“This phrase ‘point of view’ has to be taken seriously,” said Serge Daney, referencing Fritz Lang’s great and Gothic Moonfleet (1955).
Evil father figures account for some of the most memorable characters in genre films and beyond. And, well, if you happen to have a shitty dad in real life…
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BY VIOLET LUCCA | October 31, 2021
One of the earliest memories I have is of my father pointing over to an abandoned rowboat in Dublin’s River Tolka and quite matter-of-factly stating that “a monster lives in there.”
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BY GLENN McQUAID | October 31, 2021
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BY MARGARET BARTON-FUMO | October 31, 2021
The TV is always on in Fatal Pulse. Set in 1991, the underground horror legend Damon Packard’s latest film is drenched in pinkish-bluish gel lighting, a movie-world glow enveloping all in its path—especially antihero Trent Dupont...
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BY CHLOE LIZOTTE | October 31, 2021
It’s so strange that Dario Argento’s 1996 movie called The Stendhal Syndrome is really about post-traumatic stress disorder when nearly all of his classics somehow involve Stendhal syndrome.
BY LAURA WYNNE | December 27, 2024
The year was 1838, when the entire world was permanently overcast, underlit, and draped in smoke, and everyone was unhappy and utterly humorless.
BY JOSÉ TEODORO | December 25, 2024
General, rather mundane anxieties (and some more alarming pitfalls) that can accompany travel—luggage lost in transit, exhaustion, impending long-distance jet lag, a car colliding with...
BY LAURA KERN | December 21, 2024
I recently visited Queen Hatshepsut, the model for the mummy in The Awakening and the novel it’s based on: Bram Stoker’s wild horror/fantasy The Jewel of Seven Stars.
BY KEVIN McNEER | November 9, 2024
Before we assess the villain, let’s begin with the hero—and “hero” is the correct...
BY JOSÉ TEODORO | November 3, 2024
Anyone can watch a hearse-load of scary movies at Halloween—and lots of us do—but how many of those people try...
BY COLIN FLEMING | OCTOBER 15, 2024
The Substance opens with its simplest, most natural image: a raw chicken’s egg, the yolk yellow and dewy, lying flat on a white background. A long needle full of…
BY VIOLET LUCCA | September 21, 2024
BY MICHAEL KRAS | September 6, 2024
I say “hello” into a telephone and Chucky says “hi” back. I realize that I perhaps haven’t adequately prepared myself for what this might feel like.
BY FRANK FALISI | September 3, 2024
RAVENOUS
After he’d fundamentally abandoned Hollywood moviemaking and cast his lot...
BY STEVEN MEARS | August 20, 2024
Consider the Dies Irae. Eight dire notes to remind you that you are going to die.
BY TOM PHELAN | July 26, 2024
BY MARGARET BARTON-FUMO | July 19, 2024
About a decade ago, an intriguing new contender stepped into the horror arena. It wasn’t so much a grandstanding moment as a quiet entrance...
BY LAURA KERN | July 12, 2024
Though she’s not generally counted among the canon of horror’s distinguished...
BY KELLI WESTON | May 9, 2024
At this crazy moment, when film history is caught in the grip of multiple clichés that grind on and on and on—puerile revenge...
BY KENT JONES | September 10, 2023
