Matthew Jones In 1986, a cataclysmic environmental disaster at a nuclear plant in Russia fell upon the whole of the continent, afflicting and forever altering the life inhabiting its natural world. Other anthropogenic ecological disasters within and outside of the United States in the years prior to the Chernobyl catastrophe had invariably led to a […]
Cory Hasabeard Like a lot of horror fans, I find slasher film kill counts and gore metrics to be fascinating look at how the genre engages with spectatorship. An inventive kill may not be able to save a movie, but it can at least make it memorable. Films once forgotten, such as Deadly Friend (1986), […]
Brennan Thomas Friday the 13th Part III (or Friday the 13th 3D) is generally regarded as one of the series’ weaker and more forgettable installments. Though it generated higher ticket sales than Part II due to its well-timed 3D marketing campaign, critics panned Part III for its grainy film quality, retro-disco soundtrack, and needless retread […]
Erin Harrington In the early 1980s, first Mrs. Voorhees and then her damaged, homicidal son hacked and slashed their way along the shores of Crystal Lake. Fifteen years later, in New Zealand, my friends and I – all members of the VHS generation and beneficiaries of the Scholastic book club – spent our fifth form […]