Love Hurts – In Defense of Rob Zombie’s Halloween II
There’s a scene about halfway through the director’s cut of Rob Zombie‘s Halloween II where Laurie Strode (Scout Taylor-Compton) visitsContinue Reading
Category: 31 Days of Fright
As part of Cineccentric’s 31 Days of Fright, we share a favorite horror film of ours- classic or contemporary- every day of October at midnight.
Ginger Snaps – When the Wolf was Red Riding Hood All Along
The modern fairy tale can be a tricky genre to pull off. Usually, a director or writer will choose toContinue Reading
Non-Didactic Social Commentary in Tales from the Hood
There seems to be a certain perception that so-called “elevated” horror (a stupid, vague term) is the superior form ofContinue Reading
Lake Mungo and the Imagery of Grief
There’s something intangible and surreal about grief. The initial shock of learning someone close to you has died, the wayContinue Reading
Phantasm – Coming of Age in a Waking Nightmare
Few forms of media complement each other better, in my opinion, than metal music and horror films. In a shadowy,Continue Reading
Outsiders and Hilarity in Basket Case
Basket Case reminds me of the annual Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest. Both grotesque exhibitions of excess achieve theContinue Reading
Let’s Scare Jessica To Death – The Dread of a New Decade
One of the most striking final moments of Matthew Weiner‘s 2007-2015 American period drama Mad Men finds its main character,Continue Reading
From Sideshow to Main Event in Freaks
In 1932, a year after making Dracula (often billed as the first talkie horror picture) Tod Browning released Freaks, whichContinue Reading
Small-Time Vampirism in Martin
Before M. Night Shyamalan, George Romero was the filmmaker from Pennsylvania that you had to know. Braddock, Pennsylvania plays aContinue Reading
The Shape of Rage – Catharsis and the Cyclical Trauma of The Brood
“Go all the way through with it”, is a line repeated more than once throughout David Cronenberg’s The Brood, alwaysContinue Reading
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