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10 Years After ‘The Skin I Live In’: Abject, Object, and Gender
Body Horror, Gendered & Queer Horror, Essays Ande Thomas 5/23/21 Body Horror, Gendered & Queer Horror, Essays Ande Thomas 5/23/21

10 Years After ‘The Skin I Live In’: Abject, Object, and Gender

Pedro Almodóvar’s controversial 2011 film The Skin I Live In is the ultimate conundrum: It is both visually and auditorily appealing, exciting and shocking, and yet it is deeply problematic.

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Cinequest 2021: The Yellow Wallpaper, reviewed
Independent Films, Gendered & Queer Horror What Sleeps Beneath 3/20/21 Independent Films, Gendered & Queer Horror What Sleeps Beneath 3/20/21

Cinequest 2021: The Yellow Wallpaper, reviewed

Indie filmmakers Kevin Ponntuti and Alexandra Loreth tackle the classic story The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman in a feminist narrative that just misses the mark.

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Sundance 2021: ‘Violation’ & ‘Knocking’, reviewed
Independent Films, Gendered & Queer Horror Ande Thomas 2/24/21 Independent Films, Gendered & Queer Horror Ande Thomas 2/24/21

Sundance 2021: ‘Violation’ & ‘Knocking’, reviewed

In our latest Sundance roundup, Ande Thomas notes that Sims-Fewer and Mancinelli's Violation strikes a powerful chord in the rape-revenge subgenre, but Frida Kempff's Knocking falls flat in its attempt to tackle gaslighting.

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Female Antagonists in Horror: Annie Wilkes
Gendered & Queer Horror, Classic Horror Films Destiny King 2/7/21 Gendered & Queer Horror, Classic Horror Films Destiny King 2/7/21

Female Antagonists in Horror: Annie Wilkes

Marking Women in Horror Month, we dive into the maternal and monstrous of Annie Wilkes in Misery.

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Foreshadowing The Great Recession in ‘The Exorcism of Emily Rose’
Essays, Gendered & Queer Horror, Possessions & Exorcisms Theresa B 4/24/20 Essays, Gendered & Queer Horror, Possessions & Exorcisms Theresa B 4/24/20

Foreshadowing The Great Recession in ‘The Exorcism of Emily Rose’

A deep dive into the visuals of The Exorcism of Emily Rose reveals a haunting foreshadowing of the economic recession.

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