Reassessing New Zealand cinema’s “man alone” trope for Taika Waititi’s much-loved vampire mockumentary ‘What We Do In the Shadows’. Essay by Jacob Davis.
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“By locating the figure of the (European) vampire in a Mexican setting, these films express an anxiety about outsiders, immigrants and colonisers.” – The Golden Age of Mexican Horror by Paul A J Lewis.
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All of the week’s top movie news upto 24th Nov 2019 including a new ‘Star Trek’ movie, a huge Superman update, Joker 2 news, what comes after ‘Rise of Skywalker’ and more.
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“music was the hot new thing in town and no other genre would benefit more than Hollywood’s angsty teenage brother, the horror film.” Craig Sheldon’s exploration of music in horror films, here.
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Struggling for a choice of horror film to watch this Halloween? These 5 classic horror films from 1960 and earlier may be of some interest…
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With the 95th anniversary of the classic horror film “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari” being this week, Kat Lawson has outlined why horror continues to be such a successful and distinguishable genre in her post entitled “What Is Horror?” Available here.
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