Dr. Woodrue does an unsanctioned human experiment, while Dr. Arcane struggles to help Alec.
Tag Archives: Metaphor
The Existential Miseries & Mysteries of Class in BURNING
Lee Chang-dong’s latest film is an existential mystery. Be prepared!
The Devil in Your Mind: INTO THE FOREST & Mental Illness
INTO THE FOREST is an allegorical look at a divorced family grappling with mental illness. Or is it?
Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams – Season 1, Episode 10: “Father Thing”
Charlie starts noticing his dad seems like someone else. Then everybody else seems like someone else, too.
SOLE SURVIVOR: Metaphor of the Dead
The predecessor to FINAL DESTINATION. An influence on IT FOLLOWS. This ’80s flick is a forgotten gem.
INSIDE: As If Motherhood Wasn’t Tough Enough
The trials and tribulations of motherhood, drenched in sheets of blood and gore.
Plus, Béatrice Dalle: need I say more?
ANTIBIRTH’s Body Horror Is Gross & Nothing More
One woman’s rough night out becomes a somehow even worse nightmare than just an assault, when she discovers she’s pregnant. With… something.
Deliverance: Man Against Man or Man V. Nature?
Deliverance. 1972. Directed by John Boorman. Screenplay by James Dickey, based on his 1970 novel of the same name. Starring Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty, Ronny Cox, Ed Ramey, Billy Redden, Seamon Glass, Randall Deal, Bill McKinney, Herbert ‘Cowboy’ Coward, Lewis Crone, Ken Keener, Johnny Popwell, John Fowler, Kathy Rickman, & Louise Coldren. WarnerContinue reading “Deliverance: Man Against Man or Man V. Nature?”
CLOSER TO GOD and the Ethics of Science
Closer to God. 2014. Directed and Written by Billy Senese. Starring Jeremy Childs, Shelean Newman, Shannon Hoppe, David Alford, and Isaac Disney. LC Pictures. Unrated. 81 minutes. Horror/Sci-Fi/Thriller. ★★★ Usually I keep my ear out and head up for any new horror films that sound different, or for whatever reason pique my interest. Closer to GodContinue reading “CLOSER TO GOD and the Ethics of Science”
NOTHING BAD CAN HAPPEN’s Religious Parable
Nothing Bad Can Happen. 2014. Directed & Written by Katrin Gebbe. Starring Julius Feldmeier, Sascha Alexander Gersak, and Annika Kuhl. Celluloid Dreams. Not Rated. 110 minutes. Drama/Thriller ★★★★1/2 While I usually try not to go too deep into personal theories of a movie, if it appears to me as metaphorical, Nothing Bad Can Happen feels veryContinue reading “NOTHING BAD CAN HAPPEN’s Religious Parable”
The Shock & Awe of A SERBIAN FILM
You will never be the same again once you’ve seen A SERBIAN FILM.
Father Son Holy Gore 
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