Month: July 2019

Strange Angel – Season 2, Episode 6: “The Tower”

On By C.H. NewellIn Bella Heathcote, CBS, Drama, Jack Reynor, Season 2, Strange Angel1 Comment

Jack deals with the aftermath of the Parsonage explosion, as the police try to tear Thelema apart.

[Fantasia 2019] DREADOUT: Video Game Creeps Confront a Gothic Indonesian Past

On By C.H. NewellIn Adventure, Caitlin Halderman, Fantasy, Film, Folklore, Horror, Mystery, Video Games1 Comment

Kimo Stamboel's video game adaptation is a creepy thrill ride, just as much as it is a confrontation of the present and a Gothic Indonesian past.

[Fantasia 2019] STARE Terrifies via Horror in Postmodern Folklore

On By C.H. NewellIn 2019, Fantasia Festival 2019, Film, Film Festival, Folklore, Hirotaka Adachi, Horror, J-Horror, Otsuichi1 Comment

Hirotaka Adachi digs in the J-horror claws with the help of modern folklore's terrifying power

[Fantasia 2019] Discovering Life Beyond Death in ODE TO NOTHING

On By C.H. NewellIn Drama, Dwein Baltazar, Fantasia Festival 2019, Filipino Film, Film, Film Festival, PokwangLeave a comment

Dwein Baltazar tells a tale of life, of death, and how the two become terribly tangled when we're unable to deal with the latter.

Animal Kingdom – Season 4, Episode 8: “Ambo”

On By C.H. NewellIn Animal Kingdom, Ben Robson, Crime, Finn Cole, Jake Weary, Season 4, Shawn Hatosy, TNTLeave a comment

J has to make a terrible decision. Smurf disappears on the day of a job, which has symbolic ramifications for her sons.

[Fantasia 2019] “No girl is exempt”: Biblical and Societal Misogyny in DARLIN’

On By C.H. NewellIn 2019, Fantasia Festival 2019, Film, Horror, Lauren Ashley Carter, Lauryn Canny, Misogyny, Pollyanna McIntosh1 Comment

Pollyanna McIntosh tears into the misogyny and sexism of the Roman Catholic Church, as well as society in general.

Fear the Walking Dead – Season 5, Episode 7: “Still Standing”

On By C.H. NewellIn Alycia Debnam-Carey, AMC, Austin Amelio, Colman Domingo, Fear the Walking Dead, Garret Dillahunt, Season 5, Zombies2 Comments

Alicia tries to convince the kids to come back, and Morgan hopes he can help Grace.