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The Absent Groom: Vampirism in The Brides of Dracula (1960)
The female vampires featured in Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1897) never kill adults.…
“No Finer Place for Sure”: Looking Beyond the Spotlight in Last Night in Soho (2021)
Spoilers ahead You can only see what is directly in front of…
The Outstretched Hand in the Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
Kay stands alone at the bottom of the ocean. We see her…
Pathogenic Sight in 1933 and 2020’s The Invisible Man
CW (Content Warning): Domestic Abuse You stand in a dim kitchen, your…
Broadcasting Horror: The Domestic TV Monster of the 1960’s
When The Addams, The Munsters, and Dark Shadows Crept In Introduction for…
Where the Danger Lies: Crime and Supernatural Cinema
An Introduction to March and April Crime movies suggest the danger is…
“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…
“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…
“Our Lives Are One Masked Ball”: Monsters, Masks, and the Art of Imitation in The Phantom of the Opera Franchise
“If I am the phantom, it is because man’s hatred has made…