“I’m the cunt you married. The only time you liked yourself was when you were trying to be someone this cunt might like. I’m not a quitter, I’m that cunt. I killed for you; who else can say that? You think you’d be happy with a nice Midwestern girl? No way, baby! I’m it.” Marriage […]
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“I killed Liz. I killed the teen dream. “Deal with it.” Every high school has them: the beautiful ones. Glamorous, popular, happy, and thriving, these teenage dream girls rise to the top of any social environment and effortlessly achieve anything they put their minds to. Serving as both role models and fashion plates, they’re worshiped […]
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Stephen King is no stranger to murderous cars. From Christine and From a Buick 8 to the malevolent Goblin truck haunting the roads of Maximum Overdrive, the master of horror knows his way around gory gear shifts, sinister steering wheels, and dangerous drivers. In 2014, he released Mr. Mercedes, a crime novel pitting Bill Hodges, […]
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When hearing the words Jeffrey Dahmer and early aughts horror combined, most genre fans would expect a grisly and upsetting film; an adaptation told with torture porn flair, filled to the brim with bloody power tools and decaying flesh. What they wouldn’t expect is a tender and contemplative drama that softens the details of one […]
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Presented by Paramount Scares, Friday the 13th Week sees Bloody Disgusting heading to Camp Crystal Lake for a series of features that celebrate the Voorhees family and their influence. Yesterday, Luiz H.C. took inventory of all the horror movie fans in horror similar to franchise hero Tommy Jarvis. Today, Jenn Adams celebrates the franchise’s final […]
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“I always thought the only alien in this high school was me.” In 1985, John Hughes set a template for high school archetypes in his classic film The Breakfast Club. The brain, the athlete, the basket case, the princess and the criminal became part of our collective consciousness while expanding ideas of adolescent identity. But […]
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“Don’t do anything I wouldn’t do.” In 1980, outlaw horror author Jack Ketchum published one of the most gruesome and disturbing horror novels of all time. Off Season follows a group of friends vacationing at a picturesque cottage in Maine targeted by a clan of feral cannibals living deep in the woods. Offspring picks up […]
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“Things get messy when you make a deal with the devil.” Babysitters occupy a unique place in society. Somewhere between child and adult, they step into the family system for a brief moment in time to hold the line of parental responsibility. Of course people of all ages and identities can and do babysit, but […]
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“You will not leave this house alone.” Paintings are known to inspire a variety of responses. We perceive art through the lenses of our own experiences and particular images are bound to evoke a smattering of complex issues – for better or worse. While an externalized representation of an upsetting event will often lead to […]
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WARNING: The following contains major spoilers for the Alien franchise. Of all of horror’s many sagas, few have produced such complex and dynamic female characters as the Alien franchise. From space-trekking astronauts and idealistic scientists to outlaw clones and alien queens, this cinematic galaxy is bursting with inspirational – and sometimes despicable – women fighting […]
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Most of us have a love-hate relationship with social media. Yes, our phones provide hours of entertainment and allow us to connect with the larger world, but the proliferation of social media also fosters harmful comparisons and can leave us feeling inferior to bare acquaintances and outright strangers. And that’s to say nothing of influencer […]
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“Cool” is one of those nebulous descriptors that defies classification. A cool girl could be anyone from an irreverent teen ditching class under the bleachers to a popular trend-setter rocking the latest style, a tik tok master with millions of followers or – like Gillian Flynn’s Amy Dunne – a woman consumed with attracting a […]
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“Fuck that shit! Let’s kill this bastard.” Slashers are a staple of the horror genre. When we think about this lovably formulaic narrative trope we imagine masked killers, sharp knives, and final girls who find empowerment by picking up the killer’s weapon and refuse to play a part in someone else’s story. What we don’t […]
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“That’s what I am to you, isn’t it? Swamp trash, just like my mom.” We’ve all heard stories about Florida Man. Maybe he lost a wrestling match with an alligator, dropped his keys into a pit of snakes, or fell into a flaming dumpster as it floated off to sea. Whatever the case, this southern […]
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“I wouldn’t mind just one bite.” When we think of zombie movies, we imagine deceased loved ones rising from hillside cemeteries, decaying walkers roaming the streets, or contagious victims decimating a city – and that’s not to mention the whole Infected vs. Undead debate. We don’t expect a zombie-like plague to emerge from a phallic […]
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