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Though her placid demeanor when compared against the worldly and theatrical Hercule Poirot often results in Miss Marple’s contributions within detective fiction being overlooked, we think that Agatha Christie’s observant spinster is an absolute force when it comes to interrogating the dangers that lurk in domestic spaces. In part three of our seven-episode exploration of […]
In our second episode, we take up one of Christie’s stand-alone novels, Endless Night (1967), and its literary and cinematic roots and tentacles. Endless Night is a compelling story – the story of a working-class English man (Mike Rogers) who marries a rich American heiress (Ellie Guteman). The story is told from Mike’s perspective – […]
From a highly anticipated exhibition at the British Museum debuting in October to a new BBC series centering Hercule Poirot to the imminent debut of a modern Miss Marple mystery novel, Agatha Christie and her characters remain firmly in the popular culture zeitgeist an astounding fifty years after her death. In some ways, this is […]
In this episode, we’re talking all things I Know What You Did Last Summer. Loosely based on the novel by Lois Duncan, this story of adolescent guilt and moral consequence has demonstrated remarkable cultural longevity but why? We’re breaking down this legacy sequel with spoilers, so stay tuned. Works Cited Khalid, Haliyana, and Alan Dix. […]
We’re celebrating the 50th anniversary of Jaws by looking back at Spielberg’s genre-defining original and its progressively wilder sequels. A quartet of films that not only redefined summer horror but also played a pivotal role in shaping contemporary fears of the ocean, the Jaws franchise embraced genre hybridity, influenced public perception of sharks, and contributed […]
In this episode, we’re exploring the intersection of environmental anxiety and horror cinema via the tangled roots of eco-horror. In Day of the Animals (1977), high altitude radiation stemming from the hole in the ozone layer triggers an animal uprising in the mountains and leaves a group of stranded hikers battling the elements and each other. In Nature’s […]
On today’s episode, it is Nicolas Cage unleashed to somewhat questionable results in Osgood Perkins’ Longlegs. In the film, FBI agent Lee Harker (Maika Monroe), a woman with possible clairvoyant abilities, is drawn into a series of murder-suicides spanning decades. A Lynchian crime procedural that leans into a fusion of supernatural and religious horror, Longlegs […]
In this episode, plastic smiles and perfectly coiffed doppelgängers are a veneer of perfection obscuring suburban darkness in Bryan Forbes’ The Stepford Wives (1975). Based on the novel by Ira Levin (1972), the film follows a woman named Joanna (Katherine Ross), who moves to a seemingly perfect suburban town only to discover that the women […]
With multiple Academy Award nominations under its belt, Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance (2024) is one of the most talked-about films of the year. Fusing body horror with a feminist twist, the film follows Elisabeth Sparkle (Demi Moore), a Hollywood star celebrating her fiftieth birthday. When she is unexpectedly released from her contract by network executives who […]