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Gretchen Felker-Martin Nov 5, 2019. 6 minute read
Gretchen Felker-Martin’s Top 10 Horror Films of the Decade
From decade to decade, horror is a genre constantly grappling with its past, the imagery and themes of its seminal works recurring in new configurations as the culture around it shifts. Witness Midsommar’s clumsy recapitulation of The Wicker Man’s famous climax not as transcendent theological black comedy but as a messy…
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Gretchen Felker-Martin Oct 25, 2019. 5 minute read
The Abominable Act: Depictions of Gay Sex in Horror Film
You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination. -Leviticus 18:22 (KJV). Where does queerness reside? Is it in the labels we use to describe ourselves? The clothes and cosmetics we wear? The politics we espouse? Is it a feeling we carry or a…
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