The uncomfortable silence of an awkward pause, the suspicion that someone might be talking about you when you leave the...
Hear me out: every musical genre has a vampire film to match it. Bela Lugosi’s OG Dracula pairs with something...
Death as a career makes for an interesting life. It’s like holding the great beyond with oven mitts, the corners and edges dulled by daily exposure. The fear, the grief, the terror of it all dulled by to-do lists. Argentinian Horror The Undertaker’s Home (La Funeraria) embodies that earthly purgatory....
I love a good haunted house film — the genre is my ghost loving horror fan addiction. But as rich...
The Brothers Grimm and the like laid the groundwork for modern storytelling. From damsels in distress to wicked parental figures...
The law is intended to maintain order and protect civil liberties. It may not always work out that way, but there is at least a process in place to give us some peace of mind. Supposing ordinary law is suddenly superseded by something far more restrictive and absolute — what...
You might think comedy is the genre for “weird families,” but I’d argue it’s horror. From The Texas Chainsaw Massacre...
Natasha Kermani and Brea Grant’s Lucky enters familiar territory while also breaking new ground. On top of work troubles, author...
Plague doctors are due for a resurgence. And no, I’m not saying that because we’re six months into the pandemic of 2020, and I, a horror fan, am hungry for some timely, relevant content. I’m saying it because I, a horror fan, think the skeletal crow-like beak is an underutilized...
Horror has played with depicting the world of dreams before. The most iconic foray into the horrors of our sleeping...
Can you whodunnit when the dunnit is a recurring nightmare and the who is maybe not a who at all?...
Plenty of movies use the “storyteller” frame. One character, in one world, will begin a tale that transports us, the audience, to a different world. The Princess Bride is a prime example. However, very few (if any) movies make this transition between worlds actually matter to the plot, giving characters...