Posts Tagged ‘horror’
Horror movie-but-not: Mother!
Whispers of “what did I just watch?” escape the mouths of viewers leaving and commenting on Darren Aronofsky’s newest film Mother!. This isn’t to say the film is deemed “bad” by its viewership, but rather that Mother! screams for deeper attention than your average thriller. Throughout the film you find yourself asking so many questions…
Read More“It” draws you in just to freak you out
Classically, clowns are around to make you laugh – this is not the case in the film It. The killer clown Pennywise is a shape shifter whose personal favourite form is a tall, balding, sharpen toothed grinning clown. His food preference: children. Surprisingly, this horrifying enigmatic creature is not the centre of the film. It focuses on the…
Read MoreFallen Matthews
Hometown: Toronto, ON Major: Masters in gender studies, with a focus on cinema and black masculinity Proudest achievement to date: Being where I am in such a short time because I started Dal in 2009, and then I graduated with my bachelors in October convocation of 2012. Then I taught English abroad in Korea because I wanted to…
Read MoreDance Magic Dance: A selection of traumatizing children’s movies
Marie: A few days ago I made the mistake of watching Disney’s Pinocchio (1940) to ease the feeling of school-induced stress and childhood nostalgia I was suddenly having. I thought that the opiate of song, dance and whimsical animation by good ol’ Disney might comfort and cheer me up. I was wrong. Dead wrong. Now,…
Read MoreHollywood horror lost in the dark
Horror movies grew out of the rubble of post-war Germany like a psilocybin mushroom sprouting from the front lawn of a cop station. Something unexpected in the face of imperial violence. Nosferatu (1922), the first screen vampire, stalked black and white footage like a silent apparition—the shadow of wartime angst—awkwardly carting his grotesquely curled hands…
Read MoreWhy vampires should never, ever be blood-sucking fairies
Like many fans of fiction, I have occasionally encountered the trope of the vampire in all its glory and shame. Seeing as Halloween is fast approaching, it’ll be more likely to be the latter than the former. The vampire, a long-time former figure of terror inspired by the fears of society, has degenerated into an…
Read MoreAn introduction to feminist horror
Zoe Doucette If you grow up as a girl, you are taught to fear from a young age. Fear becomes one of your best friends, because it is with you all the time, even when you’re not aware of it. Your body is objectified and reviled by your culture. You are taught not to display…
Read MoreFlicks Month of Blood: Week One
Zoe: October is Flicks’ MONTH OF BLOOD: Flicks will be exploring all things spooky and depraved with special horror-themed columns through the month of October, from apparitions to zombies. Here are four skin-crawling web-based videos to get you in the mood for terror. The Short Film: I LOVE SARAH JANE (2009) A young Mia Wasikowska…
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