Marriage is not for everyone, and some of us are not entirely cut out to lead a conventional domestic life for various reasons. However, we still live in a world where entire societies are built on the concept of heteronormative, traditional pairings – and in many cases, someone’s future is predetermined for them from childhood….
Tag: horror
Death of a Unicorn (2025)
There are two categories of horror films: those which rely on tried-and-tested methods of inspiring terror and those that attempt to be innovative and unique, finding new ways to scare audiences. If we are lucky, we will encounter a select few who attempt to do both, acknowledging the past but also looking towards the future….
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010)
It takes a lot of courage – and even more skill – to unsettle beloved myths, presenting them as unique and daring works. We tend to gravitate towards what we find familiar, and it can therefore be tricky to embrace those which attempt to redefine what particular concepts mean. This is the foundation on which…
Bring Her Back (2025)
These days, it seems to be impossible to find a work of horror that doesn’t market itself as some intense, cerebral experience that will disturb viewers long before it even begins to entertain them. It seems like the entire genre has shifted towards trying to find the most disturbing and unsettling way to tell a…
Babysitter (2022)
While it may seem counterintuitive, social and cultural outrage is one of the most important aspects of human development, since without the ability to recognise when something is amiss and respond to it accordingly based on the combination of social conditions and visceral instincts, we’d be running amok as a species, unable to control ourselves…
The Girl on the Broomstick (1972)
There are many qualities associated with the fall of the Soviet Union that tend to be fascinating, that extend beyond the historical context and instead focus on other qualities not normally discussed when looking at this era. For decades, the art produced by the Soviet Union and its closest allies was mainly hidden from Western…
Dead Man’s Wire (2025)
Sometimes we come across a story that truly embodies the adage that reality is often stranger than fiction. This is perfectly represented in the case of Tony Kiritsis, a mild-mannered man living in Indianapolis, beloved by his community and respected by all those he encountered in his daily life. However, after feeling wronged by the…
The Gorgon (1964)
The phrase “they don’t make films like they used to anymore” is a hackneyed concept usually brought out to disparage contemporary works, which are often unfairly compared to those of yesteryear, particularly by people who tend to look at previous decades through rose-tinted glasses. Yet, there are some genres where this phrase is not only…
They Live (1988)
The general principle behind satire is that it needs to occupy one of two extremes – either, it needs to be subtle enough that we don’t realize what is being conveyed until a crucial moment in which we encounter some major revelation, or it needs to be so glaringly obvious that there is never any…
The Mystery of Marie Rogêt (1942)
Few authors earned their reputation more than Edgar Allan Poe, and his status as the quintessential master of the macabre, his style being embraced as some of the most important literature ever to be written in Gothic horror and mystery. Pinpointing his most challenging and disturbing work is a challenge, but one of the strongest…
The Postmodern Pelican 