[Fantasia 2025] A Dark & Terrifying Reading of Mental Illness in THE WAILING

On 08/07/2025 By C.H. NewellIn FilmLeave a comment

THE WAILING is Fantasia 2025's scariest film.

[Fantastic Fest 2024] WHAT HAPPENED TO DOROTHY BELL? & the Destructive Repression of Family Truth

On 09/27/2024 By C.H. NewellIn FilmLeave a comment

A woman's family history becomes the grip of a demon in What Happened to Dorothy Bell?

[Fogfest 2023] THE SHADE & The Silent Inferno of Mental Illness

On 11/23/2023 By C.H. NewellIn Film1 Comment

THE SHADE is a great, albeit harrowing, allegory about a family struggling with mental health issues.

A BANQUET is a Feast of Symbols in an Agonising Allegory

On 04/16/2023 By C.H. NewellIn Film1 Comment

Ruth Paxton's A BANQUET is allegory and reality mixed together in a terrifying concoction about death, grief, and mental illness.

[Fantasia 2022] HYPOCHONDRIAC: Buried Traumas & Mental Illness; Or, Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing

On 08/03/2022 By C.H. NewellIn FilmLeave a comment

A young artist spirals into madness after his estranged mother makes contact again after many years.

Mental Health Horrors in Brandon Christensen’s Z

On 09/19/2020 By C.H. NewellIn FilmLeave a comment

A terrifying allegory about the insidiousness of mental illness

Mental Illness, Art, & Jungian Shadows in DANIEL ISN’T REAL

On 12/06/2019 By C.H. NewellIn Adam Egypt Mortimer, Film, Horror, Mary Stuart Masterson, Miles Robbins, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Sasha LaneLeave a comment

Give in to your shadowy side. Or else.

Mr. Robot – Season 4, Episode 3: “403 Forbidden”

On 11/06/201911/06/2019 By C.H. NewellIn BD Wong, Carly Chaikin, Crime, Drama, Mr. Robot, Rami Malek, Sam Esmail, Season 4, USALeave a comment

Elliot learns something about himself while trying to use another person to his ends