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This blog will focus on horror in all its forms (fiction, film, TV). We'll be writing more sustained pieces ("Features") that draw on what we've read of academic scholarship on horror (lots of which is really good) as well as brief thoughts ("Shorts") on individual films or shows.
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1w ago
Alan Garner’s writing is famously bound to the land. One of his best-known novels, Red Shift (1973) is set…
The post Exploring a Filming Location: Alan Garner’s Red Shift – St Mary the Virgin appeared first on Horror Homeroom ..read more
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2w ago
In 2017, we ran a feature by Roman Smith on a local (eastern Pennsylvania) film festival – the Upper…
The post Independent Filmmaker Graham Burrell and Horror Short, Grampy appeared first on Horror Homeroom ..read more
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2w ago
Gavin F. Hurley I was a teenager when I first watched The Exorcist. It terrified me. Later, in my…
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3w ago
In a recent Horror Homeroom Conversations podcast, we were discussing two ecohorror films – The Great Alligator (Sergio Martino,…
The post Under Paris: Sharks Adapting to Ecological Damage appeared first on Horror Homeroom ..read more
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1M ago
Johanna Isaacson I first watched The Slumber Party Massacre (1982) decades ago, with too-high, too-pure expectations. As a devout…
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1M ago
Cody Parish WARNING: This essay contains plot spoilers! The killer’s point-of-view (POV) shot is arguably the most recognizable convention…
The post A Killer Perspective: Reconsidering the Neurodivergent Slasher Villain in In a Violent Nature appeared first on Horror Homeroom ..read more
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1M ago
Though the term was coined in 1986, ‘body horror’ dates back to the beginnings of Gothic literature—Shelley’s Frankenstein (1818);…
The post Call for Papers — Horror Homeroom Special Issue #9: Body Horror (November/December 2024) appeared first on Horror Homeroom ..read more
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1M ago
Bernice M. Murphy This review contains spoilers The current “folk horror revival” has sparked a welcome resurgence of interest…
The post The Outcasts (Robert Wynne-Simmons, 1982) – Newly Restored Irish Folk Horror Film appeared first on Horror Homeroom ..read more
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1M ago
JDC Burnhil “Eventually the secret of Those, etc., is revealed. … It’s a crummy secret, about one step up…
The post What’s Actually the Problem with M. Night Shyamalan’s The Village? appeared first on Horror Homeroom ..read more
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1M ago
In today’s episode, it’s creature feature, B-movie summer horror with 1979’s The Great Alligator and 1980s’s Alligator. Despite their…
The post Are all creature features the same?: Talking The Great Alligator (1979) and Alligator (1980) appeared first on Horror Homeroom ..read more