horror
‘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...
Read more‘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.
Read more‘Hereditary’: The horror of privilege
June 19, 2018No one will call Hereditary, the directorial debut of Ari Aster, a simple haunted house story.
Read more‘Cargo’: Netflix’s Australian zombie film spotlights Aboriginal talent and struggle
June 1, 2018Some of the Aboriginal characters find out that the real fear shouldn’t be of the undead, but of the racist humans left behind.
Read more“Tragedy Girls”: A twisted tale of millennials, serial killers, and social media
October 19, 2017Tragedy Girls, explores what happens when the desperation for fame and influence drives people to murder for digital acceptance.
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