Longlegs ★★★
It is natural to compare Osgood Perkins‘ Longlegs to Jonathan Demme‘s The Silence of the Lambs. Both follow a womanContinue Reading
Tag: Hereditary
Beau is Afraid ★★½
“Guilty”, Beau’s therapist writes in his notepad. The single word carries a load of meaning behind it, referring to howContinue Reading
Relic ★★★
For women in horror films, trauma is fated. It is their bodies at the mercy of narrative evil; their painContinue Reading
Saddle Shoes & Stilettos: Adolescence and Family in Stoker
“She’s of age.”“…Of age for what?” Park Chan-wook‘s English language debut Stoker, written by Wentworth Miller, is a curious tale.Continue Reading
The Lodge ★★★
English film critic Robin Wood once defined the horror film as one that presents a scenario of normality under threatContinue Reading
Midsommar and the Genuine Terror of Toxic Relationships
“Do you feel held by him? Does he feel like home to you?” Romantic investment existing in films that otherwiseContinue Reading
The Cat and the Moon ★★
Alex Wolff is only twenty-one years old and already has a great career. His start came from the Nickelodeon TVContinue Reading
Midsommar ★★★½
David Lynch once said that “a story can be both concrete and abstract”. Over the past decade, arthouse horror hasContinue Reading
Most Anticipated of July 2019
Ben McDonald: Summer is usually a stale time of the year for interesting movies, but this July is proving a seriousContinue Reading
Most Anticipated of February 2019
Matt Schlee: Still in the early months of the year and in the middle of the 2018 awards season, FebruaryContinue Reading
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