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The Amusement Park: The Horrors of Ageism
The Amusement Park, George A. Romero’s nearly lost PSA film from 1973, recently debuted on Shudder, showing a horror master’s cinematic perspective on the devastation of ageism.
Woman in the Window: The Potential of Netflix’s Latest Psycho Thriller
The Woman in the Window, one of Netflix’s latest psychological thrillers directed by Joe Wright, begins as a decent homage to Hitchcock, but weakens in its conclusion.
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.
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.
Review: Ghostwatch (1992)
Celebrating halfway to Halloween with Ghostwatch, the 1992 reality-horror, mockumentary-style film is one of the well-remembered examples of found footage, though it was taken from the air after its first showing.
Wicked Mothers: Horror Movies for Mother's Day
Celebrate Mother’s Day with a list of horror movies that examines monstrous mothers and their relationships with their children.
Who Said the Devil Was Ugly? Reviewing “John Wayne Gacy: Devil in Disguise”
In the latest Peacock true crime documentary, John Wayne Gacy: Devil in Disguise, viewers are taken through a detailed timeline surrounding the events of the 1960s and 1970s Chicago “Killer Clown” murders.
[Movie Review] Travis Stevens's ‘Jakob's Wife’ (2021)
Jakob’s Wife, directed by Travis Stevens and starring the highly acclaimed Barbara Crampton and Larry Fessenden, both plays well with a vampire and man-of-the-cloth dynamic, while also reinforcing the growing trend in horror of pushing subgenres in new, much-needed directions.
“Come Outside and Play”: Our Top Horror Picks for Springtime
Reignite your fear of the great outdoors with our list of recommended horror movies that celebrate the dark side of spring.
Dissecting a Serial Killer: The ‘Creep’ Franchise
The Creep duology is a carefully crafted combination that makes for a micro-budget psychological slasher we didn’t know we needed, but are so grateful to have.
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.
Sundance 2021: We're All Going to the World's Fair, Coming Home in the Dark, Censor
In the last round of Sundance movie reviews, Ande Thomas celebrates impressive entries and two surprise contenders.
Bly Manor Recommended Reading List
As we journey further into spring, we think of the verdant grounds in The Haunting of Bly Manor, and in honor of both, we put together a recommended reading list to capture the ghostly spirit of the season.
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.
Movie Review: Keith Thomas's “The Vigil” (2019)
The Vigil, written and directed by Keith Thomas as part of his directorial debut, is a largely paint-by-numbers supernatural horror affair that manages to expand the Jewish horror subgenre in an enjoyable way.
Cecil Hotel: Crime, Pop Culture, and Elisa Lam
Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel (created by Joe Berlinger), Netflix’s latest true crime documentary and story of Elisa Lam, is like many other Netflix documentaries, but falls short in some crucial ways.
Book Review: “We Are Wolves” Anthology
We Are Wolves is a riveting, nearly feral horror fiction anthology that strikes right at the heart of the trauma and toxic cultural expectations inflicted upon women.
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.
5 of Our Favorite Female Protagonists in Horror
From scream queens to final girls, horror has proven to be a home for women. Check out the genre protagonists we think you should know.
Movie Review: Katherine Oostman's “The Stranger” (2021)
For Women in Horror Month, Theresa reviews The Stranger by Katherine Oostman, a compelling Christmas horror story and our first short by an independent filmmaker.