Kristin McTiernan: Internet Moralist

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Rob Zombie Hates You: The Devil's Rejects
Rob Zombie's Firefly Family has survived three movies, twenty-one years, and a hail of bullets, but not one of those movies should exist.
 • Kristin McTiernan
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Frailty (2001) and the Morality of Obedience
Frailty (2001), Bill Paxton's directorial debut, sold itself as a serial killer movie so convincingly that almost nobody saw the real ending coming.
 • Kristin McTiernan
38:23
Negan Was Right: The Walking Dead's Only Honest Man
The Walking Dead's Negan beat two beloved characters to death in front of seventeen million viewers, and then the show spent five seasons daring us to…
 • Kristin McTiernan
59:59
Heat: The Tragedy That Thinks It’s a Heist Movie
Heat (1995) has a hero, but thirty years of fans have refused to say who.
 • Kristin McTiernan
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When You Have Nothing to Say
After scrolling for several minutes on Twitter and feeling nothing but agitation at what I see, I realize I'm starting to hate social media.
 • Kristin McTiernan
Actually, it IS That Deep
I had the supreme displeasure of having a reel do well on Instagram this week.
 • Kristin McTiernan
Run Silent, Run Deep
No matter how small a creator you are, there will come a time when someone will leave a comment saying something like, "Why don't you talk about…
 • Kristin McTiernan

September 2026

Frailty (2001) Makes You Question Your Faith
Frailty is a yearly rewatch for me and one that made me think deeply about what I believe.
 • Kristin McTiernan
We Are All Depraved: How Christians Changed My Faith
This is a recitation of my personal morality and how it led me to a specific theology.
 • Kristin McTiernan
Negan Was Right
My newest video is now live, and builds off last week's essay on Forgiveness and how it's best warped by modern feel-good Christianity.
 • Kristin McTiernan
Forgive Him. No Matter What?
This article will NOT be discussing conspiracy theories regarding the murder of Charlie Kirk
 • Kristin McTiernan
Heat: The Video Essay is Live
In July, I announced to my YouTube audience that I was pivoting away from the writing and author space and onto something new, something I was more…
 • Kristin McTiernan
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