‘It Came from the Closet’ Eyeballs Horror and the Terrible Queer Truth
The essay anthology It Came from the Closet demonstrates the breadth and depth of queer identity that lurks within the horror genre.
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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.
When You’re Strange: 5 Gen X Films That Shaped My Goth Goth Heart
Gen X kids of single working moms like me had to figure a lot of things out themselves. These five films helped make sense of the world – outside and inside.
Edgar Allan Poe Drives Bela Lugosi Mad in These 3 Horror Films
1930s-era horror films Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Black Cat. and The Raven see Edgar Allan Poe’s dark heart driving the menacing Bela Lugosi mad.
From Horrifying Comedy to Darkly Funny Horror: Bob Clark Films
What if I told you that the director of one of the most heartwarming and beloved Christmas movies of all time is the same director as probably the most terrifying and disturbing yuletide horror films of all time?
Pink Bicycles and Folding Chairs: An Interview with Microbudget Movie Maker Joshua Kennedy
Horror movie maker Joshua Kennedy knows how to make imaginative movies with little or no money. He made an homage to '70s airline disaster films without a plane -- but with plenty of folding chairs.
10 Alternative Horror Films
Sick of the same old scarefests? Here's a list of 10 alternative fright films that may satisfy your Halloween cravings.
The Darkness Within: 13 Films That Burrow into Our Psyches
These 13 films help us understand horror as an important mode of cultural expression, as a means to explore the dark inner recesses of ourselves and our society.
Lost Time and Lost Potential in ‘Dracula A.D. 1972’ and ‘Dracula 2000’
While the films Dracula A.D. 1972 and Dracula 2000 seem to be using a silly gimmick by placing the titular vampire into a modern setting, they are being uniquely faithful to Bram Stoker's gothic novel.
Vincent Price: The Poe Cycle
The Vincent Price Collection might best be titled “Part 1: The Poe Cycle”, allowing for Price’s classic horror films not included here. However, these six films are, indeed, six of Price’s very best.