Superheroes use costumes to define themselves, so do villains. All that silly…
Category: Horror Musicals
Unnatural Talent: Christine’s Mask in the 1990 Phantom of the Opera Miniseries
“She was unprepared for ugliness. And for that brief, sweet moment, so…
“You’ll Just Die!”: The Return of Grotesque Horror in the 1989 Phantom of the Opera
What if Freddy Krueger loved classical music? Suppose his films were just…
Turning the Scorpion: Love Without Redemption in the 1925 Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera has always needed a sequel, even its…
“Evil Spelt Backward is Live”: Magic Science and Apocalyptic Song in Rock & Rule (1983)
Imagine a realm where those who rock, rule. A frightening world of…
“Playing Dead”: Optimism in Anna and the Apocalypse (2017)
I don’t know about you, but if you’re like me, you’ve been…
“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…
“The Remains of the Day”: How Corpse Bride (2005) and Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) Make Death More Reasonable
The concept of death was completely foreign to me as a child.…
“The Guy Sure Looks Like Plant Food to Me!”: Eating the Poor in Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
Updated September 26, 2022 “On the Twenty-Third Day of the Month of…
“Life Isn’t A Musical” But Death Certainly Is: How Hazbin Hotel (2019) and Helluva Boss (2019) Make Music In Hell
Many of the horror musicals I have highlighted in recent weeks were…