Genre: Horror – ZooScope

Olivia Westerdale
27th January 2023
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Nope. Dir. Jordan Peele. Universal Pictures. 2022

Nope. Dir. Jordan Peele. Universal Pictures. 2022 https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/jja_0133_comp.1055-1.jpg 1000 699 Olivia Westerdale Olivia Westerdale https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e3d8d552266c170186d5bb0fff2d8569?s=96&d=mm&r=g 27th January 2023 6th March 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=In8fuzj3gck Figure 1 Jordan Peele’s latest film nope follows siblings OJ and Emerald Haywood in the aftermath of their father’s unexpected death. The siblings ‘We ain’t got no more problems’…

Victoria Coffell
20th January 2023
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Sonnie’s Edge. Dir. Dave Wilson. Netflix. 2019

Sonnie’s Edge. Dir. Dave Wilson. Netflix. 2019 https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/A2AF6816-D52E-4209-AFFD-A2930F8F7ECC-scaled.jpeg 2560 1266 Victoria Coffell Victoria Coffell https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8444b0040f16b3ab3abb43ca14170f1e?s=96&d=mm&r=g 20th January 2023 6th March 2023

That fear of death. Do you feel it? Are you scared now?– Sonnie Content warning: sexual assault, female violence, abuse Netflix’s animated anthology, Love Death & Robots, first aired in 2019, enticing…

Prail Coffell
20th January 2023
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An American Werewolf in London. Dir. John Landis. Universal Pictures. 1981.

An American Werewolf in London. Dir. John Landis. Universal Pictures. 1981. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/507D4F73-4669-4655-A580-4A8D1EAD1058.webp 863 484 Prail Coffell Prail Coffell https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ea8493c40c49042f7660d2d40126bb1a?s=96&d=mm&r=g 20th January 2023 6th March 2023

“The wolf’s bloodline must be severed; the last remaining werewolf must be destroyed. It’s you David.” An American tourist, traumatised and alone wakes up in a London hospital after an…

Jamie Creese
17th January 2023
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Train to Busan. Dir. Yeon Sang-ho. Next Entertainment World. 2016.

Train to Busan. Dir. Yeon Sang-ho. Next Entertainment World. 2016. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/TRAIN-TO-BUSAN-3-1.jpg 1920 1036 Jamie Creese Jamie Creese https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/0b90c6dfc5e45c0a290f59efe7383258?s=96&d=mm&r=g 17th January 2023 17th January 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVK-OnHFuG4&t=56s Content warning: This article contains images of real animal death. The opening of Yeon Sang-ho’s action-horror film Train to Busan (2016) interprets the circumstances that lead to the epidemic…

Alison Johnston
15th January 2023
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Bird Box. Dir. Susanne Bier. Netflix. 2018.

Bird Box. Dir. Susanne Bier. Netflix. 2018. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Bird-Box.jpg 1067 538 Alison Johnston Alison Johnston https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/81012d24f37ea246bbfaea54c2ee3858?s=96&d=mm&r=g 15th January 2023 15th January 2023

Susanne Bier’s Bird Box follows Malorie Hayes as she navigates the events and aftermath of an outbreak of creatures, which seem to take on the form of a person’s worst…

Amelia Keen
5th February 2022
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Lamb. Dir. Valdimar Jóhannsson. Sena. 2021

Lamb. Dir. Valdimar Jóhannsson. Sena. 2021 https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Screenshot-2022-01-31-14.36.31.png 1250 669 Amelia Keen Amelia Keen https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b15639a5783c8a97ed344d89e0ccb446?s=96&d=mm&r=g 5th February 2022 5th February 2022

Like a lamb to the slaughter, the slow-burn, absurd surrealness of A24’s Lamb (2021) leads the audience to an end that blends both chilling twists and heartbreaking loss as the…

Thomas Richardson
18th January 2022
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The Silence of the Lambs. Dir. Jonathan Demme. Orion Pictures. 1991.

The Silence of the Lambs. Dir. Jonathan Demme. Orion Pictures. 1991. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Thomas Richardson Thomas Richardson https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/51335247dd6760feca26b1e2584fc0c8?s=96&d=mm&r=g 18th January 2022 18th January 2022

Alongside terrific and terrifying characters such as Hannibal Lecter and Clarice Starling, there is another sinister dramatis persona evoked in Jonathan Demme’s The Silence of the Lambs – that of…

Amelia Keen
18th January 2022
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Okja. Dir. Bong Joon-ho. Netflix. 2017

Okja. Dir. Bong Joon-ho. Netflix. 2017 https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/okjamija.jpg 1024 427 Amelia Keen Amelia Keen https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b15639a5783c8a97ed344d89e0ccb446?s=96&d=mm&r=g 18th January 2022 18th January 2022

There are two kinds of pigs that make an appearance in Okja; genetically modified super-pigs and greedy, corporate capitalist pigs. The slaughterhouse scene forces the viewer to dispel any false…

Luke Donley
18th January 2022
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Arachnophobia, Dir. Frank Marshall, Hollywood Pictures, Franklin Entertainment, 1990.

Arachnophobia, Dir. Frank Marshall, Hollywood Pictures, Franklin Entertainment, 1990. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Luke Donley Luke Donley https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/063bea3dd53ccd68ced18825567264ee?s=96&d=mm&r=g 18th January 2022 18th January 2022

In one of the most suspenseful scenes in Arachnophobia, a young woman goes for a shower in the bathroom but is ambushed by one of the spider offspring in a…

Eve Pullen
10th January 2022
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Come and See. Dir. Elem Klimov. Belarusfilm.1985.

Come and See. Dir. Elem Klimov. Belarusfilm.1985. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Eve Pullen Eve Pullen https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2133cf72579aeb6819144699f7ac12f5?s=96&d=mm&r=g 10th January 2022 14th March 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHaSQU-4wss Life Elem Klimov’s 1985 pernicious masterpiece Come and See leaves viewers in a state of abject horror. The film depicts the atrocities commited by the Nazi regime in Byelorussia…