Scary Movies
With These Hands: A History of Mad Love (1935)
The 1930s were peak in Hollywood’s Golden Age of horror. Universal led the way with its legendary monster movies and Paramount added sophisticated ...
Scary Movies
A Grief That Shall Not Be Named: Explaining the Personal Demons of The Vigil
Within the many faces of trauma there lies a reflection of ourselves. Coming from the darkness to disturb our sleep with nightmares or ...
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Hereditary Analysis: Humanized Horror and the Shadows in Your Bedroom
Modern horror fans can be split into two camps: those who like Ari Aster and those who don’t. Okay, that might be a ...
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The Horrors of Fame: Exploring Horror Musicals Phantom of the Paradise and Shock Treatment
Whether adapted from stage or produced strictly for the big screen, musicals have been popular entertainment across many generations. Choreography and music interwoven ...
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Uncomfortable Liminal Spaces and the Horror Films that Influence Them
You’ve been in a liminal space before. Do you remember that empty playground that you sat at while you waited for your parents ...
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How The Resident Evil Franchise Isn’t Your Regular Zombie Flick
On the surface, the Resident Evil movie franchise might seem like just another tired, old zombie flick with the customary dose of blood ...
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The Maddest Story Ever Told: An Examination of Spider Baby
Merrye Syndrome is a rare disease known only to afflict descendants of Ebenezer Merrye. And this disease is where it all begins in ...
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Censor: Explaining a Movie That Dares to Get Meta
As Enid and her parents sit for a terse lunch, her mother asks ‘How is work? Anything you’d recommend?’ Enid, a film censor ...
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Anatomy of a Monster: History of the Movie Pin
In 1981 horror novelist Andrew Neiderman published the book Pin. The book is described as a waspy gothic drama with incestuous possibilities, dark ...
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We All Scream for Ice Cream Man: Devouring the Cult Horror Movie
Urban legends of ice cream men with evil intentions have existed for decades. Sometimes he’s selling recreation on the side to the big ...