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when there's no more room in Hell, my opinions will roam this blog

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I Don't Really Like Hereditary
Like the Babadook, Hereditary represents Barbara Creed’s “monstrous feminine” through its maternal figure. Also, like the Babadook, I...

Classic Horror Monsters
I think the success of The Creature From the Black Lagoon lies in the formal experimentation that spices up the sturdy genre framework...

Familial Abuse and Masculinity in The Shining
Though The Shining is an extremely popular and acclaimed horror film--I personally do not find much in it that makes for interesting...

The Genesis of the Modern Vampire in Ganja & Hess
In my moodle post for Ganja & Hess, I discussed its unique aesthetic approach and its status as blaxploitation horror. Here, I want to...

Ultra-Violence, Reality, and Comedy in The Untold Story
To me, the most striking fact about The Untold Story is that it is based upon a real massacre. Upon learning this, I became even more...

Metaphoric Simplicity and Fake-Horror in The Babadook
Let me just get this out of the way and say that I personally do not like The Babadook as a film. Most of my reasons for my disliking are...

Vampirism, Homosexuality, and Anti-Semitism in Nosferatu
Similar to Clover's "Men, Women, and Chainsaws", the book which Benshoff eventually based on this essay, "Monsters in the Closet" has...

Cross-Dressing and the Perversity of the American Family Unit in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Clover's analysis of the role of gender within the slasher film has been a very influential piece of academic writing to me. In fact, the...

A Few of My Fav Horror Films, Chronologically
I love horror movies. Here are 150 of my favorites in chronological order: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari 1920 The Phantom Carriage 1921...









