Tropes used in The Monster Girl Encyclopedia include: Absolute Cleavage: Although this isn't as common as one would expect, the official artwork of some of the monsters depicts them as this trope - the Kraken is a good example. Abuse Is Okay When It Is Female On Male: Largely averted, ...
Director Timur Bekmambetov creates an atmospheric, gritty world where supernatural forces battle for control while maintaining a tenuous truce. The distinct visual style and unique approach to traditional fantasy tropes make Night Watch a standout in the foreign fantasy film realm. With its rich ...
However, it is not just the imagery that emphasizes these witchlike tropes. Misty's welcomes are notable for drawing extensively on images of the body and the journey (see Round, 2018, forthcoming) as we are constantly urged to "walk" with her (as in the figure above), or to "journey...
As an avid watcher of K-dramas, Hana knows all the tropes to avoid when she finally lands a starring role in a buzzy new drama. And she can totally handle her fake co-star boyfriend who might be falling in love with her. After all, she promised the producers a contract romance, and...
Which is why I hate teen movies. No, I don't wish I could have that. I never have. But - and yes, this is because I'm a giant geek - overlaying genre tropes on an otherwise uninspired teen-movie surface is a game-changer for me.The Lost Boysis still an '80s teen movie, a ...
The Lord of the Rings: Gandalf certainly fits this, along with certain other death tropes. He even falls into an abyssal pit and everything, so nobody actually sees what happened next. And not only does he get sent back to the living world, he's sent back superpowered. Well, more supe...
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A key aspect of Driver’s character is that he makes some of the most basic horror movie tropes redundant. The hapless victims in horror films make the most ludicrous decisions that lead to their demise. With Driver, his victims are smart, but Driver will always be smarter. “You can’t...
HBO Max rebranded itself as just Max, but it still has some of the most iconic fantasy movies around, plus a few underrated gems.
(and its incestuous cousins Horror, Romance, SF, and Badass Action) brims with sublimated sex. Swords, wands, cups and caves, virile heroes and hungry heroines, vile wretches and lusty wenches – the tropes and characters of Fantasy provide exciting exorcism for our carnal urges. For obvious ...