The Thrilling Times:
The Newsletter
The Thrills Ville Monthly Newsletter where we review movies and talk about things happening in store, around Edwardsville, and otherwise catching our attention.
Hey! Look at this! Things have changed!
Previously, our newsletters were PDF-only (unless you picked them up at the store). Now, we have an abbreviated online edition of each newsletter here on the site. If PDFs are your jam (we recommend them), you are in luck! Each page also includes a link to view the PDF if you want the full experience.
Scroll down for previous issues or head over to the new Thrilling Times Archive to search all of our features, reviews, community updates, and more!
The Latest Issue
VOL.007- OCT.2025
Thrills Ville Halloween Night Bash
In this issue, we share some details on our Halloween Night Bash, tell you what we have been up to, give you new ways to support us, and review some movies. We’re back friends!
The Archives
Back Issues
As always, back issues easily accessible below, all your favorites!
The Thrilling Times Archive
You can also head over to The Thrilling Times Archive to search for individual articles, reviews, community updates, and more!
VOL.006 - APR.2025
Thrills Ville Unveils Thought-Merch
After a month off, we recap what side projects had us busy, get from eight down to four movies left in our March Movie Madness bracket, unveil some revolutionary new merch, and more!
VOL.005- FEB.2025
Joe’s Birthday Bash at Thrills Ville
In this issue, we recap Joe’s party, tell the tale of a world-traveling Thrills Ville shirt, recap some movies and more!
VOL.004 - JAN.2025
Thrills Ville Survives First Holidays
We survived our first holiday season! This month we look back on the movies of 2024, review some newer things we have seen, and announce Joe’s 45th Birthday Party Spectacular happening in the store all day on January 17th and ending with an in-store performance by our friends from Low Water Mark for Ghosts, and more!
VOL.003- DEC.2024
Holiday in Thrills Ville
In this issue, we celebrate our favorite holiday tradition: movie marathons. We go all-in on Middle-earth content. Reviews for War of the Rohirrim, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, The Hobbit Trilogy, oh yeah, and a special guest reviewer who is actually in the demographic for Wicked! All this PLUS our 15 hour plan for combo LotR marathon & feast! Happy holidays!
VOL.002 - NOV.2024
Trick or Treaters Invade Thrills Ville
This month we thank everyone who visited us for Trick or Treating on Main Street, announce our first ever Black Metal Friday, have a movie fight for Shocking Movie of the Year, and more!
VOL.001- OCT.2024
Thrills Ville Invades Edwardsville
In our first issue we hit the ground running. Our cover story recaps our opening and the vibes we have out of the gate. Inside we have our Spooky Month Movie List with 20 of our favorite movies for the Halloween season, our monthly movie rundown Thrilling Movies, and an intro to our new podcast “Scary But Not That Scary”.
