Isolation Induced by Trauma in 301/302
301, 302 is at its core a story about two ships passing in the night – or perhaps two shipsContinue Reading
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Black Sunday and Gothic Horror
Mario Bava is one of the most revered legends of Italian horror filmmaking. While his status as a forefather ofContinue Reading
Deadly Desires: Trouble Every Day and In My Skin
A fleeting scene of Trouble Every Day finds one of its characters simply watching a match burn. Lighting it, CoréContinue Reading
The Horror of Human Error in The Orphanage
It’s easy to forget how inherently melancholic the concept of ghosts are. Trapped souls forced to inhabit the scenes ofContinue Reading
Not The Wicker Man with the Bees!
The fear of the unknown is a driving force behind many horror films but, where many find that fear inContinue Reading
How Color Adds to the Horror in Suspiria (1977)
Dario Argento’s 1977 horror masterpiece Suspiria is remembered for a few key things: its gratuitous gory violence, its hauntingly pulsatingContinue Reading
(The Influence of) The Spiral Staircase Never Ends
The opening scene of The Spiral Staircase immediately establishes the duality between appearance and interiority that will persist throughout thisContinue Reading
In the Mouth of Madness: The Apocalypse as a Novel
The great thing about John Carpenter films is that they offer a unique experience unlike any other film. Even whenContinue Reading
Finding Evil Within Us
“And to think, if it weren’t for you… I never would’ve danced at all.” There are truly only a fewContinue Reading
Possession and the Power of Performance
There are some films that are so upsetting and disturbing that they bury themselves deep under your skin – evenContinue Reading
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