DEEP DIVES: Sex is a Weapon in “HONEYMOON”
Leigh Janiak's overlooked 2014 body horror film is a brilliant and brutal exploration of intimacy.
“THE AUTOPSY OF JANE DOE” and Waking the Witch Within
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 body found partially buried beneath a brutal crime scene. Rather than discover and report her tragic story, they inadvertently awaken a powerful witch hellbent on reclaiming her own autonomy.
ARCHIVAL HORROR: “ARCHIVE 81” – Memory Work and Demons From the Past
Film scholar Michael Brown brings his "Archival Horror" series to an end with a look at one of Netflix's most underrated horror offerings.
Archival Horror: “Searching” (2018) and Desktop Horror
In Aneesh Chaganty’s SEARCHING (2018), the desktop itself becomes a source of anxiety and fear, and the brightly lit screen holds some dark and disturbing secrets.
The Fragility of Sanity: The Gialli of Sergio Martino
Too often, discussions of Giallo cinema are nearly synonymous with the work of Dario Argento, and the remainder of the eclectic genre's output is relegated to the works of hacks and journeymen. Sergio Martino is one such journeyman. His six Gialli complete a dark statement concerning human nature and rival the classics of the genre.
