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Carla Pettigrew

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Movie Review: Parasite (2019)

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Movie Review: Parasite (2019)

Link to Letterboxd review: 5 stars The horror of always wanting more than you have. The horror of greed. (That giant bowl of ramen and sirloin.) The horror of not just letting other people live (and the audacity of being disgusted by their taking up space). The horror of having

By Carla Pettigrew 27 Jul 2021
Added to Audible!

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Added to Audible!

I am beyond honored to announce that There Might Be Cupcakes has been chosen as one of Audible’s podcasts. You can now listen there if you are a member in the Audible app by just clicking here and then clicking the “Follow” button. Please rate and review at Audible;

By Carla Pettigrew 20 Jul 2021
Movie Review: Jennifer’s Body (2009)

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Movie Review: Jennifer’s Body (2009)

Link to Letterboxd review, which is quoted here in full. 4 stars This is a dark fairy tale, start to finish, with the Princess in the saving role. Amy Sedaris in a horror movie=  Excellent horror cameo at the end, which I won’t spoil. Minus one star for the

By Carla Pettigrew 05 Jul 2021
Movie Review: Us (2019)

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Movie Review: Us (2019)

Link to Letterboxd review upon rewatch: 5 stars. Spoilers. Didn’t notice the first time: *The police never came. Addie called them on Zora’s phone. This makes the cue of “Fuck the Police” darkly funny. Also, while it is playing, Zora clears the white family’s house like a

By Carla Pettigrew 04 Jul 2021
True Crime by Joe Bob Briggs

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True Crime by Joe Bob Briggs

True crime book on Kindle on sale today, written by Joe Bob Briggs (as his real name, John Bloom). 1.99 right now.  It’s a fascinating read, about housewife obsession, and…wow, it’s almost inexplicable: “Candy Montgomery and Betty Gore had a lot in common: They sang together

By Carla Pettigrew 01 Jul 2021
Book Review: You Have a Very Soft Voice, Susan

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Book Review: You Have a Very Soft Voice, Susan

You Have A Very Soft Voice, Susan: A Shocking True Story of Internet Stalking by Susan Fensten My rating: 3 of 5 stars This is a wild ride of a true crime memoir, recommended if you are looking for something completely different. It is frustrating, in more than one way.

By Carla Pettigrew 22 Jun 2021
Book Review: The Peyton Place Murder

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Book Review: The Peyton Place Murder

Full title: The ‘Peyton Place’ Murder: The True Crime Story Behind The Novel That Shocked The Nation by Renee Mallett The ‘Peyton Place’ Murder: The True Crime Story Behind The Novel That Shocked The Nation by Renee Mallett My rating: 4 of 5 stars I was given this book by

By Carla Pettigrew 18 Jun 2021
Book Review: Lindbergh: The Crime

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Book Review: Lindbergh: The Crime

Lindbergh: The Crime by Noel Behn at Amazon Lindbergh: The Crime by Noel Behn My rating: 5 of 5 stars This book messed with my head in the best way. I say in my profile that I love books that overturn my apple cart. Apples everywhere on my path. I

By Carla Pettigrew 12 Jun 2021
Ergodic: House of Leaves: 70

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Ergodic: House of Leaves: 70

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Documentary Review: The Sons of Sam: A Descent Into Darkness (2021)

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Documentary Review: The Sons of Sam: A Descent Into Darkness (2021)

Review link at Letterboxd: 5 stars My buddy Joshua Zeman knocked this out of the park. Eerie twilight language effect (hat tip paranormal investigator Loren Coleman): Stacy Moscowitz was killed one block over from Cropsey Drive. If you know Joshua’s work, you know his first documentary, about the New

By Carla Pettigrew 17 May 2021
Movie Reviews: Grave Encounters (2011) and Grave Encounters 2 (2012)

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Movie Reviews: Grave Encounters (2011) and Grave Encounters 2 (2012)

Found footage horror series: some spoilers: Grave Encounters (2011): 3 stars (Blu-ray: 10th anniversary edition) “Houston, what is your problem?” All the reality show and IRL paranormal investigators that provoke and otherwise disrespect the dead and what they don’t understand need to watch this. Even if you don’t

By Carla Pettigrew 16 May 2021
Happy anniversary and thank you!

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Happy anniversary and thank you!

Four years of the podcast, today! April 28, 2017 to April 28, 2021, and here’s to four more years together, you and me. Have a listen to this celebratory episode, and again to episode 1, which is added on, and learn (or relearn) why cupcakes. Listen to “Four Cupcakes:

By Carla Pettigrew 28 Apr 2021
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There Might Be Cupcakes Podcast

Horror, true crime, paranormal, disability through a literary lens, whimsy, writing in progress since 2017.

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There Might Be Cupcakes Podcast

Horror, true crime, paranormal, disability through a literary lens, whimsy, writing in progress since 2017.