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Wolves of the 1980s: It’s a Jungle Out There (Part 2)
(Content warning: discussion of sexual violence. In Part 1 of this two-part examination of werewolf movies and the 1980s, I touched on the ability of werewolf stories to express social anxieties over...
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Mako: The Jaws of Death
There are no Makos in this movie. None. Why not just call it Jaws of Death? I mean, they went out of their way to put Mako in the title and then provided no Mako. They Mako teased me. What the...
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Post Apocalyptic Commando Shark: A Snort Laugh or Two, Guaranteed!
I must start by telling you there is no way I’m typing that title a dozen times in this blog. Seriously, I don’t want the carpal tunnel. So let’s establish the shortcut of PACS. PACS is another...
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From the Cosmos to the Depths: Close Encounters
SEA MONSTER. Medieval woodcut. n a previous post here, I wrote about the connection between cosmic horror and stories of deep-ocean terror. I focused on films like Underwater, Sea Fever, and The Beach...
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An Ode to Ellen Ripley, Complicated Badass
It can be easy to dismiss big-budget movie franchises as bereft of artistic merit. I’ve seen words like “bloated” and “formulaic” tossed around, and such disparagement is not always undeserved...
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Writing Horror While Trying to Avoid Stereotypes
I’d like to introduce Guest Blogger Carmilla Voiez who is going to talk about something pretty important to me as a horror critic… bad stereotypes. Indeed, my most cutting criticism of horror is when...
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Blue Water, White Death: The Greatest Adventure
Not to take anything away from the powerful influence Jaws had on my life, but nothing can compare to Blue Water, White Death. Released five years before Jaws, this documentary feature film really...
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Open Water: Picking the Scab of Despair
First of all, the poster for this movie is perfection. It captures the hopelessness of the couple adrift in the deep dark sea, while god-only-knows is approaching them, unseen, from the inky depths....
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