Posts in Movies
"Hymen Holocaust": 'Cherry Falls' and the Myth of the Sacred Virgin

Since the fifties, teen culture has often revolved around an active rejection of the values and morals of the past generation. As horror movies suggest, when it comes to sex that rejection can be a matter of life or death.

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To Hell With Horror Gatekeeping: ‘The Lost Boys’ Reboot Belongs to Queer Kids and Teeny Boppers

Horror bros are going off on The CW’s reboot of The Lost Boys. Because - as we all know - teenage girls & queer kids can’t have horror too, right? We’re calling time on all the outrage.

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Facing the Millennial Mortality of 'It Follows' and 'Happy Death Day'

In the halcyon days of your teenage years and early twenties, it’s easy to believe that you may just live forever - no matter how hard you party or who you piss off in the process. But as these two modern horrors conclude, death catches up to all of us eventually. Sometimes literally.

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Romance, Revenge, and Raising Hell: Clarissa Explains F*** All's Fave Films of 2018

It’s been a year of uncommonly good rom-coms, searing satire, chilling horror, and blood soaked tales of rip-roaring revenge.

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Luca Guadagnino's 'Suspiria' is a Bland, Beige Remake Without Any Meaning

It isn’t that Luca Guadagnino’s take on Dario Argento’s mesmerising horror classic is bad, but it’s definitely bloated, pompous, and overwrought - and we’ll be damned if we understand any of it.

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Harmless Fun: Pop Culture Has Always Lied To Us About Rape

In popular culture, asking for consent is a real mood-buster. If you want a woman to fall madly in lust or love with you, all you have to do is force her until she relents and there’ll be no consequences for however violently you attacked her.

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A Star Is Not Born (Obviously, a Review of 'A Star Is Born')

It’s undeniable that the trailer features catchy songs and promising visuals, but at over 2 hours long, A Star Is Born is a jumbled mess, filled with clumsy reshoots, and half-assed acting.

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How to Dress Like Your Serial Killer Brother Is Home for the Holidays

Planning one final, fatal showdown with that one sibling you wish was still locked safely inside a mental hospital & at a loss as to what to wear for it?! Luckily for you, here’s a guide for that very specific scenario!

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