[DVD/BLU-RAY REVIEW] THERES NOTHING LIKE THE HIGH OCTANE WAR THAT IS ‘VFW’
VFW is a neon-drenched trippy thrill ride that you won’t get out of your head. It’s part zombie, full-blown 80s action horror, and a whole lot of fucking fun.
[ZINE] RIOT GRRRL HORROR: THE SOSKA SISTERS STAND UP TO THE SYSTEM
What’s grotesque on the inside usually comes out (or off) in a Twisted Twins flick such as Rabid.. That’s because superficial standards of feminine beauty, threats of sexual violence, and other exterior demands of a patriarchal system distort women’s interior lives. Men make women ugly on the inside. And ugliness will come out, often angrily. The slit, pierced, amputated, and mangled are thus the realest things about these movies. They provide tangible, gory evidence of women’s rage.
[ZINE] “IT TAKES A MAN TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT”: THE WOMEN OF SCREAM
Michael Walls-Kelly highlights a couple from each entry that shows how Scream treats women as more than just screeching victims.
[ZINE] MAN-EATERS: THE MONSTROUS WOMEN OF HORROR
When thinking about women in horror, the focus is on final girls or female victims. What about the iconic female monsters and what they say about the genre?
[ZINE] SHOW ME YOUR TEETH: HOW KAREN WALTON SAVED THE WEREWOLF MOVIE FOR WOMEN
Ginger Snaps turns twenty this year. Let’s celebrate the cult favorite that broke all the male-centered rules of 80s and 90s werewolf movies.
[ZINE] DREAM HOME (2010): HOW TO MAKE A LADY MONSTER
Cheng Lai Sheung (played by Josie Ho) evolves from dutiful daughter to mass murderer in Ho-Cheung Pang’s film Dream Home (2010).
[EDITORIAL] TWIN TALES OF TAGALOG TERROR, 2020 EDITION
Attracted by the welcoming Filipino government, Americans made movies there that they couldn’t make at home. The archipelago became a fertile environment for filmmakers to to let their imaginations run wild!
[FINAL GIRLS BERLIN FILM FESTIVAL] QUEER HORROR SHORTS BLOCK
Insha reviews the QUEER HORROR from Final Girls Berlin Film Festival.
[REVIEW] ‘THE INVISIBLE MAN’ IS A TERRIFYING ITERATION THAT GIVES A MODERN TWIST TO THE CLASSIC TALE
The Invisible Man is a refreshing divergence from a crass revenge story, which is where some #MeToo-themed movies have aimed.
[REVIEW] ‘BLOOD ON HER NAME’ IS AN INTENSE, RURAL-NOIR THRILLER WITH HITCHCOCKIAN OVERTONES
Blood on Her Name (2020) is an intense, rural-noir thriller with Hitchcockian overtones that takes the viewer on a voyage into the dark and turbulent lives of its characters.