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The horror genre has long accessed a universal fear of losing control of our own bodies, in various ways. Proto-zombie…
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I like to think that, when writing her film Braid, director Mitzi Peirone was listening to the Stones’ timeless maxim:…
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A new Joker movie is on its way down the pike, and there are already critics and fans alike throwing…
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Watching a horror movie as a woman can be oppositional at times. We love seeing a strong woman taking control…
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There are plenty of depictions of fatherhood in the horror genre. The Shining‘s Jack Torrance, Frailty‘s Daddy Meiks, and It’s…
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We all grieve. Some let out a haunting maternal wail, as Annie Graham does in Hereditary. Others opt for the…
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A few weeks ago, the trailer for Mary Harron’s latest film dropped. By the looks of it, Charlie Says endeavors…
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Dog Soldiers is feminist. Hear me out. In his 2002 horror film, writer-director Neil Marshall (who is currently helming the…
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“When the hitchhiker in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre slits open his hand for the thrill, the onlookers recoil in…