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Tag Archives: Horror

Love and Monsters: Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water and its Horror Influences

February 28, 2018 Leave a Comment

Amy S. Li While the personalities and embodiments of these fantastical monsters vary from film to film, what ties them together is del Toro’s understanding of their potential to instill fear, but more importantly, to inspire love and empathy amongst humans.

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Christianity Floats Too: Why Christians Should Watch “It”

September 19, 2017 Leave a Comment

Daniel Anderson The town is philosophically Darwinian as it viciously works to separate its losers from its winners. Then, like pagans, it discards them as sacrifices to appease Pennywise.

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Annabelle Creation: A Creation Story for Catholic Secret Keeping?

August 17, 2017 2 Comments

Nicole Symmonds All of this because evil is not destroyed at its root.

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Get Out: The Ending We Needed

March 07, 2017 Leave a Comment

Nicole Symmonds Peele grants viewers, especially black ones, the kind of reprieve we’ve been hoping for as citizens of a world hell-bent on ensuring that our lived experience is one of horror and not happy endings.

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Encountering Krampus: Can Terror Keep the Holiday Sacred?

December 19, 2016 1 Comment

Joseph P. Laycock Krampus may not have the power to make Christmas sacred, but by bringing terror he at least staves off banality.

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Staking Monsters: Killing the Racist Trope in Horror and Reality

October 28, 2016 2 Comments

Kelly J. Baker How do we create monsters? And ultimately, how do we destroy them?

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How the Ouija board got its sinister reputation

October 26, 2016 Leave a Comment

Joseph P. Laycock By now, most have vague notions of the Ouija board horror narrative, in which demonic spirits communicate with – even possess – kids…The Ouija board, however, didn’t always have this sinister reputation.

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