How National Trauma Shaped Alejandro Amenabar’s ‘Tesis’
August 12th, 2020 • Chad Collins
A young woman – battered, disorientated, and disconsolate – is tied to a chair, her…
Certified Forgotten’s ‘Deep Blue Sea 3’ Tweet-Along And Giveaway Details!
August 11th, 2020 • Matt Donato
When friend of the podcast, Bloody Disgusting’s Meagan Navarro, and I were DM’ing about our…
The Brutal History Behind Jennifer Kent’s ‘The Nightingale’
August 10th, 2020 • Sarah Durn
The Nightingale is a graphic, brutal film full of 19th century colonial rage. The follow…
Episode 21: Joe Lipsett Names ‘The Nameless’
August 5th, 2020 • Matthew Monagle
It has been over ten years since Jaume Balagueró‘s Rec reinvigorated the found footage genre.…
Childhood Trauma in Bernard Rose’s ‘Paperhouse’
August 3rd, 2020 • Kim Morrison
In the world of horror films, children are often the characters who interact with monsters…
Certified SEO: How to Create Killer Content
August 2nd, 2020 • Matthew Monagle
Who are you writing for? For most writers, the answer is dictated by the type…
Griffin Dunne’s ‘Practical Magic’ Is a Witchin’ Good Time
July 30th, 2020 • Matt Donato
Griffin Dunne’s Practical Magic is impractically tender and angelic (as far as genre representation goes),…
Pre-Code Queerness in James Whale’s ‘The Old Dark House’
July 29th, 2020 • Sam Moore
Decades later, James Whale’s ‘The Old Dark House’ still offers a fascinating blend of queerness and camp in pre-code Hollywood horror.
‘The Hole in the Ground’ Finds the Irish Horror in A24
July 27th, 2020 • Matthew Monagle
Somewhere along the way, horror became synonymous with mental illness. Films about characters struggling with…
Episode 20: Katie Rife Jams in the ‘Funky Forest’
July 22nd, 2020 • Matthew Monagle
When it comes to the horror genre, it’s important to cast a wide net. If,…