All Hail the New Flesh For all its decorative asides about predatory male sexuality, ‘The Substance’ is most coherently understood as a morality tale about the folly of feminist illusions. Charlotte Allen 1 Nov 2024 · 11 min read
Killing for a Quiet Life John Krasinski’s dystopian horror trilogy imagines a biblical plague visited on the din of modernity. Thomas Larson 15 Aug 2024 · 7 min read
Texas Porn Star Massacres Ti West’s clever and original ‘X’ trilogy is elevated postmodern horror at its finest and its director’s best work to date. Allan Stratton 24 Jul 2024 · 12 min read
The Amityville Horror—A 50-Year Old Lie That Won’t Die Jay Anson’s haunted-house yarn was a highly lucrative hoax, but it struck a popular chord amid the financial precarity of 1970s America. Kevin Mims 7 Mar 2024 · 26 min read
To Save Us All From Satan’s Power William Friedkin’s horror classic is 50 years old. George Case 26 Dec 2023 · 7 min read
Does Christine Brown Deserve to Burn in Hell? In the pitiless moral universe of writer-director Sam Raimi’s 2009 horror film ‘Drag Me to Hell,’ guilt isn’t easily absolved and debts must always be paid in the end. Jamie Palmer 31 Oct 2021 · 12 min read
