Man, back in they heyday of SoBros Network, when life was a little slower, and we all had a little more time, I would sit down and hammer out a content plan for Spooky Season in August. We’d tag team it, and I always felt like it produced some of our best work. Maybe they’re just personal favorites, but I always thought the style and vibes of the season brought out the best in us. As things change and evolve as they always inevitably do, I never want to lose sight of how much fun October has always been at SoBros Network. And, to me, these pieces are worth remembering and celebrating.

Halloween Classics on SoBros Network

• 2017: Rooster provides a little background info on Halloween and the reason for the season on this History Lesson on Samhain.
• 2018: Rooster recounts the tale of one of the most legendary cryptids of all time, the Point Pleasant Mothman.
• 2019: The best bit of fiction we have on this site: The Widow’s Mountain.
• 2019: Brittany shared one of the scariest true stories I’ve ever read in a piece titled ‘The York Road Stranger.‘
• 2019: Rooster and I did a Phone It In episode on Skinwalker Ranch.
• 2020: Brandon, Brittany, and I got together to rank horror franchises: Vick’s Flicks Podcast: Ranking Horror Franchises
• 2020: I power ranked the best Goosebumps books and the top 10 cryptids.
• 2021: Some of our friends and I provided a few outside-the-box movie suggestions for this time of year.
• 2021: I wrote about this king housing an entire sweet potato pie in a screening of The Addams Family 2.
• 2022: Brittany, Jesse, and I ate a bunch of different pumpkin-flavored stuff.
• 2022: A few of us got together and did one of the ghost tours at The Hermitage, and I wrote about the experience.
• 2023: Spooky Season Viewing For Comic Book Fans – There’s an interesting genre of…like…I don’t know how else to describe it…”comic book horror.” So, I made a list of some of my favorite flicks that borrow vibes from the comic book world to check out in case you haven’t already.

Happy Halloween – stay safe out there!

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Stoney Keeley is the Editor in Chief of The SoBros Network, second on Football & Other F Words, analyst for Stacking The Inbox, and a Dogs Playing Poker on velvet connoisseur. He is a strong supporter of Team GSD, #BeBetter, and ‘Minds right, asses tight.’ “Big Natural” covers the Tennessee Titans, the NFL Draft, Nashville, Yankee Candle, and a whole wealth of nonsense. Follow on Twitter @StoneyKeeley.

Elsewhere on the SoBros Network: Check out Stacking The Inbox for premium coverage of the Tennessee Titans and NFL Draft. Subscribe to Nashville Movie Dispatch for all of our movie content. We get weird on Phone It In, the history podcast that explores legendary tales, important historical figures, and events.

I was chatting with a coach not too long ago and admitted that I had a dumb question to ask him. I told him I understand how motion helps in the passing game because it can indicate whether a defense is in man or zone coverage. But, what I didn’t quite grasp is what motion tells you when you’re running the ball. Is answer was pretty simple – the gist of it was, “anything you can do to get the eyes of the linebackers off the ball.”

I started seeing instances of that showing up on tape. Linebackers would be following the motion, communicating an adjustment, and by the time the ball was snapped, the defense was a little off balance. No, it’s not to say motion is a cheat code in the run game. It doesn’t work every time, but when it does work, it’s beautiful. As I was studying Jam Miller tape back in the spring, I came across this play against Missouri that highlights how effective motion can be in running the ball. It ain’t always a big play, but hot damn, it can be an efficient chain mover.

Stoney Keeley is the Editor in Chief of The SoBros Network, second on Football & Other F Words, analyst for Stacking The Inbox, and a Dogs Playing Poker on velvet connoisseur. He is a strong supporter of Team GSD, #BeBetter, and ‘Minds right, asses tight.’ “Big Natural” covers the Tennessee Titans, the NFL Draft, Nashville, Yankee Candle, and a whole wealth of nonsense. Follow on Twitter @StoneyKeeley.

Elsewhere on the SoBros Network: Check out Stacking The Inbox for premium coverage of the Tennessee Titans and NFL Draft. Subscribe to Nashville Movie Dispatch for all of our movie content. We get weird on Phone It In, the history podcast that explores legendary tales, important historical figures, and events.

I stepped through the doorway and took in the low murmur of a dinner party alive with conversation.

I was aware I was in a dream, but even if I wasn’t, the setting would’ve been a dead giveaway.
oil lamps and open flames lit the parlor
And a distinct 1920s vernacular hung in the air.

No one noticed me and I felt like I floated through the party out of sight.
A silent observer
Traveling back in time.

But the illusion was up in short order.
A head turned to face me
And I immediately felt unwanted.

Eyes black as coal peered into mine
And without a word, whatever was staring at me said “you’re not welcome here,” following that up with “you’re getting too close.”

We seemed to be the only two present aware this was a dream.
How unsettling.
Uninvited in my own head.
My dreams were no longer my own.

Whatever the entity was
It wasn’t like me.
Hostile and threatening,
I tried to jar myself awake.

I was eventually successful
But as I came to
I still felt I wasn’t alone.
And a terrifying thought burrowed its way into my brain.

Where do you go when your own dreams are no safe haven from the evils beyond the shroud?

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Stoney Keeley is the Editor in Chief of The SoBros Network, second on Football & Other F Words, analyst for Stacking The Inbox, and a Dogs Playing Poker on velvet connoisseur. He is a strong supporter of Team GSD, #BeBetter, and ‘Minds right, asses tight.’ “Big Natural” covers the Tennessee Titans, the NFL Draft, Nashville, Yankee Candle, and a whole wealth of nonsense. Follow on Twitter @StoneyKeeley.

Elsewhere on the SoBros Network: Check out Stacking The Inbox for premium coverage of the Tennessee Titans and NFL Draft. Subscribe to Nashville Movie Dispatch for all of our movie content. We get weird on Phone It In, the history podcast that explores legendary tales, important historical figures, and events.

Pour up a Skeleton Key cocktail and join McCash as he relives this 2005 swamp-set thriller alongside Brittany Fernandez and Stoney Keeley. Today, we’re drinking with… The Skeleton Key. 

To make the Skeleton Key cocktail: 

Ingredients

• 2 oz rye whiskey
• ½ oz blackberry liqueur
• ½ oz Benedictine
• ¼ oz fresh lemon juice
• 2 dashes Angostura bitters
• 1 dash aromatic chocolate bitters (optional)
• Smoked rosemary sprig (for garnish)
• Blackberries and a lemon twist

Instructions

1. Fill a mixing glass with ice.
2. Add the rye, blackberry liqueur, Benedictine, lemon juice, and bitters.
3. Stir until well chilled.
4. Strain over a large ice cube in an old fashioned glass.
5. Lightly torch the rosemary sprig (or gently smoke it), extinguish the flame, and place it in the glass.
6. Garnish with a blackberry and a expressed lemon twist.

Stoney Keeley is the Editor in Chief of The SoBros Network, second on Football & Other F Words, analyst for Stacking The Inbox, and a Dogs Playing Poker on velvet connoisseur. He is a strong supporter of Team GSD, #BeBetter, and ‘Minds right, asses tight.’ “Big Natural” covers the Tennessee Titans, the NFL Draft, Nashville, Yankee Candle, and a whole wealth of nonsense. Follow on Twitter @StoneyKeeley.

Elsewhere on the SoBros Network: Check out Stacking The Inbox for premium coverage of the Tennessee Titans and NFL Draft. Subscribe to Nashville Movie Dispatch for all of our movie content. We get weird on Phone It In, the history podcast that explores legendary tales, important historical figures, and events.

It’s hard to believe another Nashville Film Festival is in the books. Yet, here we are. Brandon saw 14 films as a part of the festivities. I saw three. We talk about ’em on this episode of The Vick’s Flicks Podcast!

Keep up with all of our work covering the world of movies on Nashville Movie Dispatch. Listen to The Vick’s Flicks Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you take in your podcasts! Just search for ‘Nashville Movie Dispatch’ and you’ll find us. Or, just smash the play button on the embed below!

Stoney Keeley is the Editor in Chief of The SoBros Network, second on Football & Other F Words, analyst for Stacking The Inbox, and a Dogs Playing Poker on velvet connoisseur. He is a strong supporter of Team GSD, #BeBetter, and ‘Minds right, asses tight.’ “Big Natural” covers the Tennessee Titans, the NFL Draft, Nashville, Yankee Candle, and a whole wealth of nonsense. Follow on Twitter @StoneyKeeley.

Elsewhere on the SoBros Network: Check out Stacking The Inbox for premium coverage of the Tennessee Titans and NFL Draft. Subscribe to Nashville Movie Dispatch for all of our movie content. We get weird on Phone It In, the history podcast that explores legendary tales, important historical figures, and events.