Genre short takes: The Signal and At the Devil’s Door
The Signal (dir. William Eubank) As Aristotle said, “Nature abhors a vacuum and also hamfisted stories…
Halloween Psych-Out – Part 1: Marathon Man
Films that explore trauma interest me greatly. Not just because they, of course, expand the…
Dead Ends: A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET to WES CRAVEN’S NEW NIGHTMARE
The Franchise is Dead! Long live the Franchise! What killed Freddy Krueger? Remarkably, it was…
Zombieland: De-fanging the Film Zombie
Trying to define what qualifies as a horror movie is an impossible task, so naturally…
Barriers To Enjoyment In ERASERHEAD
We likely all know this film’s iconic, bizarre, tone-setting nightmare of an opening: Henry Spencer…
The Unoriginal Thrills of YOU’RE NEXT
How does one review a movie that you can’t decide whether it’s a tease, a…
THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991): My Relationship with Hannibal Lecter
My relationship to The Silence of the Lambs is strange. I first read the novel…
Is WITCHING AND BITCHING Genius Satire or an MRA Manifesto?
If you’re not familiar with the works of Alex de la Iglesia, the best way…
MOTIVATIONAL GROWTH is the collision of 1980s pop-cult culture
Drink Recipe: – 4 limbs of Frank Henenlotter – 2 leaves of Little Shop of Horrors…
GOTHIC is a sly look at creation through modern chemistry
The spark of creation. In some stories, this could be as literal as lightning. In…