‘The Reaping’ Offers a Twisted Religious Horror Story
July 18th, 2023 • Molly Henery
Stephen Hopkins’s ‘The Reaping’ assembles an incredibly talented cast for a twisted, religious coming-of-age horror film.
‘Murder, Anyone?’ and the Violence of Creation
July 13th, 2023 • Bee Delores
James Cullen Bressack’s ‘Murder, Anyone?’ is a comedic meta-horror that nevertheless finds true violence in the creative process.
Revisiting Larry Fessenden’s ‘No Telling’
July 3rd, 2023 • Jamie Alvey
For his debut feature ‘No Telling,’ Larry Fessenden turned to Mary Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein’ for inspiration.
Moral Panics and Video Nasties: How Fear Turns Into Censorship in ‘Censor’
June 30th, 2023 • Livia Reim
Set in a time of government censorship, Prano Bailey-Bond’s ‘Censor’ uses video nasties to explore the darker side of moral panics.
She’s a Queen: Camp, Queerness, and Comedy in ‘Elvira, Mistress of the Dark’
June 30th, 2023 • Peter Piatkowski
With ‘Elvira, Mistress of the Dark,’ Cassandra Peterson created an earnest tale of queer ostracization and isolation.
How ‘Satanic Panic’ Captures Adulthood Limbo
June 15th, 2023 • Molly Henery
In her latest Uterus Horror piece, Molly Henery explains how Chelsea Stardust’s ‘Sanatic Panic’ captures the limbo before adulthood.
‘The Wailing’ and the Identity Crises of a Korean Generation
June 1st, 2023 • Justin Kyle
Justin Kyle explains why Na Hong-jin’s ‘The Wailing’ has as much to say about generational divides as it does about religious horror.
How ‘Dog Soldiers’ Sparked a Werewolf New Wave
May 30th, 2023 • Rebecca Sayce
Rebecca Sayce explains how the critical success of ‘Dog Soldiers’ led to a brief-but-beautiful run of werewolf movies in the UK.
‘Scare Package’ Is a Meta-Horror Echo Chamber
May 25th, 2023 • Melanie Moyer
Melanie Moyer looks beyond the genre thrills of ‘Scare Package’ to find a meta-horror framework in desperate need of a refresh.
‘The Twin’ Is a Twisted Take on Female Hysteria
May 23rd, 2023 • E.L. King
In Taneli Mustonen’s ‘The Twin,’ the ever-persistent trope of female hysteria becomes the subject of cross-examination.