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The Ghoul’s Gaze: Horror and Anime reviews by a Woman Who Loves Fear
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The Faculty : Conformity Kills
They don’t make teen horror like The Faculty anymore. Its plot has elements of classics like Invasion of the Body Snatchers and The Blob. It’s a perfect ‘90s mix of teens distrusting adults, rebelling against expectations, and drugs saving the day, all set to never-ending stream of needle drops. The Faculty presents us with the worst-case scenario of what a
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Event Horizon: The Cold Hell of Space
Event Horizon is listed in the streaming platform as an action movie, which is an interesting classification. I get that genre is a lens, not a label. But even with the most generous viewing, I find it hard to fit my favorite intergalactic hell ship movie into the conventions of an action film. The unusual classification, and
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Del Toro’s Frankenstein: The Closer We Get, the Farther We Are
For years, Frankenstein had been Del Toro’s dream project. It was perhaps one of the most- hyped releases of last winter. How could it not be? The director best known for Gothic visuals, taking on THE gothic horror story? The results are spectacular, but not the 100%-faithful adaptation of Mary Shelley’s story I was looking
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Black Phone 2: Visually Interesting But Nothing New
I’m not sure why I’m watching Black Phone 2. There was a lot about the first that was appealing in a retro horror kind of way. It had a, not realism, but authenticity that made it all the more frightening. The Grabber was every “stranger danger” after-school special made physical. Making The Grabber a supernatural entity doesn’t