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Justin George | Monday, February 21, 2022
“The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” is the ninth film of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre (TCM) franchise and third film to bear its name. (Seriously, stop naming sequels the same thing as the original.) The “plot” follows a group of influencers who buy up the majority of a small town in rural Texas to … do something
Justin George | Thursday, January 27, 2022
Folk horror is a rather nebulous subgenre, traditionally lacking a hard and fast definition. However, for the purposes of this article, folk horror can be defined as horror media that deals with folklore, witchcraft/paganism, themes of power and isolation and often involves some form of ancient ritual or magic(k). In the ’60s and ’70s, folk
Justin George | Friday, January 14, 2022
Horror cinema has an inexplicable connection to carnivals. “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari” established the trope and classics such as “Freaks,” “The Man Who Laughs” and “Carnival of Souls” cemented its status as a horror staple that spans across decades of horror cinema. Guillermo Del Toro’s “Nightmare Alley” is a spectacular new addition to the
Doug Abell | Wednesday, October 6, 2021
Are you looking for an atypical horror movie? “Hereditary” encompasses a watching experience that keeps viewers on the edge of their seat waiting for a jump scare that will never come. Directed by Ari Aster, “Hereditary,” depicts the story of the Graham family unraveling spine chilling secrets about the ancestry of their family. But what
Nicole Simon | Wednesday, October 24, 2018
I can count the number of horror movies I’ve seen on one hand. Not only am I not a particular fan of the genre, but I actively try to avoid it. It started in middle school, when I went to see “Mama” and hated every minute of the movie. I couldn’t finish “Jumanji” until 10th
Nora McGreevy, Adam Ramos, Kelly McGarry, Erin McAuliffe, Mike Donovan, Jimmy Kemper and John Darr | Monday, October 31, 2016
After suffering from the day-to-day terror of looming deadlines, finding your roommate’s dirty underwear on the floor and getting a horrible class registration time, Halloween provides relief: The goblins and ghouls attached to the holiday’s spookiness are pleasantly detached from reality. Today, Scene shares their favorite horror movies that are sure to get the skin
Nick Laureano | Thursday, March 3, 2016
I’m generally skeptical of movie review aggregators like Rotten Tomatoes — quantitative measures like the algorithms applied by Rotten Tomatoes rob our appreciation and understanding of the movies. There are moments, however, when sites like Rotten Tomatoes are essential to understanding a movie. The release of Robert Eggers’ new horror movie, “The Witch,” ushered in one
Alexandra Lowery | Monday, November 3, 2014
Editor’s note: This article is part of a weekly column in which a writer introduces an online-streaming film or television show each Thursday, then gives critical analysis the following Monday. Imagine you and your friends gathering around the futon late one school night, lamenting the lack of decent horror films on Netflix. You scroll through the