Tag: movie-review
Tucker & Dale Vs. Evil and The Cabin in the Woods: A Double Feature Review of 2 Postmodern Horror Examples
So what exactly is a postmodern horror flick? Well, to phrase it my way (‘cause with words like “postmodern,” or “meta,” or “avantgarde,” someone never hesitates to tell me I’m using it wrong), it’s like going into a horror picture that has assumed you’ve already seen every horror movie before, and they play on that. This ‘genre’ has to evolve with time, and so I’m writing about the state of the genre in the now, not about what it used to be. What it used to be, it isn’t, and though what it is will change, for now, it’s something…
by CharlesHarrison
Lord of Illusions
In continuing to review movies that I can view for free on Netflix (it’s my roommate’s account), I turn my attention to a man who’s brilliance is known well in the horror world – but that’s where his recognition stays. Clive Barker has never been a Hitchcock, or a Spielberg, or even a Stephen King (by which I mean, the general public is not really aware of him on any level other than some movies called Hellraiser, which they’ve never seen, but they do know that guy with the pins in his head). He’s a mind for the horror fan…
by CharlesHarrison