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Skeletons in the Closet : Actors with roots in horror…
Fascination with Fear
I had completely forgotten that before he was Aragorn, Viggo Mortensen was “Tex” in Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III -
Pizza, Pipes, and Pandorum
Final Girl
“Some people enjoy things that others do not! I know this is a hard concept for The Internet to grasp, but it’s true. Sometimes it leaves one scratching one’s head- ‘What kind of crack are these people smoking that they actually like that movie, and where can I get some?’” -
Defining the Found Footage Genre
In it for the Kills
I’ll admit that I’m not the biggest fan of the ‘found footage’ genre in horror, but I do love Nathaniel Hawthorne and Henry James, and this post makes a compelling argument that those writers have a few things in common with it. -
Psycho Semi-Centennial: This Movie’s for the Birds
The Vault of Horror
This is an intelligent, witty analysis that’ll make you want to watch the great-granddaddy of slasher films all over again. -
Pre-code Horror
Golden Age Comic Book Stories
I read this blog every day, but this week’s installment of horror comics is especially terrific. -
The Paradise of Horror
Top Ten Original Horror Songs
I love music. I love horror films. I love top ten lists. ‘Nuff said.
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Thank you so much for your comment on my found footage genre analysis. Several of my former professors would choke on their chalk if they heard I had made a compelling argument!
I always knew Hawthorne’s work was full of devils, sin, and self-mutilation, but you pointed out that its connection to horror is even deeper than that. Thanks for posting it!