Part of the horror of this show is that the audience knows something very bad will happen, while the spouse ignores all the red flags around them! I'll scream at the TV when they are being particularly gullible! In the defense of the spouses, the cops often ignore the warning signs too...
Scream 4 changed the direction of her career, and audiences were more than a bit shocked to see she was so great at being bad. Plus, that scene where she hurts herself to make it seem as though Ghostface attacked her? Iconic, possibly the best sequence in the long-running franchise. ...
Lee's haunting mezzo-soprano vocals and the band's unique blend of gothic rock and nu-metal made them a global sensation. Her songwriting skills were also widely recognised, with her lyrics often exploring themes of grief, despair, and spirituality. In addition to her work with Evanescence,...
Landa's polite villainy is on full display in the opening scene of Inglourious Basterds when he lays out exactly how a poor French farmer is going to fare if he doesn't give up the Jews hiding below his floorboards. Rather than scream and shout, he just lays it all...
Sidney Prescott stood out as a strong final girl in Scream, changing the traditional role of survival. Erin Harson from You're Next breaks the mold by turning the tables on killers, becoming the most dangerous character. Cecilia Kass in The Invisible Man subverts victimization, emerging as a ...
The Bell home was located in the economically depressed Scotswood area of Newcastle where domestic violence and criminal behavior were the norm. It's no surprise that Mary quickly began engaging in her own crimes: attacks on other children, vandalism, and theft. It didn't take long before ...
148 6 | Child Abuse In my investigation of the perpetrators' treatment of their children, radically different accounts were provided by the victims of attempted homicide than those offered by the killers. I asked the members of each group of perpetrators over twenty-five open-ended questions abo...
First up are a pair of holiday horror films: Chris Peckover’s Better Watch Out and the awesome special edition Blu-ray for Silent Night, Deadly Night from the fine folks at Scream Factory. Twin Peaks: A Limited Event Series makes its way to both formats this week as well, and Arrow ...
Jenna Ortegais fairly new on the scene, but it hasn't taken her long to become one of the fastest-rising stars on the planet. This is mostly thanks to her superb work in the horror genre, which has led to her rightfully being seen as as much a scream queen as Jamie Lee Curtis (...
but it brings with it a whole load of new films every year. Here’s my ranking of all the 2023 new releases I’ve seen so far (a significant selection have been watched in 2024). As always, as I’m in the UK I’m only counting films that were released in the UK in 2023, henc...