Salem Horror Fest ’23 Movie Review: “IN A DARK, DARK ROOM” Gets Lost in the Darkness By JENN ADAMS Starring Artur Novikov, Anton Sokol, Illia VyshnevetskyiDirected by Denis Sobolev Movies about witches usually come in two flavors: those that vilify and those...
“SHIRLEY,” “HANGSAMAN,” and the Art of Writing With a Broomstick By JENN ADAMS The 2020 film SHIRLEY is not a biopic. Josephine Decker’s dreamy film reimagines details from the life of author Shirley Jackson and explores the tumultuous months spent writing her second...
MOVIE REVIEW: “HOMESTEAD” is a Progressive Horror Western With a New Kind of Hero By JENN ADAMS The Western genre is not particularly known for its feminism. These often regressive films are generally set in the American West of the 19th century and follow cowboys,...
“THE AUTOPSY OF JANE DOE” and Waking the Witch Within By JENN ADAMS THE AUTOPSY OF JANE DOE is ostensibly a story about death. André Øvredal’s terrifying film follows Austin (Emile Hirsch) and Tommy (Brian Cox), a father-son team of coroners tasked with examining a...
Book Review: “MUMS & SONS” Explores an Often Oversimplified Bond Through the Lens of Horror By JENN ADAMS Mums & SonsWritten by Rebecca McCallumPlastic Brain Press The world of film analysis has seen its fair share of ink spilled on cinematic mothers, but an...