Category: Editorials
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Why Lily-Rose Depp Deserves Her Flowers | Offscreen Central
Beginning her acting career in the world of horror with 2014’s Tusk, Lily-Rose Depp has thrust herself back into the genre and into the throws of a gothic nightmare. Nominated in 2017 and 2019 for multiple Most Promising Actress awards, that promise is coming to fruition with her revelatory performance as Ellen Hutter in Robert…
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‘The Calls for Equality are Coming from Inside the House’ – Editorial | FANGORIA Magazine Vol. 2 Issue 26
Who amongst us does not feel the Christmas cheer until we watch along as Jess hears the dreaded words, “The calls are coming from the house!” This latest holiday season marked the 50th anniversary of Black Christmas, a beloved slasher that has endured over the years. In the latest issue of FANGORIA magazine, I take…
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Driller Killers: The Power Drill and Emasculation in the Slasher Genre – MovieJawn Zine Fall 2024
Halloween is never over for me! If you are still in the mood to celebrate all things spooky, make sure you pick up MovieJawn’s Fall 2024 Issue! I cannot overstate how excited I was to open up my first contributor’s copy of MovieJawn, not to mention to see my article listed right there on the…
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‘Apartment 7A: A Dance Macabre Between Control and Autonomy’- Editorial for Fangoria Vol. 2 Issue #25
It is an honor to have my journey as a writer, film critic, and horror film academic (if you will), come full circle. In the fall issue of Fangoria, I wrote an analysis of the use of dance in Apartment 7A
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‘Is Rape Revenge Dead?’ – Editorial | Ghouls Magazine
Amidst the chaos of writing my thesis, I was able to take my passion for this subject and place it into the safe hands of the team behind Ghouls Magazine (RIP). If the academic jargon of a Master’s thesis is too daunting, you can find my thoughts on the rape-revenge narrative within horror wrapped into…
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‘Blood-Stained Satin: A reflection on the aesthetics of ballet in horror’ – Editorial | Inner Demons
Analyzing the use of ballet in horror films is where I got my start. Although it is not the first piece that readers got their hands on, this personal essay is the first piece of formal film analysis I ever wrote. “To be a ballerina is to strive for perfection, to be beautiful. But this…
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‘Planet Earth Bites Back: The Unexpected Environmentalism in The Ruins (2008)’ – Editorial | Hear Us Zine Issue #1
As we near the end of summer, I want to re-share the first piece of mine that was ever published! Back in 2022, Hear Us Scream graced us with a limited run of digital zines and I felt compelled to show some love to one of my favorite summertime films from the 2000’s. “It is…
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Cure (1997): Loss of Identity under Capitalism
Currently, we are exploring Japanese horror on Carnal Extremities and, with the help of our guest Amber T who joined us to discuss TETSUO: THE IRON MAN (1989), we hashed out what defines J-horror and how it’s related to the burst of the economic bubble in Japan during the late 80s/early 90s. Last night, I…
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