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.
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Stephen King: ‘America’s Dark Theologian’
Horror might not be a replacement for the absolutism of religion, but for Stephen King its proved to be both a lucrative and at times life-long examination of what exists behind locked doors.
‘Room 237’ and The History of Cinematic Representations of Cinephilia
Room 237 is one of the only films that respects and even admires cinephilia and its various forms.
Freudian Trip: Why We Still Can’t Get ‘The Shining’ Out of Our Heads
Freud theorized that to experience the uncanny was to awaken intellectual uncertainty. Kubrick's The Shining understands this to a masterful degree.