Category: Freudian

[Essay] “Waking up, is it?”: Childhood Trauma, Repression, and Freud’s Uncanny in POSSUM

On By C.H. NewellIn 2018, Alun Armstrong, Film, Freudian, Horror, Matthew Holness, Psychological horror, Sean Harris, Surrealism, Trauma3 Comments

The debut feature from Matthew Holness is a terrifying trip into the trauma of a wounded man.

BLOOD RAGE’s Gory Freudian Nightmare

On By C.H. NewellIn 1987, Film, Freudian, Horror, Louise Lasser, SlasherLeave a comment

BLOOD RAGE is equal parts hilarious and disturbing as full-blooded '80s slasher turned Freudian psychodrama.