Wade Wainio

Wade Wainio is a struggling artist/musician/college graduate/UFO cult leader operating in a humble, vast wasteland called The Upper Peninsula of Michigan. He likes pizza, certain movies and TV shows, and plans to expand his writing career and abilities. His nonsense musical moniker is Grandpa Helicopter. He also DJs occasionally at WMTU 91.9 FM Houghton.

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Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare — A nuanced take on abuse

After some time away from writing at 1428 Elm, I decided to mark my return with a piece on Rachel Talalay's Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare. Yes,...

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Seeing The Invisible Man chapter 6: Abbott and Costello

Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man doesn't bring the scares but may elicit some genuine laughs. Let's look at this entertaining...

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Hitchcock’s Legacy #3: Murder! (1930 film)

Murder! is definitely one of Alfred Hitchcock's lesser films, but it deals with issues that make it interesting from a historical...

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Dexter: Dex, Lies, and Videotape flashback

In "Dex, Lies, and Videotape," Dexter tampers with video evidence and deals with a copycat killer. Also Lila grows the rift between Dex and...

Call of the Cryptid: The Brosno dragon of western Russia!

Call of the Cryptid examines the mysterious legend of the Brosno dragon. Will Brosnya (or "Brosnie") ever come out and play in our digital age? Like...

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Seeing The Invisible Man ch. 5: The Invisible Man's Revenge

The Invisible Man's Revenge sees the return of The Invisible Man as a villain. In fact, this time he borders on being a vampire! The Invisible Man...

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Hitchock’s Legacy #2: Blackmail (1929 film)

Blackmail was released in 1929, but could Hitchcock's first "talkie" live up to the standards of modern audiences? Sure it could! After releasing...

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Dexter: The Dark Defender or Dexter the superhero?

Episode 205 of Dexter is fairly unique, as Dexter imagines himself as a literal super hero, avenging his mother's murderers. As many of you already...

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Call of the Cryptid: It's Bigfoot, baby! (AKA The Sasquatch)

Call of the Cryptid addresses one of the big dogs (or big apes) of the cryptid pantheon: The great all-American Sasquatch! Bigfoot Rundown Who...

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Beach Girls and the Monster (1965): Sort of a beach blast

One of Beach Girls and the Monster's taglines is promising: "Beach party lovers make hey! hey! in the moonlight...while the Monster lurks in the...

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