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Month: October 2020
The Devil You Know: An Index of Cinematic Devils
I was once informed that Halloween is the Devil’s birthday, seeing as…
Possession, Privilege, and the Racial Politics of Beetlejuice (1988)
“This is my art, and it is dangerous” I remember the first…
“Do You Have to Undermine Everything I Do?”: The Important Legacy of Jennifer’s Body (2009)
Jennifer’s Body is about exactly that: Jennifer’s body and the brutal way it…
“What an Excellent Day for an Exorcism”: Demons, Cinema, and Self-Reflexive Possession
Exorcisms bring out the worst in us, literally. I think what makes…
“There Is Much to Be Learned from Beasts”: Science and Magic in Coppola’s Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)
When I was about 7 or 8, I snuck downstairs one October…
“For the Dead Travel Fast”: Vampirism and Cinema
Vampires are, by definition, parasites. They don’t devour the living, like a…
Sublime Horror in Lovecraft Country (2020) and The NeverEnding Story (1984)
“The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind…
“Kill the Brain”: Partial Information and the Partially Devoured in Night of the Living Dead (1968)
The term ‘zombie’ is never spoken in what many consider the first…