Tag: horror movies
Thanksgiving: The Kickoff of Greed Season, Or: Eli Roth Gives America a Bitter Reflection of Itself in Ultimate Holiday Horror Movie
In 2021, a horror-comedy called Black Friday was released to little fanfare. For, while its premise was solid, its execution was decidedly wobbly. When Eli [Read More…]
Smile, Though Your Trauma Is Radiating
In numerous manners, Smile is rife with meaning about a certain karmic retribution against “the shrink.” The one who, like Dr. Rose Cotter (Sosie Bacon, [Read More…]
Ginger Snaps and Jennifer’s Body: Making Women’s “Rage” Acceptable Through Supernatural Circumstances
Among many underrated “Halloween” movies, both Ginger Snaps and Jennifer’s Body remain unappreciated by the vast majority. Although, at the very least, the latter has [Read More…]
The Rental: A Tailored-to-the-Moment Cautionary Tale About Not Staying Anywhere Outside of Your Own Home
It is said that all human interaction should be built upon trust, but one wonders of late if perhaps the millennial generation has taken that [Read More…]
Why Jennifer’s Body Deserves More Credit As A Halloween Movie (& In General)
In 2009, the world, pop culturally, was feeling a little more radical. The U.S. had just come out from under what it previously thought was [Read More…]
Happy Death Day: Gossip Girl, Groundhog Day-ified
With every October comes the requisite release of at least three to five horror movies, usually only one of which serves up the camp factor. [Read More…]
Realizing I Know What You Did Last Summer Isn’t Scary So Much As J. Love Hewitt Getting Irritated by A Fisherman
At the time of its release in 1997, I Know What You Did Last Summer was coasting on the high of Kevin Williamson’s previous slasher [Read More…]
The Best “Horror” Movies of the 1980s
The genre of the horror movie in the 1980s retrospectively seems more like dark comedy. Decidedly camp and unwaveringly not that scary, the genre of [Read More…]
Peter Loew in Vampire’s Kiss As A Forerunner of Patrick Bateman
The 1980s were a liberal time, though it might not have seemed so as it was happening. Smoking in offices, calling women cunts openly and [Read More…]
What’s Your Favorite Scary Movie? How Drew Barrymore Has Helped Us All Face our Fears
We all know the infamous scene from Wes Craven’s 1996 film, Scream. Drew Barrymore as the terrified ingenue Casey Becker represents each and every one [Read More…]
