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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…
Damnation as Infection: Repo! The Genetic Opera and The Devil’s Carnival
Repo! the Genetic Opera (2008) was arguably my first horror musical, or…
Fandom is Wes Craven’s New Nightmare (1994)
“Meet Your Maker!” Director Wes Craven found his subjects by reading the…