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‘Jaws’ 50th Anniversary: There’s Still Blood in the Water
“You’re going to need a bigger boat,” Chief Martin Brody (Roy Scheider) trembles, having seen the great white shark Quint (Robert Shaw) and Matt Hooper (Richard Dreyfuss) have been collectively searching for—hunting for—for the first time since the people of Amity Island started being consumed by the eating machine.
Private Traps: Transphobia, Psychosis, and Grief in ‘Psycho’
Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho continues to be tumultuous ground for trans authors and viewers. In Private Traps, Dave Riser posits questions around the transphobic and ableist histories that force us to contend with this beloved classic film.
The Tragedy of Jason Voorhees: How 3 Sequels to a Low Budget Slasher Film Created an All-Time Great Film Trilogy
Cinematic trilogies are common, but few tell the epic anti-hero story as well as the Friday The 13th films. These beloved movies capture one of the most iconic horror characters of all time: Jason Voorhees.
Top Ten British Horror Films
Great Britain has, of course, a strong pedigree when it comes to classic horror films, so it's nearly impossible to narrow down to the ten best, but we gave it a shot.
“The Night He Came Home!”: Michael Myers as a Revenant of (and Against) Capitalism
In John Carpenter's Halloween, there is a thematic throughline of Michael Myers as the Boogeyman, and also as revenant.
Our Top 8 Road Trip Horror Movies
Since all of us are choking on inflation and likely aren’t going anywhere anytime soon, let’s take a look at the top road trip horror movies to watch this summer.
The Shining’s Final Girl: Wendy Torrance & Vulnerability
The real horror behind The Shining is the emotional labor of Wendy Torrance. Wendy Torrance is the ultimate Final Girl and the heroine we didn’t know we needed.
Captivity: Yellow Fevers, Giallo Youth - Suspiria & van Gogh
Suspiria engages with color and atmosphere, and in this examination of Dario Argento’s use of the color yellow, we see Suspiria mirrored with the work of Vincent Van Gogh.
Female Antagonists in Horror: Annie Wilkes
Marking Women in Horror Month, we dive into the maternal and monstrous of Annie Wilkes in Misery.
‘Scanners’, 40 Years Later
In this 40th anniversary review, Ande revisits one of the most iconic scenes in body horror in Scanners, the film that brought David Cronenberg international attention.
Movie Review: Psycho (1960)
Just over 60 years after its original release, Psycho truly held up, focusing on the film’s cinematography, use of orchestra, and Hitchcock’s desire for secrecy.
Christmas Ghost Stories: Looking at Dickens’ A Christmas Carol
We look at how Charles Dickens’ classic tale, A Christmas Carol, has been repeatedly adapted, but continues to teach us the same lesson.
Looking Back: 25 Years After ‘The Prophecy’
Twenty-five years after release, The Prophecy both remains a cult fixture in the film landscape and a compelling take on religious horror.
Defiance: Seeing Red - Mark Rothko & Suspiria
There is a perpetual and cyclical bleeding out of color and emotion in the Rothko paintings, such that the viewer is easily overwhelmed. In Suspiria, it is unabashedly intentional. This is the first of a 3-part series on the colors of the original Suspiria.
Jigoku 60th Anniversary
What it may lack, for some viewers, in pacing, it more than makes up for in creativity.
Movie Review: “Plan 9 from Outer Space” (1959)
While protestors fight tooth and nail for a better future where Black lives are protected, cherished and uplifted, we sit squarely at a cultural crossroads where the U.S. has the chance to reckon with the atomic graveyard of its past.
Creepshow (2019) [TV Review]
It’s abundantly clear from the outset that a lot of love and dedication went into the reboot, and so much of the craft that went into making the show came directly from the people who worked on Romero’s movie, or grew up inspired by it.