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I Spit on Your Grave

When reading and discussing ideas of penetration, castration, the phallus, and other Freudian concepts in relation to horror films, and...

Religion as Abjection in Hereditary

"You didn't kill her, Annie." Hereditary is another widely acclaimed modern horror film that follows in the footsteps of The Babadook and...

Creature from the Black Lagoon

"It's easy to use, all you do is aim it and squeeze." While Creature from the Black Lagoon is not a supernatural horror film in the same...

The Shining (of the Slasher's Spotlight)

"How are things going, Mr. Torrance?" Ah yes, The Shining. Stanley Kubrick’s “masterpiece of modern horror,” while also among Stephen...

Ganja and Hess

"Are you always cold?" In the most recent bi-weekly moodle response that we had to do for this class, we were supposed to discuss the...

Human Roast Pork Beans: Empty Calories

"I'm glad I didn't have any of those." Oh boy, this was a tough one to get through. Human Roast Pork Buns was never quite scary, but...

Burton and Expressionism

I decided to write a companion piece to my Nosferatu post to further unpack the connections and differences I see among German...

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

“The old way... with a sledge! You see, that way's better. They die better that way.” Loosely inspired by the crimes of Ed Gein that took...

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