Monster movies are never just one thing. Night of the Living Dead isn’t just about zombies, it’s about prejudices rooted deeply into our society. It isn’t just a story of a murderous clown, it’s also about the horrors of growing up. The Wolf Man isn’t just about werewolves, Frankenstein isn’t just about reanimated corpses, Bird Box isn’t just about...
Vampires have gotten a bad rap as of late. The iconic monster of horror media seems to have fallen out of vogue, and its stories drained of all life or inspiration. I, a devout fan of all vampire media, despaired that there would never be a comeback for the eternal...
Shark movies. It’s kind of hard to mess them up. You take your camera-happy (or shy, if you’re Steven Spielberg) sharks, throw them in some sun infested waters (or not, if you’re the 47 Meters Down franchise), and pull out an iron-clad audience pleaser. “47 Meters Down: Uncaged channels Jason...
Two films deep, I’m pretty sure we can crown Ari Aster with the [Paimon] crown as king of grief-stricken cinema. After stunning audiences in his pitch black debut Hereditary (2018), audiences have been eager to step into the sunlight to see what terrors Aster would conjure in shallow shadows, warm...