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In Horror Movies Women, Gender, and Sex Are Natural Themes to Explore


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Tell Me I’m Worthless: A 21st Century Haunted House Story

Horror loves a haunted house. Its readers, its writers, its film producers, all of us, collectively, adore a house filled with ghosts, and ...
By Conner McAleeseMarch 25, 20220
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Gerald’s Game Explained: Cuffs, Rings, and the Binding of Women

Gerald’s Game was always a particularly unique book among Stephen King’s vast collection of horror tales. To hear it explained, Gerald’s Game sounds ...
By Cody MeirickMarch 22, 20220
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Scary Stories

Jack Ketchum’s The Girl Next Door and Female Punishment in Horror

Horror has given us some of cinema’s female icons. Not “horror” icons. Icons. Period. Sigourney Weaver as Ripley in the Alien franchise. Jaime ...
By Conner McAleeseDecember 17, 20210
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Scary Stories

Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke and “WTF is Going On” Horror

Give me all the Queer horror you can shovel into my TBR pile. It doesn’t have to be the sole focus of the ...
By Conner McAleeseNovember 10, 20210
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Scary Stories

Horror’s Most Disturbing Novel, Cows by Matthew Stokoe: Extreme or Allegory?

Please be aware that this article contains triggering subject matter. While key plot points have been omitted, severely disturbing material is alluded to. ...
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Scary Stories

The White Satin Evening Gown and the Horrors of Used Clothing

I made a documentary about Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. (Now available to watch.) The three books consisted of over 80 ...
By Cody MeirickMarch 20, 20210
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Horror TV

Tales from the Crypt’s Lover Come Hack to Me is Full of Fun

For many Tales from the Crypt holds a special place in our hearts. People stumble upon horror in different ages based on when ...
By Cody MeirickMarch 13, 20210
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Scary Stories

Matriarch as God: Carrie by Stephen King and an Analysis of The White Cupboard

If you search for “cupboard under the stairs” on Google you will be met with a deluge of Harry Potter fan theories. Namely, ...
By Conner McAleeseMarch 12, 20211

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