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
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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
Hubie Halloween – The Horror of Comedy and the Comedy of Horror
When it comes to “serious film discussions”, no genres are left out so consistently as horror and comedy, with theContinue Reading
The Abyss Staring Back in The Vanishing
A film about uncertainty is hard to pull off. It is not as simple as merely leaving out information. That’sContinue Reading
Nightmares of the Subconscious in The Cell
What thoughts pass through the mind of a killer? This question, posed by many horror films, is explored throughout TheContinue Reading
Messianic Delusions in Saint Maud
Saint Maud, directed by Rose Glass, puts a spin on the religious horror movie that both honors the tropes ofContinue Reading
Godzilla – From Villain to Hero and Back Again
I must’ve been about five years old the first time I saw Godzilla on screen. Sitting in a Chinese restaurantContinue Reading
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