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Tag Archives: Body Horror
[Nightstream] Short Films: COIL / THE NURTURING
Another couple Nightstream shorts dealing with anxiety and monsters under the bed.
[Nightstream] Short Films: THORNS / JEFF DRIVES YOU / AT THE EDGE OF NIGHT / SUSIE
The first slate of shorts we’re covering from Nightstream are all LGBTQ stories to haunt and excite you.
[Brooklyn Horror Film Festival] Structures of Misogyny in GIRL ON THE THIRD FLOOR
A house is not a home when there’s nothing but pain inside its walls.
VENOM: Socialism’s Accidental Super-Antihero
Eddie Brock and his new pal Venom aren’t just a Marvel duo, they represent a lot of our (post)modern-day fears.
UPGRADE: The Abject Anxieties of Bodies + Technology
Leigh Whannell’s UPGRADE is a kick ass horror thrill ride. It’s also a deep, dark rumination on technological singularity.
FRONTIER(S): Post-WWII Gothic and Political Invasion of the Body
Xavier Gens delivers a political piece of brutal body horror with FRONTIER(S)
HELLRAISER: Come to Daddy
Clive Barker’s 1987 horror classic touches on Freud, subverts Christian iconography, & gets naaaasty.
One of Horror’s Most Underappreciated Sequels – AMITYVILLE II: THE POSSESSION
An underrated sequel that rarely gets its due, and tackles some terrifying ideas with its story.
Cronenberg’s THE FLY Affirms Alexander Pope: A Little Learning is a Dangerous Thing
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.
ANTIBIRTH’s Body Horror Is Gross & Nothing More
One woman’s rough night out becomes a somehow even worse nightmare than just an assault, when she discovers she’s pregnant. With… something.
THE BAY’s Nightmarish Ecological Horror
A found footage, ecological horror, creature feature mash from Barry Levinson; one of the best of the sub-genre in recent years.
Father Son Holy Gore 