Category: Body Horror

[Brooklyn Horror Film Festival] Structures of Misogyny in GIRL ON THE THIRD FLOOR

On By C.H. NewellIn 2019, Body Horror, Brooklyn Horror Film Festival, CM Punk, Film, Horror, Phil Brooks, Travis Stevens, Trieste Kelly DunnLeave a comment

A house is not a home when there's nothing but pain inside its walls.

[List] Father Gore’s Favourite Horror Directed by Women

On By C.H. NewellIn Ana Lily Amirpour, Body Horror, Claire Denis, Directed by Women, Film, Gothic Horror, Horror, Jackie Kong, Lucile HadžihalilovićLeave a comment

Horror's not even close to being a man's world. Long live the power of WOMEN!

VENOM: Socialism’s Accidental Super-Antihero

On By C.H. NewellIn 2018, Action, Body Horror, Comics, Film, Marvel, PG-13, Riz Ahmed, Ruben Fleischer, Sci-Fi, Tom HardyLeave a comment

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

On By C.H. NewellIn Body Horror, Film, Horror, Leo Scherman, Rossif Sutherland, War, World War ILeave a comment

TRENCH 11 treats war like a virus— a gruesome, violent virus.

UPGRADE: The Abject Anxieties of Bodies + Technology

On By C.H. NewellIn 2018, Action, Body Horror, Film, Horror, Leigh Whannell, Logan Marshall-Green, Sci-FiLeave a comment

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

On By C.H. NewellIn 1977, Body Horror, David Cronenberg, Film, Marilyn Chambers, Sci-FiLeave a comment

Early Cronenberg body horror tackles sexual politics and disease.

HELLRAISER: Come to Daddy

On By C.H. NewellIn Andrew Robinson, Ashley Laurence, Body Horror, Clare Higgins, Film, Supernatural Horror, Thriller1 Comment

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

On By C.H. NewellIn Body Horror, Charles Edward Pogue, David Cronenberg, Drama, Film, Geena Davis, Horror, Jeff Goldblum, Remake, Sci-Fi, Short StoryLeave a comment

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.