Download PDF version The birth of Wes Craven on August 2, 1939, ushered in a considerable new influence on the history of horror cinema. His legacy still pervades productions like Scream (MTV, VH1, 2015-2019) and Fear Street Trilogy (Netflix,...
Download PDF version Alien by Ridley Scott was released on 25 May 1979, changing the paradigm of science fiction and horror. Based on a simple premise, Scott and his screenwriter, Dan O’Bannon, presented an alien which threatened the crew’s survival...
Download PDF version Y nació el asesino en serie considers an essential question: can US history be studied through the lens of its monsters? The serial killer is one of the most infamous monsters, featuring prominently in countless horror movies...
Download PDF version Just as this post was initially meant to be a short review of the film itself, Paul Schrader’s Cat People (1982) was initially meant to be a remake of a well-known 40s film with the same title....
Author: Jack Wolfe The Halloween Handbook Download PDF version This little work, “the halloween handbook,” is not a movie review nor a making-of retrospective; and though some analyses and evaluations are involved, neither is it film criticism, for it avoids...
Download PDF version The main feature of slasher films is that evil is embodied by human nature, something that can be observed by the fact that their narratives revolve around a serial killer, usually male, who is spreading fear in...
Download PDF version INTRODUCTION: FINAL SURVIVORS AND THE CASE OF FINAL GIRLS Horror is one of the most popular genres in Hollywood and it constitutes an integral part of pop culture. An important subgenre of cinematic horror is the slasher...
On February 7, 2020 Netflix launched the series Locke&Key, an adaptation of author Joe Hill and artist Gabriel Rodriguez’s comic book series. Composed by six miniseries of six issues each, Locke&Key was published between 2008 and 2013 by IDW Publishing;...
