
Goldbeck's Horror Film Blog for Class
Abject Motherhood in Hereditary
One of the most effective images in this film is one of the miniature shots that Annie is working on: an image of her recently deceased...
The Creature from the Black Lagoon Seduces Us
I feel that when horror movies make us laugh instead of scream we are oftentimes laughing at the women in them, just as we are so often...
The Problems of Identification in The Shining
Identification when it comes to this film is an interesting question to ponder. As we’ve discussed throughout the term in relation to...
The Radical Aesthetic of Ganja and Hess
The mesmerizing Ganja and Hess offers viewers a look at black life not often seen on film, and not often seen in the particular way that...
Human Roast Pork Buns and the Question of Violence
For a movie about cannibalism, the actual cannibalism and chopping up of people was the least gross part of this movie, at least for me....
The Babadook and the Uncanny
This movie makes me sob every time I watch it. It's less scary as it is psychologically and emotionally exhausting to watch. Anyway, on...
Queer Desire in Nosferatu
Early on in the Harry Benshoff piece “The Monster and the Homosexual” the author mentions the AIDS crisis and how that linked fear of the...
Female Masculinity in Texas Chainsaw 1 & 2
This is my second time watching Texas Chainsaw Massacre and the same feeling I had the first time around was still present: this movie...