"[Tarantino's] influence has been instrumental in steering the narrative of Hostel... towards extreme machismo."
Emma Doyle writes about exploitation-core and squeamish voyeurism in Hostel. Read about it now!
https://t.co/dXkfm9LPdT
"Name one director who would successfully be able to create Cthulhu on film, I can’t."
@cal_moores explores the lack of Lovecraftian horror films. Check it out on our site now!
https://t.co/tvYDmMDEad
Katherine Armstrong shares a personal and political discussion of the female sadist within the ‘torture porn’ genre and the importance of the Elizabeth Bathory-inspired scene in Hostel: Part II (2007). Check it out on our website now!
https://t.co/3xHz4Zcqpe
"Barker was not afraid to touch upon real-world taboos to create a unique experience."
Kiarash Golshani discusses the true horror of Hellraiser and why the franchise scares him the most. Check it out on our site now!
https://t.co/ONpW9YkdF0
"This movie is so disgustingly unpredictable that it can’t be anything but a joke."
@spookyelvis_ writes about Body Melt (1993), the Australian satirical body horror film. Read about it now!
https://t.co/FcFBBDqI28
"Artisan decided to ditch the slow burn and double down on the zeitgeist, adding grungy visual effects wherever it saw fit, muddying the atmospheric intentions."
Mike Slater writes about how Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 subverted expectations.
https://t.co/8cRrylumes
"Final Destination represents the destruction of one of the main ideological points of Neoliberalism, which is individualism."
@Bosstoevsky writes about Jacques Derrida's book, The Spectres Of Marx, and Final Destination (2000), check it out now!
https://t.co/2hFpvHcaqC
"This man has an absolute knack for filmmaking, just at the other end of the scale."
@cal_moores writes about the rise and fall of horror video game adaptations and the legendarily bad filmmaker, Uwe Boll. Check it out!
https://t.co/jwSmXMMzUs
"female killers' need for revenge is created by betrayal, abandonment, or the loss of masculine protection in their lives"
@k1tchen_sink_ writes about female revenge in Urban Legend (1998), check it out on our site!
https://t.co/8v0mW2Fep0
"there was no franchise more appropriately targeted, nor befitting, to the burgeoning international emo scene than Saw."
Emma Doyle talks about how the Saw franchise influenced her growing up emo, check it out!
https://t.co/E1OTcigv0W
"Resident Evil delves into the uncomfortable feelings brought along with human and animal experimentation and the use of zombies to remind us of the fragility of our mortality."
@TomFHTA10 writes about Resident Evil (2002), check it out!
https://t.co/AaOmFC5yYP
Kicking off nu metal horror month with a retrospective on arguably the most nu metal film out there:
Kiarash Golshani writes about Queen of the Damned
https://t.co/3jDU8jzekX
our next piece explores birth, burial and the maternal in Pet Sematary written by @k1tchen_sink_ for #WomeninHorrorMonth
@WiHmonth
https://t.co/sPHX7W0Srx
our second essay for #WiHM is up on our site! Emma Doyle writes about the legacy of Jennifer's Body (2009) post #MeToo , check it out! #WomeninHorrorMonth
@WiHmonth
https://t.co/6BrrEgL32T
our first essay for #WiHM is up on our site! @belalugosismom writes about out of control machismo in Katt Shea's The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999), check it out! #WomeninHorrorMonth @WiHmonth
https://t.co/ryFiu0tj89