BARBARIAN is full of history, & it's just a plain ole gnarly horror flick with lots of worthy creeps.
Tag: Urban Decay
[31 Days of Halloween – Day 7] COMBAT SHOCK: The Social Decay & PTSD of Post-Vietnam America
Day 7 in the 31 Days of Halloween falls on dark times with COMBAT SHOCK (1984), a horrific, traumatic look at American PTSD after the Vietnam War.
X-Rated Social Horror in Roberta Findlay’s TENEMENT
Roberta Findlay's 1985 shocker TENEMENT came along at the beginning of the crack epidemic. Hard not to see the commentary about a city crumbling around her.
NIGHTBREED— Or, A Tale of Two Cities
Clive Barker's NIGHTBREED explores the difference between experiences in the city, focused on those with power v. those without.
The Horrors of Homelessness in STREET TRASH
STREET TRASH is just a B-movie with nothing to say. Or, maybe it says a lot of things about NYC in the 1980s. Maybe?
Taking Back the Night with MS. 45: Gendered Fear in City Spaces
Abel Ferrara's MS. 45 is a brutal exploitation flick about a mute woman who decides to make the city night safe for women again on her own.
WE GO ON: Traumatic Fears & the Urban Gothic
An urban Gothic about Miles (Clark Freeman), a traumatised man searching for a proof of life after death. At any cost.
WOLFEN’s Creatures are Social Animals
A werewolf movie packed with social commentary is always worth the time to chew on.
Father Son Holy Gore 
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