Horror Homeroom
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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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1M ago
JDC Burnhil Anyone who attempts to devise a definition of “folk horror” quickly discovers how peculiarly exasperating the task…
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Fritz Kiersch’s adaptation of Stephen King’s 1977 short story, “Children of the Corn,” was released in the US on…
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1M ago
By Kevin Cooney Tremendously flawed but much loved, The Keep (1983) was director Michael Mann’s first and only horror film thus…
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2M ago
In today’s episode, Vincent Price helms House of Usher, a dark tale of decay inspired by Edgar Allen Poe’s…
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2M ago
In an early classic of folk horror, the 1970 BBC Play for Today episode, “Robin Redbreast” (written by John…
The post The Reproductive Imperative of Folk Horror: Robin Redbreast and Alex Garland’s Men appeared first on Horror Homeroom ..read more
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2M ago
By Andrés Emil González If any single monster or supernatural entity has a claim to shaping horror film and…
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2M ago
Jon Dear I read with interest your recent guest post, “Finding a Lost Production by Nigel Kneale?” by Professor…
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3M ago
In today’s episode, “one, two, Freddy’s coming for you” in Wes Craven’s A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) and…
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3M ago
Even though it is the second part of a projected horror film trilogy, Ti West’s Pearl (2022), is more…
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3M ago
by Philip Jenkins Baylor University In a recent column at this site, I reported what I believe to be…
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