“Fear is a place”: SESSION 9’s Gothic Madness in Uncanny Places

Brad Anderson's SESSION 9 explores our relationship to Gothic places, such as asylums, where Freud's Uncanny creates a state of dissociation.

PYEWACKET— Or, How to Destroy Yourself + Others with Grief

Adam MacDonald's latest movie discusses mental illness and grief through a lens of modern witchcraft.

Nature’s Crucifixion by Capitalism in Paul Schrader’s FIRST REFORMED

FIRST REFORMED shows how religious faith is affected - and destroyed - by the modern world. It also illustrates extremism exists in every facet of life.

Unhealthy Fetish + Sexualised Trauma in Brett Leonard’s FEED

Brett Leonard's FEED is a twisted vision of modern perversion, where fetish crosses the border from normal sexuality into the repetition of trauma.

FRONTIER(S): Post-WWII Gothic and Political Invasion of the Body

Xavier Gens delivers a political piece of brutal body horror with FRONTIER(S)

Prayers to a Consumer God: American Decay + Ideological Control in THEY LIVE

Generally disregarded by the mainstream, John Carpenter's THEY LIVE ('88) is a prophetic piece of sci-fi cinema.

NIGHTBREED— Or, A Tale of Two Cities

Clive Barker's NIGHTBREED explores the difference between experiences in the city, focused on those with power v. those without.

THE DEN’s Online Horror: Erasing Boundaries + Internet as Physical Space

THE DEN touches a nerve because of how much time we spend in our daily lives attached to screens.