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Category Archives: Body Horror
[List] Father Gore’s Favourite Horror Directed by Women
Horror’s not even close to being a man’s world. Long live the power of WOMEN!
VENOM: Socialism’s Accidental Super-Antihero
Eddie Brock and his new pal Venom aren’t just a Marvel duo, they represent a lot of our (post)modern-day fears.
War is Hell, War is a Disease: TRENCH 11 Descends to the Underworld and Back
TRENCH 11 treats war like a virus— a gruesome, violent virus.
UPGRADE: The Abject Anxieties of Bodies + Technology
Leigh Whannell’s UPGRADE is a kick ass horror thrill ride. It’s also a deep, dark rumination on technological singularity.
RABID: The Ravages of Postmodern Medicine and Sexuality
Early Cronenberg body horror tackles sexual politics and disease.
HELLRAISER: Come to Daddy
Clive Barker’s 1987 horror classic touches on Freud, subverts Christian iconography, & gets naaaasty.
Cronenberg’s THE FLY Affirms Alexander Pope: A Little Learning is a Dangerous Thing
Cronenberg and his body horror transform Vincent Price’s original into remake heaven, as man’s reach exceeds his grasp in this nasty modern classic.
ANTIBIRTH’s Body Horror Is Gross & Nothing More
One woman’s rough night out becomes a somehow even worse nightmare than just an assault, when she discovers she’s pregnant. With… something.
The Mind’s Eye is Bloody Old-Fashioned Fun
The Mind’s Eye. 2016. Directed & Written by Joe Begos. Starring Graham Skipper, Lauren Ashley Carter, John Speredakos, Larry Fessenden, Noah Segan, Matt Mercer, Michael A. LoCicero, Jeremy Gardner, Patrick M. Walsh, Brian Morvant, Josh Ethier, Susan T. Travers, & Chuck Doherty. Channel 83 Films/Site B. Not Rated. 87 minutes. Action/Horror/Sci-Fi ★★★★ Not sure howContinue reading “The Mind’s Eye is Bloody Old-Fashioned Fun”
Suburban Parasitic Anxieties: David Cronenberg’s Shivers
Shivers. 1975. Directed & Written by David Cronenberg. Starring Paul Hampton, Joe Silver, Lynn Lowry, Allan Kolman, Susan Petrie, Barbara Steele, Ronald Mlodzik, Barry Baldaro, Camil Ducharme, Hanna Poznanska, Wally Martin, Vlasta Vrana, Silvie Debois, Charles Perley, & Al Rochman. Cinépix/DAL Productions/Canadian Film Development Corporation. Rated R. 87 minutes. Horror/Sci-Fi ★★★★ Even if I love Alien toContinue reading “Suburban Parasitic Anxieties: David Cronenberg’s Shivers”
AMERICAN MARY’s Body Horror & Female Empowerment
Mary’s learning new things about herself, and about the horrors of being a woman.
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