Cosmos: Abstract Absurdism
American auteur David Lynch is often quoted in proclaiming “I get ideas and I want to put them on filmContinue Reading
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The Theatrics of Tragedy in Demons
Toshio Matsumoto’s samurai jidaigeki Demons opens with a blood-orange sun hanging and atrophying into unearthly darkness. Our only glimpse ofContinue Reading
Blood Diner and the American Art of Excess
The horror comedy can be a tricky genre to pull off, even though both horror and comedy have striking similarities.Continue Reading
The Reality of Demons in Lovely Molly
Newlyweds Molly (Gretchen Lodge) and Tim (Johnny Lewis) move into Molly’s old childhood home, both her parents having been deadContinue Reading
The Prescient Technophobia of Videodrome
Since his very first feature Shivers (also known under the much better title They Came From Within), David Cronenberg hasContinue Reading
Paranoia and Duty in The Thing
John Carpenter‘s affinity for Howard Hawks is always apparent in his work. Hawksian women fill his filmography, especially when oneContinue Reading
Signs of the End or Mere Coincidence?
Coincidence. Purpose. Faith. Is somebody out there or are we alone? Either each detail in life is a sign ofContinue Reading
A Fable of Emptiness? The Neon Demon
Nicolas Winding Refn’s dark twisted tale of vapid, jealous bloodlust within the fashion industry offers a much deeper glare intoContinue Reading
Bodies and Costumes in Ms. 45
Exploitation cinema, specifically rape-revenge, tends to grind bodies down to pure grit. Characters and cameras alike brutalise their victims, withContinue Reading
The Birth of Horror in The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
At one hundred years old, it has been widely argued that The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari was the first filmContinue Reading
