THE BEAUTY OF HORROR

“There’s no beauty here. Only death and decay.”

I Walked With a Zombie (1943)

LATEST ARTICLES

  • THE PLASMA POOL – CONTROL IN CRONENBERG

    THE PLASMA POOL – CONTROL IN CRONENBERG

    PART 1: “THE WOUND TAKES HOLD” by David Kane “You see, control can never be a means to any practical end. It can never be a means to anything but more control… like junk.” ~ William S. Burroughs Feel your heartbeat. What is doing that? Squishy cogs in the soft machine circulate healthy blood to…

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  • BLOOD-STAINED SATIN

    BLOOD-STAINED SATIN

    A REFLECTION ON THE AESTHETICS OF BALLET IN HORROR by Vannah Taylor “From now on, she’ll know how much practicing and sheer will she’s got in her to say ‘I can do as well. I can be better. I’m the best.’ Only in this case can she become a success. Nobody told me that.” (Possession…

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  • To Rachel True, With Love

    To Rachel True, With Love

    by Sharai Bohannon I was a child of the ‘90s who loved horror movies. I was also a smart kid who realized early on that ‘witchcraft’ was code for ‘feminism’. While I didn’t have the vocabulary to call out that it was typically subscribing to white feminism, I was painfully aware that I never saw…

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