horror
‘They Live’: The horror classic that exposed the monster called capitalism
November 5, 2018It seems fitting to revisit and celebrate a film that is still just as relevant today as it was back on Election Day 1988 as the Reagan era was drawing to a close.
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“Followed”: A found footage horror film that goes deeper than jump scares
September 18, 2018Puts a modern spin on found footage movies, while keeping in the tradition of using the horror genre to dig deeper into social issues.
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‘Box of Bones’: Gothic horror shows the monstrosity of racism
July 26, 2018“Horror takes the angst of being Black in America and gives it a space.” Those were the words of author, artist, and curator John Jennings, leading a San Diego Comic Con (SDCC) panel on his latest...
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‘The First Purge’: A horror movie terrifyingly close to reality
July 3, 2018Sometimes movies are terrifying not for their monsters and ghouls, but because they hold up a mirror to the atrocities of our reality.
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‘Hereditary’: The horror of privilege
June 19, 2018No one will call Hereditary, the directorial debut of Ari Aster, a simple haunted house story.
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