I am watching it too! So far so good. There are several possible killers walking around that camp, soooo that's good, I guess. Good for us, as viewers. Less good for the non-killers at the camp.

There have been many very clear references to Friday the 13th and Halloween already. I have been wondering if there could be some kind of a Nightmare on Elm Street plotline as well, just because they set it in 1984, when the first NoES came out. My guess is that they will NOT do that, but you never know. They might have set it in 1984 because that year is considered to be the peak for pop music, according to some Rolling Stone survey they did a few years ago. I'm not saying I agree with that, but there was some kind of survey, study, or poll, and they decided 1984 was the best year ever for pop music. So, that makes for great background music for each episode. That has already been much in evidence, IMHO.

Edit: You know what, I'm just overthinking it. They set it in 1984 because that's when the LA Olympics were. Although, there could be other reasons... that must be the main reason though.

I like how they made Montana look like young Linnea Quigley! She even has sort of a Barbara Crampton element in her hairdo, too.

I have not really paid much attention to this show over the years, so I can't say anything about how the show usually goes. But, I have noticed that people commenting on the show often mention that Emma Roberts has played bitchy or evil roles, in the past. I'm not even sure if she has played those roles on this show, now that I'm thinking about this... anyway, it makes me think that she could still turn out to be a psycho killer in some way. She seems nice so far, but it's just the first episode.

OK, that's all I can think of right now. Let us all now look forward to the next episode.

I just meant it was supposedly the pinnacle for pop music. That was the subject of the study I'm trying to remember. But for demented movies, yes!, 1987 was a doozy. 1981 was pretty good too, just for the sheer tsunami of slasher movies.

here, I found the study I was thinking of: https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6296392/1984-best-year-of-pop-music-ever-essay

I watched it again last night before I went to bed. I would like for it to be fairly fresh in my memory, before I see the next episode.

Last night, I noticed that if you pay close attention to the very quick camera shots they do of various characters faces, immediately after some random piece of information is revealed, then you can learn quite a bit.

Like, when Xavier suggests for the first time that they all go to Camp Redwood, they quickly show Montana's face and she looks very uninterested. But then he changes what he says slightly, and says they should all go there "tomorrow," meaning the day after they are speaking, of course. Instantly Montana perks up and gets really interested. It makes me think a.)she had some reason to want to stay in Los Angeles that night, and b.)she had some reason to want to get the hell out of Los Angeles the next day. Sooooo... that's interesting.

Also, when they are in the van the next day driving to the camp, Montana says something to Brooke about how the killer will never be able to find her at the camp, he will have no idea where she is. They quickly show Chet's face, and he looks troubled, disturbed, and bothered by what she says... he looks like he doesn't agree, but is reluctant to say what's on his mind, for some reason. Sooooo... that's interesting.

Also also, when Brooke is in Los Angeles, she seems to really love her jewelry. She sort of lingers over it, and they show her lovingly putting her jewels in that wooden box. The camera seems to pay attention to one ring in particular, unless I'm imagining it. So, I know this show has done a lot of magic and paranormal stuff in past seasons, so maybe one of her rings is supposed to have some kind of powers?!? My guess would be that NO this is not the case, but we don't know for sure... In fact, another thing is, we do not know for sure that the Night Stalker went to her apartment completely at random. Perhaps he had some specific reason to seek Brooke out in particular, a reason that she may or may not be aware of. If so, and if she is aware of whatever the reason is, (maybe pertaining to her jewels?) she might not necessarily want to share this information with the others going to the camp, right? She MIGHT, but... we don't know for sure. She could be hiding something. Maybe the Night Stalker wants her jewels, or some specific ring, for some kind of paranormal or Satanic reason? And maybe she is aware of this, or partially aware of some of this? We shall see.

We shall see.

Thank you!!! It does seem significant that the Night Stalker sought her out specifically, doesn't it? Maybe at this point the shows writers want us to think he is taking an interest in her personally because she whopped him on the head with the frying pan, but perhaps he had her on his mind already, before she did that. Also, it is just strange that he immediately asked her about her jewels. I don't remember anyone saying anything about him being a jewel thief. He's just supposed to be a serial killer. So, maybe something's up with those jewels. Possibly something magical.

I wonder if we wil gradually discover that that aerobics class in the beginning was just some kind of set-up, and all the people in it were some kind of secret agents from rival covens of witches, or rival cults of Satanists who are competing with each other to control the serial killer by means of magical jewels... I'm trying to think like the show's writers here. I haven't even watched the show much, but from the comments I have seen online, they seem to think up this type of thing.

hey, who was the dead body in the pond? The one that drifted by Brooke's feet, and freaked her out? Was it Dr. Karen Hopple? It was hard to tell.

Wow, I didn't know John Carroll Lynch had played so many demented psychotic characters. I always just think of him as the sheriff's painter husband in Fargo. He painted birds, hoping that they would be chosen to put on postage stamps. He was supposed to connote for his character a safe, domestic, stolid beacon of normalcy in Marge's otherwise dangerous and chaotic life (at least, in the story shown in the movie).

One of the actors is named Gus Kenworthy. I wondered if he might be related to Michael Kenworthy, the little kid in the 80s version of The Blob, and Return of the Living Dead Part 2, but if he is I can't find anything about it. I thought for a minute that that kid might have been in Friday the 13th part 8 too, but no... there are some scenes in sewers in that movie, similar to some scenes in The Blob. Different cast though.

Watching the new episode right now. It just started. I have been thinking, there used to be a character on Dexter who was sort of a cult leader... his name was Jordan something. Jordan Chase? He was not a killer, but he could get people around him to kill on his behalf. I keep wondering if Margaret might turn out to be like that??? We shall see.

I'm starting to question whether Margaret is even a killer at all. She is clearly a "player," she can be manipulative, she is a liar, and she knows what really happened on that night in 1970. She is a force to be reckoned with. But, it seems like it might be too obvious for her to be the killer, you know? They have been throwing out soooo many hints that she is evil, it's starting to make me think they are just messing with our minds. I don't know, she certainly MIGHT really be a killer. We shall see!

Another random thought: Xavier didn't seem like a very good liar, so that makes me trust him more. When they found the corpse of that middle-aged jerk who was some kind of gay porn producer, who wanted to profit from Xavier by using him as a gay porn star... when they found that dickhead's corpse, Xavier was such a terrible liar. He was like "Why would anyone think I knew that guy?!? I didn't know him! It's so funny that anyone would think I knew him." He was practically a parody of a bad liar. Soooo if he sucks at lying, maybe what he appears to be in the Slashdance episode, which is a pretty good guy, is what he actually is.

I just had another idea. Maybe Montana used to be the girlfriend of the guy who got killed at Brooke's wedding. You know, the guy who went over to Brooke's house to keep her company the night before the wedding. He was the best friend or brother or something of the groom who went psycho, before the groom killed him. If Montana was that guy's girlfriend, that could give a motive for wanting to kill Brooke. Also, remember how when Brooke told Motana the story of the wedding, Montana seemed pretty eager to assume that Brooke had fooled around with that guy? It all adds up.

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So, there is something new going on now. Apparently there's a supernatural element at play, affecting people's lives and deaths. I did not see that coming, it freaked me out a little. It's probably supposed to be the Devil, because the character who got resurrected has spoken several times about his connection to Satan... Yes, the Night Stalker, you knew it had to be him. Anyway, something happened that was just physically and biologically impossible, so something supernatural has to be going on. It's no longer a straight slasher story! Also, I am wondering if Margaret is praying to SOMETHING that hears her prayers. She might think it's God, but it wouldn't necessarily have to be God. Maybe it's some kind of Children of the Corn type of scenario, in which the kids believed they were praying to God, and following God's will... they were apparently following the will of some kind of corn demon pretending to be God, but clearly not God as we understand Him and/or Her.... hey, Children of the Corn came out in 1984 too, so, that might be interesting. I keep looking for reasons why they could have set it in 1984.

I am starting to wonder if they are building up to some kind of theological confrontation in the last episode or two, in which Satan clashes with whoever answers Margaret's prayers. If that is supposed to be God, it's clearly not a very NICE God... maybe something Gnostic?? I guess it wouldn't have to be a clash between two deities, it could just be a battle between their proxies, such as Mr. Jingles and the Night Stalker, or maybe even Rita and Margaret?!? We shall see.

No One Lives is kind of an interesting movie in that way, evil versus evil. In some ways it's just stupid, some of the dialog makes me cringe, but it has some pretty solid moments. I watched it more than once, and enjoyed it.

The scene where Rita (not the real Rita, but the woman who claimed to be Rita from the beginning, the black woman) saw what happened to the Night Stalker's body makes me think of Pieces, in a way. In Pieces, you go through most of the movie thinking it's a straight psycho killer slasher movie, then all of a sudden something happens that just pulls that rug out from under you and you suddenly don't even know what kind of movie you're watching. Good stuff.

I watched tonight's episode. I thought it was pretty interesting actually. They did have a couple of slow episodes, but now they have so many things going on, so many balls in the air, it's just interesting to watch. I won't spoil anything here, but I'll just say I think it's getting more entertaining again.

Is it OK to talk about this here yet? I liked the ending. That's all I'll say right now.

there were theories going around, a few episodes back, that aliens were involved somehow. I still wonder if that might be possible. The way Brooke looked at the end is just very unlikely, unless there was some kind of time travel or alien technology involved. Hey, I think I just said that spoilerlessly, good for me.