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Body Horror, Pandemics, and Curdled Nostalgia: A Report from the 2022 Brooklyn Horror Film Festival
Body Horror, Pandemics, and Curdled Nostalgia: A Report from the 2022 Brooklyn Horror Film Festival
Standout screenings, nostalgia and other trends, and the long shadow of Covid-19 at this year’s Brooklyn Horror Film Festival. […]
December 1, 2022 News, On Screen
The Long History (and Bright Future) of the Found Footage Horror Novel
The Long History (and Bright Future) of the Found Footage Horror Novel
The “found footage” horror story is a popular genre for filmmakers, but there’s more of it in the literary world than you’d think–Nightmare Fuel author Nina Nesseth explores this slippery subgenre. […]
July 28, 2022 Books, On Screen
Reclaiming the “F” Word: Why We Need Fat Positivity in Horror
Reclaiming the “F” Word: Why We Need Fat Positivity in Horror
Nico Bell and Sonora Taylor, editors of Diet Riot: A Fatterpunk Anthology, lay out why we need better fat representation in horror, and how to do it right. […]
June 23, 2022 Books, On Screen
How The Phantom of the Opera Still Haunts Italian and Chinese Cinema
How The Phantom of the Opera Still Haunts Italian and Chinese Cinema
Everyone knows Andrew Lloyd Webber’s stage version, but Gaston Leroux’s 1910 novel held a special fascination for Italian and Chinese filmmakers. […]
June 16, 2022 On Screen
5 Perfect Readalikes for Your Favorite Horror Movie Subgenres
5 Perfect Readalikes for Your Favorite Horror Movie Subgenres
Nightmare Fuel author Nina Nesseth suggests five novels to pair perfectly with five subgenres of horror movie, from The Bay to American Psycho. […]
June 15, 2022 Books, On Screen
Horror Punk’s Not Dead: The Adams Family Reinvents Horror Cinema on Their Own Terms
Horror Punk’s Not Dead: The Adams Family Reinvents Horror Cinema on Their Own Terms
An ode to the punk genius of the Adams, the indie family filmmaking team behind Hellbender and The Deeper You Dig. […]
May 17, 2022 On Screen
The Cultural (and Horror) Significance of Roger Corman
The Cultural (and Horror) Significance of Roger Corman
The prolific cult filmmaker Roger Corman has had an outsized impact on American film history–and especially horror. So why does he only have one film on the National Film Registry? […]
May 5, 2022 On Screen
With Special Guest Star Vincent Price: The Horror Icon on TV
With Special Guest Star Vincent Price: The Horror Icon on TV
With Special Guest Star Vincent Price Vincent Price will always be a favorite of horror fans for his iconic star-turns in classic horror movies, like the Roger Corman Edgar Allan […]
April 21, 2022 On Screen
Keep Watching The Skies: 7 Strange Movies About Alien Abduction
Keep Watching The Skies: 7 Strange Movies About Alien Abduction
Seven standout movies from the alien abduction genre, featuring everything from gonzo body horror to contemplative takes on humanity’s flaws and foibles. […]
January 10, 2022 On Screen
In Defense of Wendy, Barbra, and the Traumatized Women of Horror Cinema
In Defense of Wendy, Barbra, and the Traumatized Women of Horror Cinema
Why do we regard certain female characters in horror as weak just because they visibly suffer and grieve? Gwendolyn Kiste reexamines Wendy, Barbra, and representations of trauma. […]
January 6, 2022 On Screen
Fearful Felines: The Ten Spookiest Cats of Horror Fiction and Film
Fearful Felines: The Ten Spookiest Cats of Horror Fiction and Film
The horror genre has more than its fair share of spooky felines. In honor of Samhain, here are ten horror cats of film and page who deserve their eerie due. […]
October 28, 2021 Books, On Screen
Running Up Those Stairs, or An Investigation Into Why Slasher Victims Make a Break for the Second Floor
Running Up Those Stairs, or An Investigation Into Why Slasher Victims Make a Break for the Second Floor
Horror fans like to joke about slasher victims running upstairs – but what if it’s actually not such a bad idea? One writer’s modest proposal. […]
August 19, 2021 Miscellaneous
Fried Barry is a Psychedelic Horror-Comedy Alien Sojourn Through Cape Town
Fried Barry is a Psychedelic Horror-Comedy Alien Sojourn Through Cape Town
Fried Barry is a bizarre, fun, weirdly optimistic tour of Cape Town’s underworld through the eyes of an interstellar visitor. […]
June 16, 2021 On Screen
The Science of Women in Horror Brilliantly Dissects Horror Movie Tropes and Traditions
The Science of Women in Horror Brilliantly Dissects Horror Movie Tropes and Traditions
From final girls to femme fatales, The Science of Women in Horror is a great dissection of tropes and traditions in horror movies. […]
February 23, 2021 Books, On Screen
Does She Make You Scream? Introducing the Murder Babe, the Final Girl’s Opposite Number
Does She Make You Scream? Introducing the Murder Babe, the Final Girl’s Opposite Number
We all know about horror’s Final Girl, but where’s the love for the Murder Babe? From Buffy Summers to Akasha to Ginger Fitzgerald, here are our favorites. […]
February 19, 2021 On Screen
O Christmas Scream: 6 Offbeat Christmas Horror Movies to Haunt Your Holidays
O Christmas Scream: 6 Offbeat Christmas Horror Movies to Haunt Your Holidays
These Christmas horror movies (and two bonus TV episodes) are perfect for anyone who likes a little blood in their eggnog. […]
December 23, 2020 On Screen
7 Family Gathering Horror Movies To Take The Edge Off The Holidays
7 Family Gathering Horror Movies To Take The Edge Off The Holidays
Things can get tense at family holiday gatherings – here are 7 horror movies that’ll make you thank your lucky stars your family is only a little quirky. […]
November 23, 2020 On Screen
Camilla Grudova on the Monstrousness of the Midcentury Woman
Camilla Grudova on the Monstrousness of the Midcentury Woman
As part of our Come Join Us By The Fire author essay series, “Ghost Bread” author Camilla Grudova writes about the tragic fates of women in midcentury horror movies. […]
October 30, 2020 Books, On Screen
Damien Angelica Walters on Growing Up on Horror
Damien Angelica Walters on Growing Up on Horror
As part of our Come Join Us By The Fire author essay series, “Tooth, Tongue, and Claw” author Damien Angelica Walters writes about the horror books and movies of her childhood. […]
October 29, 2020 Books, On Screen
