... And so FEAR STREET ends, after a quick trip back to 1666 and then in the "present" of 1994, where all such films should end: with people dying horribly at the mall. After a near-imperceptible dip ...

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The original FEAR STREET trilogy knows what it is--a time-spanning supernatural slasher that borrows tropes from all the tentpoles of both subgenres. It also somehow manages to (mostly) avoid precious...

A trifling film about mind-controlled miniatures that has inexplicably garnered horror credibility. THE DEVIL-DOLL is one of Tod Browning's follow ups to DRACULA and FREAKS but can't hold a candle to ...

SCARECROWS can hardly be beat for seasonal vibes, given that the titular creatures enjoy slashin' up bad guys in a cornfield. But every time I watch it, I'm reminded how stuffed it is--not with straw,...

Zach Cregger's yuks-heavy take on RESIDENT EVIL is unquestionably a good time at the movies, with the director's steady hand propelling a roller coaster of Lovecraftian monsters. Still, I did NOT need...

HOMEBODIES is a sweet, sad, and biting black comedy—and not a horror film in the true genre sense (despite occasionally showing up on lists of “underseen horror,” for reasons I can’t quite fathom). Bu...

Landing solidly in the golden era of made-for-TV creepfests, 1978’s THE DARK SECRET OF HARVEST HOME is pleasantly and unexpectedly twisted but barely enough to justify nearly four hours of runtime. Wh...

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Horror Studies; Horror Studies is a peer-reviewed academic journal devoted to the rigorous study of horror in all its manifold cultural and historical forms. With a strong interdisciplinary focus, the...

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Cambridge Core - English Literature: General Interest - Coastal Gothic, 1719–2020

And so we arrive at the hollow world. Not merely the subterranean kingdom of Kong and Godzilla but the cultural landscape of global capitalism itself: a world filled with endless[...]

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In Saint Maud, belief is internalised: the body becomes the site of self-monitoring, discipline, and ecstatic surrender, so that authority no longer needs to come from outside because it has[...]

Emma Cole explores the seductive dangers of otherworldly temptation, and what happens when we’re given the power to change our fate through The Gift (2000) and The Devil’s Advocate (1997).

The Digital Etchings of the Scaffold: The Executioner’s Anonymity and Audience Participation on Horror Homeroom