[31 Days of Halloween – Day 15] POSSESSOR: The Future of Political Violence & the Digital Self

On 10/15/202110/14/2021 By C.H. NewellIn FilmLeave a comment

Brandon Cronenberg's POSSESSOR takes the Day 15 place in the 31 Days of Halloween; a film about the erosion of identity in a capitalist world.

KINDRED’s Gothic Legacies of Whiteness

On 12/06/202012/06/2020 By C.H. NewellIn Film1 Comment

Terror strikes when a pregnant Black woman's left in the clutches of a white family in their ancestral Gothic home after her husband dies in an accident.

The Alienist – Angel of Darkness: “Labyrinth”

On 08/01/202008/01/2020 By C.H. NewellIn Dakota Fanning, Daniel Brühl, Luke Evans, Michael McElhatton, Season 2, The Alienist, TNTLeave a comment

Sara gets closer to some truths while Kreizler finally gets to put Senora Linares under hypnosis

No Ethical Consumption Under Capitalism in THE CANNIBAL CLUB

On 03/03/2019 By C.H. NewellIn 2019, Cannibalism, Capitalism, Film, Guto Parente, Horror, Horror Comedy, SatireLeave a comment

This Brazilian film has plenty of bite, reserved in full for the bourgeois cannibal economy of capitalism.

OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN: The Rat Race’s Modern Destruction

On 10/02/201810/02/2018 By C.H. NewellIn 1983, Chauncey G. Parker III, Film, George P Cosmatos, Horror, Horror Comedy, Peter Weller, Shannon TweedLeave a comment

George P. Cosmatos uses OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN to explore the effects of a capitalist rat race on the individual and their family

The Purge – Episode 3: “The Urge to Purge”

On 09/19/201809/26/2018 By C.H. NewellIn Fiona Dourif, Gabriel Chavarria, Horror, Lee Tergesen, Lili Simmons, Survival Horror, The Purge, USA1 Comment

Rick and Jenna are faced with a difficult decision. Miguel gets some help from Pete the Cop.