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Laughing at Funerals: What Makes Dark Comedy Films So Funny?
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“Juvenile Delinquents from Outer Space!”: Resurrecting Genre in The Ghastly Love of Johnny X (2012)
Cinema, in its finest 35mm form, leaves a distinct taste, the kind…
“Jinkies!”: Comfortable Mystery and Existential Panic in the Scooby-Doo Franchise
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The Devil’s Doornail: Häxan (1922) and the Cinematic Witch
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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…