It’s that time again: Time for Filmbits, my periodic survey of the best film-writing around the WordPress universe. There’s some great folks out there doing terrific work. You should really follow them.

With the new prequel out in theaters, Scarecrowblog considers the history of “The Thing” series of horror films.

A self-described dance movie fangirl, The Morning After Brunch likes Kevin Bacon, but hates “Footloose.”

Old Game Reviewer wonders whether “Parnormal Activity 3” will succeed. My guess — not so much.

Grafikilt (via The House of 1,000 Corpses) welcomes you to her absinthe nightmare.

Bluefrodolina would like to help you find your Mr. Darcy.

Mognet Central looks at the new “Catwoman” short in the “Batman: Year One” DVD, which gets its stateside release this week.

And Brad’s Adventures revisits three cheesy-awesome Halloweek flicks from the 1990s. I knew there was a reason why I’d forgotten about “Hocus Pocus.” Perhaps Sarah Jessica Parker would like to as well?

All right. That’s it for this time. See you all back here for next week’s edition.