PSYCHO-BIDDY BLOWOUT: A HAGSPLOITATION PRIMER
Mature women only have one thing on their minds… Murder!
BOTS AND BLOOD: AI IN HORROR
Will artificial intelligence save mankind or destroy it? From EVILSPEAK to M3GAN, the horror genre is no stranger to technological terrors.
“SHIRLEY,” “HANGSAMAN,” and the Art of Writing With a Broomstick
Josephine Decker’s dreamy film reimagines details from the life of author Shirley Jackson and explores the tumultuous months spent writing her second novel HANGSAMAN. Both HANGSAMAN and SHIRLEY follow writers who use witchcraft to find their voices in communities with rigid social hierarchies.
DEEP DIVES: Sex is a Weapon in “HONEYMOON”
Leigh Janiak's overlooked 2014 body horror film is a brilliant and brutal exploration of intimacy.
“THE AUTOPSY OF JANE DOE” and Waking the Witch Within
THE AUTOPSY OF JANE DOE is ostensibly a story about death. André Øvredal’s terrifying film follows Austin (Emile Hirsch) and Tommy (Brian Cox), a father-son team of coroners tasked with examining a body found partially buried beneath a brutal crime scene. Rather than discover and report her tragic story, they inadvertently awaken a powerful witch hellbent on reclaiming her own autonomy.
