Capitalism – Father Son Holy Gore

[Fantasia 2022] Selling Your Body (Horror) in Carter Smith’s SWALLOWED

A tale of putting things inside you, and the difficulty of getting them out.

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TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE (2022): A Brutal, Queer Return of the Repressed

Leatherface rears his head again to make sure we remember he’s here, he’s queer, and nobody invading his home is safe.

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BINGO HELL: The Intersectional Terrors of White Gentrification

Gigi Saul Guerrero’s BINGO HELL pits a tenacious old woman & her friends against white gentrification, embodied by the Devil himself.

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[31 Days of Halloween – Day 16] SUPERHOST: Capitalise, Consume, Kill

The latest 31 Days of Halloween essay is about SUPERHOST and the terrors of renting an Airbnb.

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[31 Days of Halloween – Day 14] Attacking the Patriarchy’s Penis in HOSTEL: PART II

Another day in the 31 Days of Halloween, this time looking into the interesting HOSTEL: PART II, a sequel with things to say about its predecessor and about men.

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[31 Days of Halloween – Day 11] The Bureaucracy & Bourgeois Nightmare of Life/Death in BEETLEJUICE

Day 11 in the 31 Days of Horror chants the forbidden words: Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, BEETLEJUICE!

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[31 Days of Halloween – Day 5] HOSTEL’s American Masculinity & Xenophobia

Day 5 of 31 Days of Halloween keeps on trucking with Eli Roth’s HOSTEL, a film meant to critique Americans but one that ends up very, very messy.

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[Fantastic Fest 2021] Destructive Privatisation of Nature & Soul in LUZIFER

Peter Brunner’s LUZIFER explores the privatisation and destruction of nature, alongside the spiritual privatisation and destruction of a mother’s son.