EMBODIMENTS OF EVIL

Creepy performances that leave a lasting impression
ARTICLE | EMBODIMENTS OF EVIL
In the inaugural entry of a new column singling out enduringly creepy film characterizations, an American sweetheart cast against type emerges as one of cinema’s most unexpectedly chilling villains.

Sometimes all it takes is one sentence to demolish everything you thought you knew about a person.

BY STEVEN MEARS  |  February 7, 2024

ARTICLE | EMBODIMENTS OF EVIL
Longlegs carries forward Osgood Perkins’s ethereal cinema of dark isolation.

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 from out of the blue, subtly sneaking into the audience’s consciousness...

BY LAURA KERN  |  July 12, 2024

ARTICLE | EMBODIMENTS OF EVIL
The person-changing experience of walking in on Tod Browning’s Dracula.

A place where no actual blood was spilled—at least to my knowledge—my grandmother’s house proved strangely—even sagely—sanguinary as it pertained to an important development in my life.

BY COLIN FLEMING  |  June 19, 2024