Written by Ajon Singh (based on the article "Tonight On Dateline This Man Will Die" by Luke Dittrich)

Spoilers: N/A