Tag: Body Horror

[Nightstream] Short Films: THORNS / JEFF DRIVES YOU / AT THE EDGE OF NIGHT / SUSIE

On By C.H. NewellIn FilmLeave a comment

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

On By C.H. NewellIn 2019, Body Horror, Brooklyn Horror Film Festival, CM Punk, Film, Horror, Phil Brooks, Travis Stevens, Trieste Kelly DunnLeave a comment

A house is not a home when there's nothing but pain inside its walls.

VENOM: Socialism’s Accidental Super-Antihero

On By C.H. NewellIn 2018, Action, Body Horror, Comics, Film, Marvel, PG-13, Riz Ahmed, Ruben Fleischer, Sci-Fi, Tom HardyLeave a comment

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

On By C.H. NewellIn 2018, Action, Body Horror, Film, Horror, Leigh Whannell, Logan Marshall-Green, Sci-FiLeave a comment

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

On By C.H. NewellIn Backwoods Horror, Film, Horror, Karina Testa, New French Extremity, Thriller, Xavier GensLeave a comment

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

HELLRAISER: Come to Daddy

On By C.H. NewellIn Andrew Robinson, Ashley Laurence, Body Horror, Clare Higgins, Film, Supernatural Horror, Thriller1 Comment

Clive Barker's 1987 horror classic touches on Freud, subverts Christian iconography, & gets naaaasty.