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The Hellertown-based writer Steve Wiggins (“obscure private intellectual, unfluencer, and recovering academic,” as he sardonically describes himself) writes widely about a variety of topics—religious studies and horror, among others—and his writing is fascinating.

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He’s also one of your under-the-radar neighbors. He lives somewhere in Hellertown. I hugely encourage readers to give Steve’s sophisticated and intellectual work a peek and a listen.

Here’s an excerpt from a cool recent retrospective piece about “Scream”:

Scream is one of my old movies.  I saw it several years ago but the details had grown hazy so I dusted off the DVD to give it another go round.  I’m glad I did.  This Wes Craven classic was one of the first horror movies to rock the critics because it parodies so many other horror films while remaining a scary plot line.  And it’s intelligent.  I liked it so much that I’d watched Scream 2 as well, and the two had jumbled up in my mind.  In case you’re still in a Halloween mood, here’s the basic premise (I won’t spoil the ending): the opening sequence is so well-known that I’m tempted to skip it, but it sets the scene remarkably well.  A teenage girl home alone answers the phone to find a stranger on the line.  This stranger is watching her as he calls, eventually breaking into her house.  Using horror movie clichés, the ghost-faced intruder catches and kills her.