Category: Horror

[Fantasia 2019] THE FATHER’S SHADOW and the Walking Proletariat Dead

On By C.H. NewellIn Brazilian Film, Drama, Film, Gabriela Amaral, Horror, Marxism, Nina Medeiros1 Comment

Capitalism turns us into zombies, and then whole families are eaten alive.

Swamp Thing— SEASON FINALE: “Loose Ends”

On By C.H. NewellIn Andy Bean, Crystal Reed, DC Universe, Derek Mears, Horror, Sci-Fi, Season 1, Season Finale, Swamp Thing, Virginia Madsen, Will PattonLeave a comment

The Conclave have come to Marais, to destroy Swamp Thing once and for all.

Swamp Thing— Episode 9: “The Anatomy Lesson”

On By C.H. NewellIn Crystal Reed, DC Universe, Derek Mears, Horror, Ian Ziering, Maria Sten, Sci-Fi, Season 1, Swamp ThingLeave a comment

Woodrue cuts into Swampy while Cassidy accepts his fate as the Blue Devil.

[Fantasia 2019] SATOR’s Hereditary Hauntings

On By C.H. NewellIn 2019, Fantasia Festival 2019, Film, Film Festival, Horror, Jordan Graham, Mental Health, Psychological horrorLeave a comment

Graham's horror film is a perfectly dreadful view on the devastating hereditary legacy of mental illness.

Swamp Thing— Episode 8: “Long Walk Home”

On By C.H. NewellIn Adrienne Barbeau, Crystal Reed, DC Universe, Derek Mears, Horror, Ian Ziering, Sci-Fi, Season 1, Swamp ThingLeave a comment

Abby goes back to the CDC, where new trouble arises. Back in Marais, Avery meets Swamp Thing.

[Fantasia 2019] DREADOUT: Video Game Creeps Confront a Gothic Indonesian Past

On By C.H. NewellIn Adventure, Caitlin Halderman, Fantasy, Film, Folklore, Horror, Mystery, Video Games1 Comment

Kimo Stamboel's video game adaptation is a creepy thrill ride, just as much as it is a confrontation of the present and a Gothic Indonesian past.

[Fantasia 2019] STARE Terrifies via Horror in Postmodern Folklore

On By C.H. NewellIn 2019, Fantasia Festival 2019, Film, Film Festival, Folklore, Hirotaka Adachi, Horror, J-Horror, Otsuichi1 Comment

Hirotaka Adachi digs in the J-horror claws with the help of modern folklore's terrifying power

[Fantasia 2019] “No girl is exempt”: Biblical and Societal Misogyny in DARLIN’

On By C.H. NewellIn 2019, Fantasia Festival 2019, Film, Horror, Lauren Ashley Carter, Lauryn Canny, Misogyny, Pollyanna McIntosh1 Comment

Pollyanna McIntosh tears into the misogyny and sexism of the Roman Catholic Church, as well as society in general.