is a writer and filmmaker living in Brooklyn.
Guide: Core HorrorThe Howling (Joe Dante, USA, 1981)
The first inkling I ever had of The Howling was hearing the opening notes of Pino Donaggio’s score sampled in the Primal Scream song “Pills”...
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November 5, 2024
Guide: Modern SlayersThe Lords of Salem (Rob Zombie, USA, 2012)
“On the rare occasion, a special child appears…” I first watched The Lords of Salem in an empty multiplex in Easton, PA, in 2013.
October 26, 2024
Guide: Core HorrorCemetery Man aka Dellamorte Dellamore (Michele Soavi, Italy/France, 1994)
Directors love Magritte. William Friedkin modeled the iconic Exorcist streetlight image after the painting Empire of Light.
October 17, 2024
Guide: Modern SlayersThe Strangers (Bryan Bertino, USA, 2008)
“Because you were home.” That’s it. The best home-invasion movie ever made is built on a foundation of senselessness.
May 22, 2024
Guide: Core HorrorBlack Sabbath (Mario Bava, France/Italy, 1963)
Mario Bava was a living embodiment of Italian genre cinema, working credited and uncredited on nearly a hundred films.
April 5, 2024
EssayTrans Girl Suicide Apartment
Roman Polanski’s The Tenant as a phantom trans text.
March 8, 2024
is a writer, photographer, videographer, and cinephile living in Portland, Oregon.