Eating Boys and Growing Tails: “Menstruosity” Body Horror in Film
In coming-of-age, “menstruosity” body horror films, the Final Girl is the sexual transgressor. As her sexual freedom grows, so does her monstrosity.
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Raindance 2021: Body Image Horror ‘Shapeless’ Explores the Anorexic Mind
Award-winning director Amanda Aldana’s Shapeless is a sensitive study of anorexia and the power of the mind over the body.
The 10 Best Body Horror Films
From horrific diseases and infections to amputations -- and the most unusual transmutations -- here are 10 body horror fright flicks that get the biology unbound disturbingly right.
“Follow the Nightmare”: An Interview with Channel Zero’s Nick Antosca
Channel Zero is the most shocking, terrifying show on TV right now. With the meat-cult third season that was Butcher's Block now finished, creator and showrunner Nick Antosca talks about the show's development, themes, and future.
‘Inside’ Embodies the Horrors of Collectivism
Like Limbo, Inside never tells you what you should do. Instead, by killing you, it only suggests, “Don't do that”.
‘The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth’ and the Transformative Power of the Monstrous Body
In The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth, the body is wrecked and made ugly for the sake of freedom from fear. Instead, it becomes something fearful in its own right.
Long Live the Old Flesh: David Cronenberg’s ‘Consumed’
Cronenberg's Consumed feels similar to that of fellow Canadian sci-fi writer William Gibson, in that the narrative is globe-hopping in nature and both writers share a fetish for technology.