Genre: Horror

  • Athena Solomon Berhane
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The Platform (El Hoyo). Dir. Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia. Festival Films & Netflix. 2019
The Platform (El Hoyo). Dir. Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia. Festival Films & Netflix. 2019 150 150 Athena Solomon Berhane

In the movie snails are a metaphor for human cruelty and cannibalism. In the twisted dystopian science fiction movie “The Platform,” inmates of a vertically piled up prison, with two…

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  • Angeline Parker
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Crimson Peak. Dir. Guillermo Del Toro. Legendary. 2015.
Crimson Peak. Dir. Guillermo Del Toro. Legendary. 2015. 150 150 Angeline Parker

“It is a monstrous love and it makes monsters of us all” Artwork for Crimson Peak, Edith (left) as the butterfly, Lucille (right) as the moth Guillermo Del Toro’s gothic…

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  • Laura Hallam
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The Craft. Dir. Andrew Fleming. Columbia Pictures. 1996.
The Craft. Dir. Andrew Fleming. Columbia Pictures. 1996. 150 150 Laura Hallam

‘Big animals steal from little ones’ – Bonnie Harper (Neve Campbell) The Craft (1996) epitomises the intensity of teenage female friendships, and how quickly and violently these bonds can be…

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  • Chloe Goodwin
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Tusk. Dir. Kevin Smith. Smodcast Pictures. 2014
Tusk. Dir. Kevin Smith. Smodcast Pictures. 2014 150 150 Chloe Goodwin

The film opens with Wallace and Teddy who host a popular podcast where they discuss viral videos and interview internet celebrities. Wallace travels to Canada to interview someone, however upon…

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  • Laura Hallam
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The Craft. Dir. Andrew Fleming. Columbia Pictures. 1996.
The Craft. Dir. Andrew Fleming. Columbia Pictures. 1996. 150 150 Laura Hallam

The Craft is a 1996 supernatural teen horror film, in which animals feature heavily as a representation of the otherness felt by four teenage girls who possess extraordinary powers. The…

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  • Olivia Calverley
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Willard. Dir. Glen Morgan. New Line Cinema. 2003.
Willard. Dir. Glen Morgan. New Line Cinema. 2003. 150 150 Olivia Calverley

Glen Morgan’s disturbing horror film Willard portrays the life of social misfit Willard Stiles (played by Crispin Glover), and a colony of trained rats who live in the basement of…

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  • Emily Finan
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Midsommar. Dir. Ari Aster. A24 Films. 2019
Midsommar. Dir. Ari Aster. A24 Films. 2019 150 150 Emily Finan

– ‘So are we just going to ignore the bear then?’ – ‘It’s a bear.’ Fig. 1Fig. 2 Fig. 3Fig. 4 This sequence focalises through the eyes of the newcomers…

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