‘Wake in Fright’: a monster movie where the monster is… men
A stomach-turning filmic proof that toxic masculinity is enough to give us nightmares.
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‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’ Bullies Us Back Into the Body
Jane Schoenbrun's meta-slasher takes the intellectuals who can't come by the hand and bullies us until we find the way out.
Gels Will Not Save ‘The Serpent's Skin’
Alice Maio Mackay has the witches, the vampires, and the pink glowing eyes. What she does not have is a reason for any of it.
Anna Biller Made a Tragedy. ‘The Face of Horror’ Plays as Comedy.
Biller says calling her medieval ghost story camp is a way of refusing to take it seriously. She has a point about the word, and about the room it screened in.
‘Send Help’ hangover: how hard is it to find a really good island movie?
Raimi had a great premise: out in the jungle, who survives, you or your boss? But… he didn’t take it far enough. I couldn’t unsee this movie, but it got me thinking about the working definition of the island movie.
‘The Vanishing’ is Evil and Essential
The most famous abduction in Dutch cinema happens in flat midday light, in full view, with nothing hidden — and it still makes you sign the contract.
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