The parallel of puberty and werewolf is well-trodden territory, but Ginger Snaps focuses on the female body as a location rife with horror Adolescence is a divisive experience. Some folks...
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Hell to the King Pt. 8: ‘The Devil’s Gift’ (1984)
Learn more than you knew you wanted to know about the rules of death cymbals, how Merlin spends his free time and Jim's feelings about Dolly Parton.
Full StoryA Letter to George Barry, creator of ‘Death Bed: The Bed That Eats,’ from Shane Pfender
I have been your bed. I too am the artist, sealed behind the wall, lazily remarking on the divine evil that animates my every bone.
Full StoryHell to the King Pt. 7: ‘Firestarter’ (1984) — Cinesthesia
Killer nose-bone punches, the social obligations of being set on fire and Drew Barrymore's telepathic flame abilities. Cinesthesia talks 'Firestarter.'
Full StoryDeath Trip USA: The Sinister Romance of ‘Manhattan Love Suicides’
Director Richard Kern’s 1985 anthology film is a violent and sexually explicit nightmare tour through a degenerate New York City
Full StoryHell to the King Pt. 6: ‘Children of the Corn’ (1984)
Outlander, we have a special Hell for you today Fritz Kiersch directs a rare Stephen King film to take place outside of New England; A child preacher convinces children to...
Full StoryMalleable Fantasy: Coming of Age in ‘Lemora: A Child’s Tale of the Supernatural’
Richard Blackburn's 1973 film introduces a badass vampire queen to a girl coming of age in a quickly dissipating fantasy world
Full StoryHell to the King Pt. 5: ‘The Dead Zone’ (1983) and ‘Christine’ (1983)
Confident sedateness and ineluctable forces, young Christopher Walken's strange acting choices and John Carpenter attempts at a studio film. Jason and Jim look at two classic films, a Cronenberg and a Carpenter, in a double header from the hosts of Cinesthesia.
Full StorySpellbound: Magic, Art and Sex in ‘The Love Witch’
Anna Biller’s 2016 film emphasizes the likeness between witchcraft and filmmaking, magic and art Early in Anna Biller’s 2016 film The Love Witch, Elaine (Samantha Robinson) is at work on...
Full StoryHell to the King Pt. 4: ‘Cujo’ (1983) — Cinesthesia
Day 4: Jim abandons his thesis that all Stephen King adaptations are great after watching Lewis Teague's 1983 interpretation of King's famed monster: Cujo
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