Category: Film

PET SEMATARY’s Macabre Exploration of Grief in the Wake of Death

On By C.H. NewellIn 1989, Film, Fred Gwynne, Horror, Mary Lambert, Stephen KingLeave a comment

Mary Lambert-directed, King-penned PET SEMATARY is a stunning, gruesome exploration of grief.

THE TRANSFIGURATION’s Blood Sucking Construction of Masculinity & Mental Illness

On By C.H. NewellIn Chloe Levine, Drama, Eric Ruffin, Film, Horror, Masculinity, Mental Health, Michael O'Shea, Social Horror, VampiresLeave a comment

A young man stuck in a bad neighbourhood gets lost in a fantasy of vampirism, leading to unexpected consequences.

ESCAPE FROM TOMORROW Deconstructs Disney & the Happiest Place on Earth

On By C.H. NewellIn Dark Fantasy, Deconstruction, Film, Horror, Randy Moore, SurrealismLeave a comment

Walt Disney World, like you've never seen it. From American Dream to full-blown nightmare.

BUG’s Symbiotic Horror

On By C.H. NewellIn Ashley Judd, Drama, Film, Harry Connick Jr, Horror, Michael Shannon, Thriller, Tracey Letts, William FriedkinLeave a comment

One of his best, Friedkin's BUG is an exploration of the toxicity in co-dependency, that darker side of romance.

MULHOLLAND DR: Traumatic Hollywood Real Estate & Deconstructed Memories of Abuse

On By C.H. NewellIn Americana, David Lynch, Deconstruction, Film, Laura Harring, Mulholland Dr, SurrealismLeave a comment

There is no band. It is an illusion.

Let IT Frighten You Until You Float

On By C.H. NewellIn Andy Muschietti, Bill Skarsgård, Cary Joji Fukunaga, Drama, Film, Finn Wolfhard, Horror, Stephen KingLeave a comment

One of the greatest horrors in the world of literature comes to bear on the world of film with Andy Muschietti's adaptation of IT

JACKALS Shows Us the Meaning of Family

On By C.H. NewellIn Cult, Film, Jared Rivet, Johnathon Schaech, Kevin GreutertLeave a comment

A fresh, violent, hopeless look at how cults pose in the form of family to those from broken ones, in Kevin Greutert's shattering horror-thriller JACKALS.