Widow’s Bay Toys Gleefully with Our Worst Fears
Anchoring Widow’s Bay’s diverse horror themes in the characters’ personal anxieties transforms cinematic dread into something terribly relatable.
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How ‘Aguirre’ and ‘Cannibal Holocaust’ Defy the Wrath of the Green Inferno
Herzog’s Aguirre and Deodato’s Cannibal Holocaust present the Amazon as a space of destruction, survival, and moral reckoning. Both approaches raise ethical questions.
Three Japanese Horror Classics Haunted by Women’s Agony
If there’s an undercurrent throughout the Japanese horror in Daiei Gothic Vol. 2, it’s how women’s suffering is so embedded in Japanese folklore.
Horror Movies and the Art of Dreaded Speculation
With rumored horror movies never made, and unrevealed scenes left on the cutting room floor, the unknown breeds speculation, and that speculation becomes its own horror subgenre.
Marebito’s Unnerving Subterranean Horror
Sharing stylistic and thematic similarities with other enigmatic Japanese horror films the Lovecraftian Marebito prioritizes mood, mystery, and existential dread over conventional thrill.
Jiří Barta’s Weird and Scary Stop-Motion Animation
The Stop-motion dystopia in Jiří Barta’s The Pied Piper combines the horrors of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari with Metropolis, as filtered through medieval carving techniques.
‘Arcadia’ Fashions a Creepy Collage from Archive Footage of Britain’s Countryside
Folk horror, hauntology, and archive footage combine to form an unsettling portrait of rural Britain.
Indie Horror Meets World Cinema in the Cult ‘Carnival of Souls’
With its distinctive atmosphere and cryptic mysteries, Herk Harvey’s sole feature film, Carnival of Sous, is an unparalleled classic of cult horror.
The Difficult Women Who Enthrall Us
From the charmingly yet dangerously manipulative to the horrifyingly ragingly obsessed, the actresses in this list embody – even empathize with – the film world’s most difficult women.
‘Beware: Children at Play’ Takes on Horror Movies’ Last Taboo
The deeply disturbing Beware: Children at Play might have us thinking its about time the wicked young in horror movies pay for their onscreen sins.