Category: Horror

Syfy’s Twilight Zone 2025/2026 New Year’s Marathon Schedule is Up!

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Twilight Zone fans are in for a treat.  This year the Syfy Channel is running a Twilight Zone Christmas Marathon and then less than a week later, an even longer Twilight Zone New Year’s Marathon!

The New Year’s Marathon starts at 5am on December 31st with the last episode starting at 6:30am on December 2nd.

The Twilight Zone Marathons have been one of our family traditions for decades.  Sometimes we binge watch. Other times we just check in on favorite episodes. Please allow me to suggest some favorite Twilight Zone episodes…

Wednesday, December 31, 2025
5:ooam – Come Wander with Me  (Kicks off the marathon)
7:30pm – It’s a Good Life
9:30pm – Nick of Time
11:00pm – The Midnight Sun

Thursday, January 1, 2026
3:30am – The Howling Man
6:30pm – Time Enough At Last
7:o0pm – The Monsters are Due on Maple Street
7:30pm – To Serve Man
8:00pm – The Invaders
8:30pm – Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?
9:00pm – Nightmare at 20,000 Feet
9:30pm – The Eye of the Beholder

Friday, January 2, 2026
3:00am – The Shelter
3:30am – The Grave

The Syfy Channel’s 2025 “Twilight Zone” Christmas Marathon Schedule is Up!

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The Syfy Channel is running a Twilight Zone Marathon that starts at 5am on Christmas Day ending at 7am on December 26th.

What a great way to spend down-time between presents, get-togethers with family and friends, eating too much and napping.  Set your DVRs for the entire marathon or just to get favorites or episodes you’ve never seen.  You can see the entire Twilight Zone Marathon schedule here.

There’s a sweet spot that starts at 8pm on the 25th.  Seven of my favorite episodes will run back-to-back.

Enjoy!

“Troll 2″(2025) / Z-View

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Troll 2 (2025)

Director:  Roar Uthaug

Screenplay: Espen Aukan 

Stars: Ine Marie Wilmann, Kim Falck, Mads Sjøgård Pettersen

Tagline: None.

The Plot…

Three years have passed since the battle with the Troll King.  Nora Tidemann now lives in a remote cabin having resigned from her government position after the troll “incident”.   When her friend, Andreas Isaksen, asks Nora to assist on a secret government project, she is intrigued.

Nora travels with Andreas to a hidden underground installation.  She is shocked to discover the government has captured a hibernating troll.  When the creature wakes up it breaks free.  During the troll’s escape it eats and kills government workers.

Now the troll is headed for a major city intent on killing all who live there.

Nora, Andreas and Major Kristoffer Holm reteam to stop the troll before it reaches civilization.  It’ll be difficult and lives will be lost, but they should prevail.  That’s what they are thinking… until a second troll comes into play.

Thoughts (beware of spoilers)…

I was glad to see original cast members return.  Troll 2 is fun… but a step down from the original.

Troll 2 (2025) earns 3 of 5 stars.

“Frankenstein” (2025) written & directed by Guillermo del Toro / Z-View

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Frankenstein (2025)

Director: Guillermo del Toro

Screenplay: Guillermo del Toro; based on FRANKENSTEIN by Mary Shelley

Stars: Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi, Christoph Waltz, Mia Goth, Charles Dance, David Bradley, Kyle Gatehouse, Lauren Collins, Ralph Ineson, Peter MacNeill and Burn Gorman.

Tagline:  Only monsters play God.

The Plot…

 1857.  The Horisont, a ship sailing to the North Pole, has become trapped in ice. While attempting to free the vessel, the crew finds a badly injured man named Victor Frankenstein.  They bring him aboard and begin treating his wounds.

Not long after, a huge scarred man with incredible strength attacks the ship.  Several of the crew are injured or killed.  The monster demands that Victor Frankenstein be turned over to him.  Instead the Captain orders his men to fire upon the creature.  The shots break the ice around the monster and it sinks away.

As the crew rejoices, Victor Frankenstein says that the creature can not be killed.  It will return and attack again.  Frankenstein says he knows this because he created the monster.

This is his (and the creature’s) story…

Thoughts (beware of spoilers)… 

Guillermo del Toro licensed Bernie Wrightson’s illustrations from Wrightson’s FRANKENSTEIN graphic novel adaptation to be used in pre-production of the film.

Del Toro has created a beautiful adaptation.  It is well cast, well directed and well acted.  The set designs are award-worthy.  I enjoyed the experience of watching it, but his Frankenstein is not one I feel I will be re-watching much.

Frankenstein (2025) rates 4 of 5 stars.