ARCHIVAL HORROR: “ARCHIVE 81” – Memory Work and Demons From the Past
Film scholar Michael Brown brings his "Archival Horror" series to an end with a look at one of Netflix's most underrated horror offerings.
Archival Horror: “Searching” (2018) and Desktop Horror
In Aneesh Chaganty’s SEARCHING (2018), the desktop itself becomes a source of anxiety and fear, and the brightly lit screen holds some dark and disturbing secrets.
ARCHIVAL HORROR: “Detectors, Decoders, Amplifiers” – Storage Media in “THE STONE TAPE”
Michael Brown examines the terrors of the past encoded in NigelKneale's 1972 cult classic.
Archival Horror: “THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT” – Found Footage and Fake Documentaries
Film scholar Michael Brown explores how the 1999 found-footage classic heightens reality for maximum fear.
The Truth is in Here: Filing Cabinets and Missing Evidence in “The X-Files”
Joined by his partner, Special Agent Dana Scully, Fox Mulder's quest to uncover the “truth” behind all the strange goings-on they witness – the paranormal, government cover-ups, military conspiracies, and supernatural creatures – begins and ends with the legitimacy of casefiles.
