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
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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
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
