The Subgenre Known as Pregnancy Horror Pregnancy horror is all over horror films. From Rosemary's Baby to Bed Rest. It's a traumatic experience for women in particular, as a human being is growing inside of you, and you're under what feels like constant observation because of it. Films ...
There’s a part of me that refuses to believe this, both because Netflix expects us to unquestioningly accept the veracity of data it has compiled, and because Bird Box is a tangibly stale take on a subgenre that’s already been all but run into the ground. Then there’s another part ...
a movie that launched an entire subgenre–the teen slasher movie–and is still touted as one of the most artful and suspenseful horror movies of the modern era. “He had notes, which is something I was extremely nervous about,” Green recalls from his first meeting with Carpenter...
Where the other children have bright smiles, rosy cheeks, and flowers in their hair, Carlita carries bags under her dark eyes and a perpetually grim expression. She draws troubling images and is uncomfortably close to a creepy nun (a requisite of this subgenre), whose high-pitched giggle is ...
, but being Netflix’s first Chilean production, there’s also some obligatory local color pertaining to the instability of the pre-Pinochet years in the margins. Palatable and polite, it strikes the same note of awed nostalgia for the gods of art as the rest of its odd little subgenre....
Directed by Mike Flanagan (Oculus, Ouija: Origin of Evil), Hush is of the familiar, self-explanatory “home invasion” thriller subgenre, but with a few twists. One is that the lead character is deaf. The other is that the masked invader eventually removes his mask, and the effect is un...
It helps that the movie received acclaim from critics and audiences alike. But amid all the praise for the film, there are a few people who didn't like it so much. I'm one of those people. As a longtime fan of the vampire horror subgenre, I was looking forward to Nosferatu and thou...
TNT’s loss is Amazon’s gain. WhileTell Me Your Secretswas originally produced for cable, Amazon Prime has snagged the thrilling drama starringAmerican Horror Story‘s fab Lily Rabe. This series explores the dangerous and enigmatic stories of three people. Rabe stars as Emma Hall, a woman wh...
famous series (and having a fantastic cliffhanger), but it’s just an okay movie.Part 2is where the series found its footing, moving beyond an empty clone of a popular horror subgenre. The pieces were all there, but the deck needed to be reshuffled to made it click.The Evil Within 2...