WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers I felt this article, even though I have had it planned for a while, was apt to be released now as there has recently been an actual think-tank regarding whether AI would be beneficial or if it poses a threat in the future. You’d think it already did the …
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Unconventional Christmas Films Pt 2
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers For those who have been reading this blog for a while, you will be aware that I have discussed the different types of Christmas films that exist. Truthfully, I partly wrote that original article because of the fact that Bruce Willis claimed Die Hard wasn’t a Christmas film. Well, …
Coming of Age Horror
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers I feel like when people hear the words ‘coming of age’, they will instinctively think of directors like John Hughes and horror would rarely cross their minds. However, horror films with this same subtext shine a slightly different light on the same topics and maybe, to some extent, act …
A Mother’s Love
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers It is a said that a woman can have the strength to lift a car when their child is in danger, but what other length would they go to to protect their child. For that matter, what would the child do in return for their mother’s love…. Son …
Horror Director – David Cronenberg
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers I’ll be honest, to me David Cronenberg doesn’t exactly come across as the sanest of people. When you decide to watch one of his films, please prepare yourself for the weird and wonderful as well as probably finishing it a little confused. Cronenberg is remarked upon as being one …
Horror Directors – James Wan
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers It is interesting to see that the stories for each of the films featured below, excluding Conjuring 1 and 2, were either of James Wan’s own creation or in collaboration with Leigh Whinnell. Additionally, apart from Saw all these films have a hint of the occult about them. Clearly, …
Horror Directors – Rob Zombie
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers Truthfully, what you know about Rob Zombie really depends on the type of person you are. If you’re into horror films, you’ll know him as a horror director. If you’re into rock music, you’ll know him as a singer. Zombie, like John Carpenter discussed earlier this month, is a …
Horror Director – John Carpenter
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers One of the main things I want to talk about in these articles will be director trademarks, I’ll also reference ‘easter eggs’ at times. Something to be aware of with John Carpenter is that very often he will compose his own theme tunes. This is mainly the case with …
Body Horror
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers I think for most of us, throughout our lives, our body is one of those things we have always found hard to come to terms with. There’s always something we don’t like about it and I think to some extent that it is what can make body horror so …
Horror Doesn’t Take a Holiday
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers I’ll be honest, I’ve had this article planned out for a while, mainly inspired by my Unconventional Christmas and Death at the Party articles released around Christmastime. It was pushed to front of my mind when watching Holidays so here’s a little reminder that horror isn’t just for Halloween… …