Tag: Identity

[Brooklyn Horror Film Festival] Uncanny Spaces and Patriotic Faces in 1BR

On By C.H. NewellIn 2019, Brooklyn Horror Film Festival, David Marmor, Drama, Film, Horror, Naomi Grossman, Nicole Brydon Bloom, Thriller1 Comment

Move in, they said! The rent is great, they said! Lose your identity, they said!

Chambers – Season 1, Episode 1: “Into the Void”

On By C.H. NewellIn Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, Chambers, Horror, Leah Rachel, Netflix, Season 1, Sivan Alyra Rose, Tony Goldwyn, Uma ThurmanLeave a comment

Sasha's just another young lady, until her heart gives out. Then she gets a knew one, and life gets strange.

CAM: This (Postmodern) Woman’s Work

On By C.H. NewellIn 2018, Film, Horror, Madeline Brewer, Misogyny, Mystery, Netflix, Patch Darragh, Psychological horror, Surrealism1 Comment

CAM tells the story of a woman divided against other women, divided against herself.

THE DEN’s Online Horror: Erasing Boundaries + Internet as Physical Space

On By C.H. NewellIn Film, Found Footage, Horror, Melanie Papalia, Mystery, ThrillerLeave a comment

THE DEN touches a nerve because of how much time we spend in our daily lives attached to screens.

FASHIONISTA: Consumerism, Identity, and Mental Health

On By C.H. NewellIn Alex Essoe, Amanda Fuller, Eric Balfour, Ethan Embry, Film, Mystery, Simon Rumley, Surrealism, ThrillerLeave a comment

Simon Rumley's FASHIONISTA is an allegorical tale of the effects consumerism has on the individual.

LEATHERFACE: An Iconic Killer’s New Awakening

On By C.H. NewellIn Alexandre Bustillo, Film, Horror, Julien Maury, Leatherface, Lili Taylor, Stephen Dorff, Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, ThrillerLeave a comment

The prequel to Tobe Hooper's classic, by French duo Alexandre Bustillo & Julien Maury, turns up new themes in the iconic killer.

Butter Your POPCORN With Metafiction & Revenge

On By C.H. NewellIn 1991, Dee Wallace, Film, Horror Comedy, Jill Schoelen, Popcorn, SpoofLeave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=779iDWjMVRg Popcorn. 1991. Directed by Mark Herrier. Screenplay by Alan Ormsby, from a story by Mitchell Smith. Starring Jill Schoelen, Tom Villard, Dee Wallace, Derek Rydall, Malcolm Danare, Elliott Hurst, Ivette Soler, Freddie Simpson, Kelly Jo Minter, Karen Lorre, Ray Walston, & Tony Roberts. Movie Partners/Trans-Atlantic Pictures Rated R. 91 minutes. Horror/Comedy ★★★1/2 There are …

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MULHOLLAND DR: Traumatic Hollywood Real Estate & Deconstructed Memories of Abuse

On By C.H. NewellIn Americana, David Lynch, Deconstruction, Film, Laura Harring, Mulholland Dr, SurrealismLeave a comment

There is no band. It is an illusion.