In ‘The Last Horror Film,’ Sleaze Meets the Meta-Slasher
November 28th, 2022 • Ciara Moloney
David Winters combined exploitation with genre deconstruction in the Troma Entertainment feature ‘The Last Horror Film.’
‘The Mothman Prophecies’ Offers Cosmic, Cryptid Horrors
November 22nd, 2022 • Adrian Manuel
Adrian Manuel connects the dots between Mark Pellington’s ‘The Mothman Prophecies’ and David Prior’s ‘The Empty Man.’
‘Pathogen,’ Zombies, and the Preteen Gaze
November 18th, 2022 • Xanthe Pajarillo
Xanthe Pajarillo finds a lot more than novelty in ‘Pathogen,’ the 2006 zombie film from 12-year-old filmmaker Emily Hagins.
In ‘Don’t Go in the Woods,’ Slasher Meets Musical
November 16th, 2022 • Sezín Devi (Koehler)
Sezin Koehler celebrates ‘Don’t Go in the Woods,’ Vincent D’Onofrio’s biting slasher-musical about the dark allure of fame.
Battlefields and Broken Covenants in ‘The Feast’
November 8th, 2022 • Anna McKibbin
Anna McKibbin explores the religious and linguistic significance of ‘The Feast,’ Lee Haven Jones’s Welsh-language horror film.
Finding Empathy in the Madness of ‘Kotoko’
November 4th, 2022 • Guillermo De Querol
Guillermo De Querol finds empathy within the madness of Japanese director Shinya Tsukamoto’s cult horror classic ‘Kotoko.’
Legs, Body, Arms: The Body Horror of ‘The Novice’
November 3rd, 2022 • Jenn Adams
Jenn Adams highlights the mental and body horrors of Lauren Hadaway’s ‘The Novice’ and shares her own struggles with intrusive thoughts.