Remembering ‘I’ll Always Know What You Did Last Summer’
April 24th, 2024 • Christine Makepeace
Christine Makepeace retrns with a love letter to ‘I’ll Always Know What You Did Last Summer,’ the franchise’s forgotten son.
Christine Makepeace
Christine Makepeace is a screenwriter and film essayist living in the Pacific Northwest. Christine's work has been featured at Dread Central, Certified Forgotten, Film Jawn, Film School Rejects, and Crooked Marque among others. She is the former EIC and founder of the film magazine Paracinema.
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‘Laid to Rest’ Revels in Its Slasher Depravity
January 30th, 2023 • Christine Makepeace
Christine Makepeace explains why, despite its flaws, Robert Green Hall’s ‘Laid to Rest’ is a marvel of practical slasher effects.
In ‘Paranormal Activity 3,’ Family Comes First
December 3rd, 2022 • Christine Makepeace
Christine Makepeace explores the haunted connective tissue between ‘Paranormal Activity 3’ and ‘Poltergeist.’
Pick Up the Phone, ‘Cell’s Calling
March 25th, 2022 • Christine Makepeace
Noteworthy John Cusack scholar Christine Makepeace mounts a passionate defense of Stephen King’s underrated techno-horror, ‘Cell.’
In Defense of 2018’s ‘Countdown’
November 29th, 2021 • Christine Makepeace
Christine Makepeace finds a lot to love in Justin Dec’s ‘Countdown,’ a 2018 horror film about a killer smartphone app.
‘The Final Girls’ Finds Acceptance in Slashers
January 5th, 2021 • Christine Makepeace
Summer camp slashers are a staple of the horror genre. From Friday the 13th to…