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In Praise of Older Women in Horror

Occasionally older, strong-willed women creep into the sex-saturated narrative of horror that traditionally wallows in the terrorizing and disposing of young ladies. There is something to the fact that whether their presence maintains, twists or rebukes the genre’s stereotypically repressive lessons about female sexuality that so often end in the punishment of women acting out …

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Week in Review: Movie theater screens ‘Insidious’ over ‘Inside Out’, kids leave terrified

For those who have seen Inside Out, it’s a scary movie: the fear of moving away, of being unable to feel anything at all, of having your childhood memories that most defined you erased in the existential dilemma of growing up. Heavy stuff. But it’s not quite a horror movie, and some now very unhappy …

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Horror Film Franchises: They Just Won’t Die

An enduring staple of the horror film genre is the fact that most horror films become long-lasting (and most of the time unwanted) franchises. While this is seen exponentially nowadays, most people may forget that this trend started back in the 70s and 80s, with films such as Halloween, Friday the 13th, and Nightmare on Elm …

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