DAILY CALL SHEET: MARCH 17, 2024

Night Screams (1987) So-so slasher in which asylum escapees terrorize a high school jock's house party. While the film has its charms for aficionados of the genre, it's ultimately a slog. Put it this way, you know you're in for a rough time when a significant amount of Night Scream's running time is eaten up by its characters watching other movies on a television, and you quickly realize you'd rather be watching whatever it is they are instead of watching Night Screams itself.

TIL: For a more creepy story full of night screams, try Exodus 12 where the Israelites huddled in their homes at midnight, listening while the Lord struck down the firstborn of every human and and animal in the area. Or as the Bible puts it, "there was loud wailing throughout Egypt, for there was not a house without its dead." Yeah, Passover has its eerie side.

I HAVE SOME NOTES: More jumbled jottings from my daily Scripture readings. If you want smarter stuff, go with the Fr. Mike Schmitz & Ascension Press podcast Bible in a Year.