Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter Share on email Email I hate horror. In undergrad, when I was a film major, I remember learning that Alfred Hitchcock said he deeply believed in and followed the advice of Sardou: “Torture the women.” I remember watching Silence of the Lambs and listening to my classmates […]
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Caye Casas is the filmmaker behind one of the most distressing movies of the decade. If you have seen The Coffee Table, you are probably still traumatized like the rest of us. Who knew a piece of furniture could cause so much chaos and destruction? No one could have predicted the emotional and psychological damage
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Back when we were a proper country, we had R&B and Rap titans like Brandy (I Still Know What You Did Last Summer), Rah Digga (13 Ghosts), Kelly Rowland (Freddy Vs. Jason), and Aaliyah (Queen Of The Damned) in the forefront of horror cult classics. We are slowly but surely returning back to trend with Chloe
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Over the last decade or so, we’ve seen the horror genre expand in its themes, stories, and even character diversity. But like many audiences with marginalized identities, we know that there’s only been a fraction of fulfilling representation in media overall, let alone horror. This can be said for the lack of body diversity present
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Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter Share on reddit Reddit Share on email Email A couple of weeks ago, I pulled up to New York Comic Con! While the convention typically focuses on comic book characters, anime, and the like, there was plenty of action for horror fans there as well. In particular,
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Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter Share on reddit Reddit Share on email Email There is a whole world of independent films and I always feel privileged to have the opportunity to see as many, as often as I can. And there is something special, and I wish I could describe the feeling
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Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter Share on reddit Reddit Share on email Email The horror movies we love today weren’t always appreciated when they came out. Jennifer’s Body (2009) has undoubtedly been discussed to death. Still, it’s crucial to remind folks that it was trashed during its initial release. The film was
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Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter Share on reddit Reddit Share on email Email I’ve struggled to write this. I’ve struggled to write anything for quite a long time now. I thought perhaps my writer’s block was something that could be fixed by moving apartments. And so I did. I moved apartments. I
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Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter Share on reddit Reddit Share on email Email Slashers aren’t always mindless fun featuring horrible characters, hot people, and outrageous kills. Of course those can be fun and there is nothing wrong with enjoying horror that doesn’t extend beyond the surface level. Just like there’s nothing wrong
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Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter Share on reddit Reddit Share on email Email Compared to other genres, horror has always been a mecca for fantastic evil and or villainous characters that we cherish or appreciate. We hype up Michael Myers, Leatherface, Ghostface, Freddy Krueger, Chucky etc. And this is certainly true when
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