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This Ain’t Over

New year, new movies! Okay, two of these are pretty old movies, but they were new to us. SPOILERS for all three. The Lodge – When a man with two children falls in love with a new woman, his ex-wife … Continue reading →

Posted in Christianity, Cults, Current Events, elvis presley, Holidays, Music, New Year's Day, Prejudice, Relationships, Religion, Television, The Simpsons, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged charles bronson, death wish, jeff goldblum, made in japan, mental illness, misognyny, new year's evil, riley keough, shadow, sonia manzano, suicide, the lodge |

99 Problems, But a Clone Force Ain’t One

Two television shows and one movie this time, all with SPOILERS. Heaven’s Gate: The Cult of Cults – When we visited the Museum of Death in Hollywood, an employee there quite enthusiastically told Beth about Heaven’s Gate, and how they … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartoons, Christianity, Cults, Gender, Gnosticism, Humor, Monsters, Music, Religion, Star Wars, Television, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged apocalypse, bonnie nettles, ciddaran scaleback, clone force 99, clones, emerie karr, george romero, hale-bopp comet, heaven's gate, heaven's gate: the cult of cults, john russo, linnea quigley, marshall applewhite, night of the living dead, phee genoa, revelation, rhea perlman, the bad batch, the clone wars, the mandalorian, the return of the living dead, the sound of music, wanda sykes, zombies |

Mind Over Splatter

There are pretty significant SPOILERS for all three of these movies. Scanners – All I really knew about this movie was the guy’s head exploding, which I’ve seen in gifs many times, but it’s still a little disturbing to see … Continue reading →

Posted in Christianity, Corporations, Cults, Magic, Music, Pixies, Religion, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged children of the corn, david cronenberg, horror, linda hamilton, malignant, scanners, stephen king |

It’s Against My Programming to Impersonate a Deity

SPOILERS for all four things covered here! The Invitation – There’s another movie of this title that came out last year and is about vampires. This one, from 2008, is about a cult. A guy named Will, whose son died … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Christianity, Conspiracy Theories, Cults, Families, Gender, Monsters, Music, Prejudice, Relationships, Religion, Robyn Hitchcock, Star Wars, Television | Tagged abuse, bible, bill gothard, boar-wolf, burl ives, caravan of courage an ewok adventure, dead man's shoes, duggars, endor, ewoks, gorax, horses, institute for basic life principles, misogyny, murder, psalms, quiverfull movement, r.e.m., return of the jedi, ritual, shiny happy people duggar family secrets, the ewok adventure, the invitation |

Serious About Series

I’ve finished reading the latest issue of The Baum Bugle, which is largely dedicated to Kabumpo in Oz. Editor Sarah Crozter co-wrote a piece with Nick Campbell on the book and Oz as a series in general. I’ve seen a … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Authors, Book Reviews, Cartoons, Characters, Christmas, Cults, Discworld, Dr. Seuss, Families, Games, Holidays, L. Frank Baum, Language, Magic, Names, Oz, Oz Authors, Plays, Religion, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Terry Pratchett, Toys | Tagged allison mcbain, black gold saya, cora-lee marcus, cory in oz, curious cottabus, dinosaurs, edward eager, fabia, fumaro, garrett kilgore, glinda, halloween island, i am jinjur, international wizard of oz club, jinjur, jonathan markoff, kabumpo, kabumpo in oz, kalidahs, kaliko, kuma party, limbo, lin carter, mary austin, nick campbell, nome king, nomes, on beyond zebra, ozma, ozma of oz, ozwold, pigasus, radiation, sarah crozter, teddy bears, the baum bugle, the gnome king of oz, the green glass castle, the man who didn't believe in christmas, the tired tailor of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, tik-tok of oz, transformation, wizard of oz, writing, wumbo |

Fuzzy Pickles

I started playing EarthBound last week when I found it on the Super NES for Switch application. It probably wasn’t the best timing as the Switch version of Chrono Cross also came out that week, but I’ve been switching back … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Cults, Humor, Magic, Maps, Monsters, Music, Names, Religion, Technology, Toys, Video Games | Tagged aliens, buzz buzz, charles schulz, eagleland, earthbound, ghosts, hippies, jeff andonuts, maniac mansion, monkeys, mr. belch, ness, nintendo power, onett, robots, threed, zombies |

God Loves You, He Really, Really Does!

There Will Be Blood – Another Paul Thomas Anderson movie, which was really famous, but I didn’t know much about it. I remember seeing a marquee that looked like it said, “There Will, Juno, Be Blood,” and I also recall … Continue reading →

Posted in Capitalism, Celebrities, Christianity, Cults, Economics, Fundamentalism, Humor, Music, Prejudice, Relationships, Religion, Scientology, Television, The Simpsons, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged adam driver, andrew garfield, annette, daniel day-lewis, jerry falwell, jessica chastain, jim bakker, joaquin phoenix, john steinbeck, l. ron hubbard, marion cotillard, michael showalter, paul thomas anderson, philip seymour hoffman, puppets, ron mael, russell mael, sparks, tammy faye bakker, televangelism, the eyes of tammy faye, the master, there will be blood, tom lehrer |

Another Fine Messiah

The concept of the Messiah is a significant one in both Judaism and Christianity, but I think it was in my Apocalypse class in college that I learned what it actually means, and how the concept developed, particularly in the context … Continue reading →

Posted in Christianity, Cults, History, Judaism, Religion, Zoroastrianism | Tagged ahura mazda, angra mainyu, antiochus epiphanes, bethlehem, book of enoch, cyrus the great, daniel, david koresh, enoch, gospel of john, gospel of luke, gospel of matthew, gospels, jesus, king david, maccabees, messiah, messianic age, prophecy, resurrection, second coming, son of man, talmud |

The Devil’s Busy Decade

I had heard of the phrase “Satanic panic” before (hey, it’s very catchy), and had some idea of what it entailed, but I thought it was worth looking into a little more. While there are many components, the phrase largely … Continue reading →

Posted in Christianity, Conspiracy Theories, Cults, Fundamentalism, Games, Magic, Music, Mythology, Religion, Satanism, Wicca | Tagged child abuse, dungeons and dragons, human sacrifice, lawrence pazer, michelle remembers, michelle smith, regression therapy, ritual, ritual abuse, sacrifice, satan, satanic panic, sword and sorcery, witches |

In the Garden of Sweden

Midsommar – SPOILERS! Ari Aster’s second film is a folk horror piece that ties in with a fictionalized version of Swedish paganism, and also comments on breaking up and mental illness. The outdoors parts take place entirely in the light, … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Cults, Holidays, Humor, Mythology, Norse, Relationships, Religion, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged anthropology, ari aster, john bauer, may queen, midsommar, morality, relativism, ritual, summer solstice, sweden |