Sketching Details

A Tale of Two Drag Races Filmed During a Global Pandemic

April 06, 2021 18:30 - 9 minutes - 13.6 MB

The two newest seasons of RuPaul’s Drag Race, the second UK season and the 13th US season, had to deal with the challenges of filming a TV show during the global COVID-19 pandemic. Read the full article. Follow. ★ Support this podcast ★

Dead by Daylight 4.6.0 Patch Review (Game Patch, 2021)

April 05, 2021 18:30 - 6 minutes - 9.59 MB

From colorbind options to physics-defying snow, here’s a rundown of what went right and wrong in the new Dead by Daylight patch. Buy Dead by Daylight for 55% off. Read the full review. Follow. ★ Support this podcast ★

Announcing SD Media Digest

April 01, 2021 18:30 - 45 seconds - 1.08 MB

Hey everyone. I’m really excited to announce a new quarterly publication from Sketching Details. You can download your free epub and PDF copy here. If you would like to pay something, I have pay what you want set up on the listing in my Ko-fi. Follow. ★ Support this podcast ★

The Block Island Sound Review (Film, 2021)

March 30, 2021 18:30 - 3 minutes - 4.32 MB

The Block Island Sound is terrifying because of its tone, but perhaps a bit muddled by too many competing ideas. ★ Support this podcast ★

The United States vs. Billie Holiday Review (Film, 2021)

March 29, 2021 18:30 - 4 minutes - 5.83 MB

The United States vs. Billie Holiday is an overwhelming exploration of a dark chapter in American history. Read the full review. Follow. ★ Support this podcast ★

Slaxx Review (Film, 2021)

March 25, 2021 18:30 - 3 minutes - 5.13 MB

Slaxx is a cursed fashion object film that points the satire at the corporation, not the consumers. Read the full review. Follow. ★ Support this podcast ★

The Outer Limits: S1E08 "The Human Factor"

March 24, 2021 16:45 - 3 minutes - 5.45 MB

"The Human Factor" is the first body swap sci-fi story in the original run of The Outer Limits. Read the full article at The Avocado. Follow. ★ Support this podcast ★

TikTok Getting Closed Captions Soon

March 23, 2021 18:30 - 3 minutes - 5.03 MB

TikTok is finally rolling out a beta test for a meaningful closed captions system on their video app. Read the full article. Follow. ★ Support this podcast ★

Competitive Gaming & Me

March 22, 2021 16:30 - 8 minutes - 11.4 MB

There’s a world of difference between being good at something and being good at competing at something. Read the full article. Follow. ★ Support this podcast ★

The Invention of Ghosts by Gwendolyn Kiste Review (Book, 2020)

March 18, 2021 18:30 - 3 minutes - 4.77 MB

The Invention of Ghosts is a novelette by Gwendolyn Kiste. I think this is one of the most unsettling pieces of horror fiction I’ve ever read because of its use of perspective. Read the full review. Follow. ★ Support this podcast ★

Promising Young Woman & Defining Genre

March 16, 2021 18:30 - 6 minutes - 8.85 MB

Promising Young Woman appears to have broken the record for how quickly a horror film can be rebranded as anything but thanks to awards attention. So let's dig into defining genre, shall we? Read the full article. Follow. ★ Support this podcast ★

93rd Annual Academy Award Nominations

March 15, 2021 18:30 - 3 minutes - 4.49 MB

Here’s a rundown of the 93rd annual Academy Award nominations announced today, 15 March 2021. Here's the full article. Here's the Academy Award Nominations. Follow. ★ Support this podcast ★

Tentacles Review (Film, 2021)

March 11, 2021 19:30 - 2 minutes - 3.72 MB

Tentacles is a psycho-sexual horror film, heavy on the former and light on the latter. Read the review. Follow. ★ Support this podcast ★

The Outer Limits: S1E07 "O.B.I.T."

March 10, 2021 17:45 - 3 minutes - 5.11 MB

The new The Outer Limits article is up at The Avocado. This time, we’re exploring “O.B.I.T.,” a dystopian think piece about a computer that can monitor every scientist who works for the Defense Department within a 500 mile area. Read the full article at The Avocado. Follow. ★ Support this podcast ★

The Ranger Review (Film, 2018)

March 09, 2021 19:30 - 2 minutes - 3.53 MB

The Ranger is a slasher film that actually spends the time to build the world and character relationships so the shift to violence leading into the climax actually has meaning. Read the full review. Follow. ★ Support this podcast ★

Happy Read an eBook Week

March 08, 2021 19:30 - 1 minute - 2.55 MB

Read an eBook Week is a holiday celebrated during the first full calendar week in March each year. The goal is to get readers to try out eBooks. This year, the celebration runs from 7-13 March. Read the full article. Click here to claim a free copy of #31Days: A Collection of Horror Essays, Vol. 1. Click here to claim a free copy of Take Out & Other Stories: A Collection of Weird Fiction. Click here to claim a free copy of By Rote: A Lie in Two Acts. Follow. ★ Support this ...

"Teaching Jake about the Camcorder, Jan '97" Review (Short Film, 2021)

March 05, 2021 19:30 - 3 minutes - 4.41 MB

Teaching Jake about the Camcorder, Jan '97 is an experimental short horror film from Brian David Gilbert. Someone keeps rewinding a replaying a short home movie about a father teaching his son to use a camcorder. Read the full review. Watch the short film on YouTube. Follow. ★ Support this podcast ★

12 Hour Shift Review (Film, 2020)

March 04, 2021 19:30 - 2 minutes - 4.1 MB

12 Hour Shift is a horror/dark comedy film about an organ trade ring getting their supplies out of a hospital. I’ve never seen anything quite like it before. Read the full review. Follow. ★ Support this podcast ★

The Outer Limits: S1E06 "The Man Who Was Never Born"

March 03, 2021 17:45 - 3 minutes - 5.13 MB

The Man Who Was Never Born is a romantic drama in a time travel story. Read the full review at The Avocado. Follow. ★ Support this podcast ★

Sound of Metal Review (Film, 2020)

March 01, 2021 19:30 - 4 minutes - 6.13 MB

Sound of Metal tells the story of a heavy metal drummer who suddenly becomes deaf. There’s a lot to dig into about representation, disability, addiction, and metaphor. Read the review. Follow. ★ Support this podcast ★

Shook Review (Film, 2021)

February 25, 2021 19:30 - 2 minutes - 4.04 MB

Shook is a slasher/deadly game film with some interesting style choices. Your enjoyment is going to come down to your tolerance for simulated animal cruelty, which dominates the opening sequences of the film. Read the full review. Follow. ★ Support this podcast ★

The Outer Limits: S1E05 "The Sixth Finger"

February 24, 2021 17:45 - 5 minutes - 7.24 MB

This week, we take a look at The Outer Limits episode “The Sixth Finger.” This is a hard sci-fi narrative about genetic research used to unlock the genes with the potential to evolve humankind thousands of years into the future. Read the full article at The Avocado. Enter the Take Out & Other Stories: A Collection of Weird Fiction giveaway. Follow. Tip on Ko-fi. ★ Support this podcast ★

No Escape Room Review (Film, 2018)

February 23, 2021 19:30 - 3 minutes - 4.83 MB

No Escape Room is a made for TV movie playing on the escape room trends in the context of a haunted house story. Read the full article. Enter the Take Out & Other Stories giveaway. Follow. ★ Support this podcast ★

Nomadland Review (Film, 2021)

February 22, 2021 19:30 - 3 minutes - 5.04 MB

Nomadland is a meditative drama about the year in the life of a woman who lives in a van working whatever seasonal jobs he can find in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. Read the full review. Enter the giveaway. Follow. ★ Support this podcast ★

A Nightmare Wakes Review (Film, 2021)

February 19, 2021 19:30 - 4 minutes - 6.68 MB

Writer/director Nora Unkel’s debut feature-length film uses the story of Mary Shelley writing Frankenstein to craft a horror film about the expected roles of women in society. Read the full review. Enter the Take Out & Other Stories: A Collection of Weird Fiction giveaway. Follow. ★ Support this podcast ★

Dead by Daylight Mid-Chapter 4.5.0 Patch Review

February 18, 2021 19:30 - 7 minutes - 10.7 MB

Dead by Daylight is now a broken game after the 4.5.0 mid-chapter patch. Broken enough that I’ve uninstalled it. Read the full review. Follow. My giveaway for the audiobook/special edition bundle of Take Out & Other Stories: A Collection of Weird Fiction is ongoing. Enter here. ★ Support this podcast ★

The Outer Limits: S1E04 "The Man with the Power"

February 17, 2021 05:45 - 3 minutes - 5.44 MB

Today’s new article brings us to a proto-telekinesis experiment gone wrong science fiction story from The Outer Limits. These rules weren’t as established as “international espionage with technology” or “aliens among us,” so the results don’t quite hit the highs of the rest of the series so far. Read the full review at The Avocado. Enter the Take Out & Other Stories: A Collection of Weird Fiction giveaway. Follow Buy the audiobook an/or special edition eBook of Take Out & Other...

Gretel & Hansel Review (Film, 2020)

February 16, 2021 19:30 - 3 minutes - 7.48 MB

Gretel & Hansel is an incredibly stylized and thoughtful horror adaptation of “Hansel and Gretel.” It’s effectiveness comes down to your appreciation for a more experimental approach to horror driven by tone and color. Read the full review. Enter the giveaway to win the audiobook/special edition bundle of Take Out & Other Stories: A Collection of Weird Fiction. Follow. Buy the audiobook and/or special edition release of Take Out & Other Stories: A Collection of Weird Fiction. ...

Tell Me Why Episode 3 Review (Video Game, 2020)

February 11, 2021 19:30 - 12 minutes - 17.3 MB

The third and final episode of Tell Me Why explores Alyson and Tyler’s own choices of what to do with their new knowledge of their late mother’s life and death. Read the full review. Follow. #31Days: A Collection of Horror Essays, Vol. 1 on Ko-fi. ★ Support this podcast ★

The Outer Limits: S1E03 "The Architects of Fear"

February 10, 2021 17:45 - 4 minutes - 5.78 MB

The new article is up at The Avocado. This time, we’re looking at the Cold War political theatre of “The Architects of Fear.” A group of scientists decide to stage an international crisis, an alien invasion, to unite the warring nations of the world against a common enemy. The alien will be one of the scientists physically transformed down to his organs and respiratory system, launched into space to crash on earth and terrify the world. Read the full article at The Avocado. Follow...

Not Alone in Here Review (Short Film, 2020)

February 09, 2021 19:30 - 3 minutes - 5.01 MB

“Not Alone in Here” is the newest short film from David F. Sandberg and Lotte Losten, the creative team behind the viral horror short “Lights Out.” A woman is convinced someone else has entered her apartment because a door is suddenly unlocked that she knows she locked before. Read the full review. Follow. #31Days: A Collection of Horror Essays, Vol. 1 available on Ko-fi. ★ Support this podcast ★

Coming Soon: Take Out & Other Stories: The Audiobook

February 08, 2021 19:30 - 3 minutes - 5.46 MB

Take Out & Other Stories: A Collection of Weird Fiction is my debut short story collection from 2013. I’ve felt guilty for not releasing an audiobook version for a very long time, and I have finally rectified that mistake. Read the full article. Follow. ★ Support this podcast ★

Tell Me Why Episode 2 Review (Video Game, 2020)

February 05, 2021 19:30 - 4 minutes - 6.03 MB

Episode 2 of Tell Me Why continues Alyson and Tyler’s quest to find out what really happened to their mother 10 years ago. This time, it’s all about forgiveness. Read the full review. Follow. #31Days: A Collection of Horror Essays, Vol. 1 is available on Ko-fi. ★ Support this podcast ★

The 78th Annual Golden Globe Awards Nominations

February 04, 2021 19:30 - 4 minutes - 6.7 MB

The 78th Annual Golden Globe Award nominations were released yesterday with plenty of surprises in film and television. Read the full article. Follow. My new book #31Days: A Collection of Horror Essays, Vol.1 is available on Ko-fi. ★ Support this podcast ★

The Outer Limits: S1E02 "The Hundred Days of The Dragon

February 03, 2021 17:30 - 3 minutes - 5.22 MB

In "The Hundred Days of the Dragon," an unnamed East Asian country uses new molecular shifting technology to replace the presumptive winner of the US presidential election with one of their citizens. Read the full article at The Avocado. Follow #31Days: A Collection of Horror Essays, Vol. 1 is available on Ko-fi. ★ Support this podcast ★

The Whistler Review (Short Film, 2020)

February 02, 2021 19:30 - 3 minutes - 4.58 MB

Writer/director Jennifer Nicole Stang turns The Pied Piper legend on its side with "The Whistler." Lindsey babysits her sister Becky, reading her the story of The Whistler, a mysterious man who led children to the woods to baptize them. Read the full article. Follow #31Days: A Collection of Horror Essays, Vol. 1, available on Ko-fi. ★ Support this podcast ★

Academia: School Simulator Review (PC Game, 2021)

February 01, 2021 19:30 - 6 minutes - 9.9 MB

Academia: School Simulator is a simulation game where you build a high school from the ground up. Start with a principal’s office, then plan your way to become the number 1 ranked high school in the state through teacher training, facilities, and student resources. Read the full article. Follow Support on Ko-Fi ★ Support this podcast ★

Bliss Review (Film, 2019)

January 29, 2021 19:30 - 2 minutes - 4.34 MB

Bliss is an experimental and extreme horror film about an artist choosing to give up sobriety to find inspiration when her life begins to crumble around her. Read the full article. Follow. #31Days: A Collection of Horror Essays, Vol. 1 is available on Ko-fi. ★ Support this podcast ★

Colorblind Modes (and More Accessibility Options) Coming to Dead by Daylight

January 28, 2021 19:30 - 10 minutes - 15 MB

Dead by Daylight have finally taken steps to begin adding more accessibility options into the popular 4v1 asymmetrical survival horror game. Read the full article. Follow. Support us on Ko-fi. ★ Support this podcast ★

The Outer Limits: S1E01 "The Galaxy Being"

January 27, 2021 17:45 - 4 minutes - 5.62 MB

The new series at The Avocado debuts today, focusing on The Outer Limits. Up first is The Galaxy Being, a dark and cautionary tale about a radio broadcaster making first contact with an alien species by analyzing sound in three dimensions. Read the full review at The Avocado. Follow. Ko-fi. ★ Support this podcast ★

Sayonara Wild Hearts Review (PC Game, 2019)

January 26, 2021 19:30 - 4 minutes - 5.98 MB

Sayonara Wild Hearts is an action game with rhythm elements. A woman is chosen to be The Fool, a hero who can defeat all the enemies of the Major Arcana and reunite the world. Read the full review. Buy the Switch version at Humble Bundle. Follow. #31Days: A Collection of Horror Essays, Vol. 1 is available on Ko-fi. ★ Support this podcast ★

Talentless Nana Review (TV Series, 2020)

January 25, 2021 19:30 - 4 minutes - 6.46 MB

Talentless Nana is a horror anime about a group of children tasked with developing their newfound superpowers to defeat the Enemies of Humanity and save the world. Then the series changes entirely after the first 20 minutes of the first episode to something far more disturbing. This review contains spoiler. A voiceover will tell you the timestamp to skip to in order to avoid them. Read the full review. Follow. Ko-fi. ★ Support this podcast ★

Ranking Terror Episode 1: Masters of Horror/Fear Itself

January 25, 2021 15:30 - 1 minute - 1.94 MB

Welcome to Ranking Terror, a new monthly webseries where we analyze and rank horror series or collections from best to work through a critical lens. Watch the video. Follow. Ko-fi. ★ Support this podcast ★

Tigers Are Not Afraid Review (Film, 2019)

January 22, 2021 19:30 - 3 minutes - 4.91 MB

In Tigers Are Not Afraid, Estrella uses three wishes granted to her by her school teacher to fight back against the horrors of the drug trafficking gangs taking over her hometown. Read the full review. Follow. #31Days: A Collection of Horror Essays, Vol.1 is available on Ko-fi. ★ Support this podcast ★

The Best Masters of Horror and Fear Itself Episodes

January 21, 2021 19:30 - 7 minutes - 11 MB

After 39 weeks spent reviewing all 39 episodes of Masters of Horror and the unofficial third season Fear Itself, I feel confident recommending the best episodes of the series. Read the full article. Follow. #31Days: A Collection of Horror Essays, Vol. 1, available on Ko-fi. ★ Support this podcast ★

Fear Itself: S1E13 "The Circle"

January 20, 2021 17:45 - 3 minutes - 5.91 MB

The Circle is the final episode of Fear Itself, telling the story of a writer struggling to finish a story that suddenly comes to life around him. Read the full review at The Avocado. Follow. My new book #31Days: A Collection of Horror Essays, Vol.1 is available on Ko-fi. ★ Support this podcast ★

Coming Soon: The Binding of Isaac Repentance

January 19, 2021 19:30 - 3 minutes - 5.91 MB

The Binding of Isaac: Repentance is the final DLC to the long-running The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth game coming to PC on 31 March 2021. Read the full article here. Follow. #31Days: A Collection of Horror Essays, Vol. 1 is available in my Ko-fi shop. ★ Support this podcast ★

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