DIS/MEMBER - ALMOST DONE DIS/SECTING

Michael Williams

Michael Williams is a lifelong lover of horror who delights in the uncanny and occasionally writes about it. He has contributed to DIS/MEMBER and Grim magazine. He is also in charge of programming at WIWLN’s Insomniac Theater, the Internet’s oldest horror movie blog written by him. The best time to reach him is before dawn.

[ZINE] MONSTROUS FEMALE FEAR : THE POWER OF SADY BOYLE’S ‘DEAD BLONDES’ AND DAVID CRONENBERG’S ‘RABID’

While the roots of many of the fearful creatures Sady Doyle describes in her book are ancient, the stories of murder by exorcism, etc. are often very recent. It was with this last point in mind that I revisited one of my favorite films, David Cronenberg’s 1977 film Rabid.