Author: Overcoming Adversity | Buteau’s Odyssey

No, “Mr. Voorhees Goes To Washington” *isn’t* coming to theaters anytime soon … or is it?Sorry kids, but horror movies have been political for 100 years and countingEvery now and then you’ll see somebody on social media proclaim they’re sick and tired of horror movies getting political. They wish filmmakers would default to the good old days, back when genre movies were devoid of social commentary and partisan rabble-rousing. There’s just one problem with that opinion: that time period never existed. As long as films have been around they’ve been intrinsically political. And horror literature has been intrinsically political for centuries.…

A lot of history has a chance to be made when it comes to the MLB MVP awards this season. Let’s check out the odds for the AL and NL MVP race at FanDuel Sportsbook as of June 5.This page may contain affiliate links to legal sports betting partners. If you sign up or place a wager, FOX Sports may be compensated. Read more about Sports Betting on FOX Sports.American League MVPBobby Witt Jr.: +135 (bet $10 to win $23.50 total)Yordan Alvarez: +160 (bet $10 to win $26 total)Ben Rice: +440 (bet $10 to win $54 total)Nick Kurtz: +1100 (bet $10…

Raising non-sporty boys in a culture that prizes athletic talent in males and rewards competitiveness and power playing is no easy feat. After all, it isn’t long before a young boy recognizes that what really matters at the bus stop and on the playground is how far you can throw, how fast you can run and how often you win. Big, strong, athletically gifted boys have always dominated childhood’s social landscape. Their physical presence alone trumps the clout of smaller, quieter boys, but it’s their love of sports and fierce desire to win anything and everything that really jettisons these…

This year at the Tribeca Film Festival, writer-producer Henry Chaisson (Antlers, Servant) makes his feature directorial debut with Recluse, a sound-driven terror that blends bleak, ghostly horror with thrilling mystery.  Months after her father is injured in an accident, Joan (Sasha Frolova), an audio engineer working in the film industry, returns home to New England. Judging by her hesitation, it’s clearly a trip she doesn’t want to take, alluding to something traumatic that happened in her childhood and an estranged relationship with her dad, Lawrence Wyatt (Xander Berkeley). Early in his career, the renowned and reclusive artist earned a reputation…

“I walked away from that cemetery with nothing,” my grandmother told me about the day she buried her husband. “I had a 7-year-old child by the hand and I had no job, no money, nothing. The neighbors had to take up a collection for me so I could buy groceries.” With an unlikely twinkle in her eye, she added, “and it was the happiest day of my life.” That doesn’t speak well of my grandfather, I know. If it were the only story I’d ever heard about him, I would probably conclude that he was a difficult man. But it’s…

Aurelio Voltraire has been a staple in the goth community since 1998 with the release of his first full length album, The Devil’s Bris. Another twelve albums followed, with 2025’s Summer Surf being his most recent. Initially the artist was known for his music, which is a unique blend of dark cabaret, folk, and horror punk. However, over the life of his career he has accomplished much, much more.  Voltaire is an accomplished writer, with books including What is Goth? (2004) and Paint it Black: A Guide to Gothic Homemaking (2005). In 1997 Voltaire both wrote and illustrated a six…

There’s just one week to go until the biggest show on earth gets underway, with the 2026 World Cup kicking off on June 11. If you haven’t already caught a serious case of World Cup fever, what better way to get in the mood than by checking out the very best kits that will be on show in North America this summer.The result of the tournament being expanded to a bumper 48-team event and some sides bizarrely opting to have three separate strips means there will be more than 100 different shirts on view in North America, which is undoubtedly…

ABLAZE to Publish the 2026 Eisner Award-Nominated Horror Series The Lycan By Thomas Jane, Mike Carey, and Artist Diego Yapur: “ABLAZE will publish the Eisner Award-nominated horror series The Lycan, in print for the first time. The announcement comes hot on the heels of the news that The Lycan has been nominated for the 2026 Eisner Award for “Best Digital Comic.” With The Lycan, the first comic from Thomas Jane’s Production Label Renegade Entertainment, Jane has taken on a new role as creator and editor, assembling a remarkable group of talent to bring his vision to reality. The Lycan is based on a story by Jane and…

It’s June, and many cafes, bars, shops, restaurants, schools and other businesses, including therapy spaces, are awash with multicoloured flags and banners in overt displays of solidarity with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning (LGBTQ+) communities. Or so they claim. June is Pride month, and an important reminder, if one were needed, to acknowledge diversity and celebrate and welcome all members of our communities. But many corporations seem guilty of what has become known as “rainbow-washing” in June when, for the rest of the year, they’re ambivalent at best and un-LGBTQ-friendly at worst. I am a year-round LGBTQ+ and TNBGQ (transgender,…

Fight For Your Life is an obscure, late ’70s home invasion thriller with a VERY timely message   We’re always looking for the next cult hit Halloween movie — and Fight For Your Life might be it.It’s kind of a cyclical pattern. For a few years the du jour holiday movie was The Nightmare Before Christmas, then it was Hocus Pocus, then it was Trick ‘r Treat, etc. The horror-loving masses are always on the prowl for that next retroactive classic, that somewhat forgotten gem from the past that gains new life a couple of decades after the fact due to some…