The Witch and The Folktale
(Spoiler alert.) Prior to watching The Witch (2015), the word “folktale” in its subtitle made me skeptical. I was afraid that…
Life Expectancy of the ‘Zombie’
Zombies. They’ve been likened to dinosaurs in that they seem to have been around forever yet no one’s ever…
The Side-Effect of Special Effects in Horror
If you haven’t seen the 1993 Docudrama Fire in the Sky, arguably a true story, I suggest you put aside…
The Horror in “It Can Happen to You”
(Spoiler Alert) When Netflix’s crime documentary ‘Making a Murderer’ hit our devices and television screens in 2015, we were glued. We watched,…
Audience Appeal: A Case Study of The Babadook
(Spoiler alert) A.O. Scott of the New York Times wrote, “You will be scared. And also, perhaps even more…
It’s Always Sunny “Pays Tribute” to The Shining
When someone mentions It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia and The Shining in the same sentence, something immediately seems off….