Cosmonauts, Nazis, and Hollywood, Oh My! Stanley Kubrick and Conspiracy Theories
If you’ve been reading Terror House and following my film reviews (I know there’s one of you), you might have read my analysis on the conspiracy…
Everything That’s Evolving in The Matrix: Resurrections (and What’s Become Recessive)
There’s a problem with sci-fi purists. But purists were bashing Matrix: Resurrections before it hit theaters. I was skeptical of the skepticism.…
All 13 of Stanley Kubrick’s Films, Rated and Analyzed
Stanley Kubrick made only 13 films. Most are edgy, violent, or provocative. Almost all had political agendas. Many created unprecedented……
What Men Want: It’s Not Just Sex, Power, Wealth, Vengeance, and Love
There’s a bad film called What Women Want (2000), where a man reads women’s thoughts, learns women are complicated, learns what attracts them to men,…
Life Without Consequences: Why Escapist Comedy Depresses Me (and You)
The first film review I reviewed was It: Chapter Two (2019) because I’d been let down by that film so profoundly. On reflection, I understand why:…
The Gods Trapped in Cocoons: Eugenics, Psychiatric Abuses, and Classist Liberal Tyranny in Get Out
The first time I walked into a therapist’s office at age eleven (I’d walk out diagnosed with depression), I asked if hypnotism was real, if it…
Venus, Mars, or Mercury Retrograde in Furs: Drag Performance, Crossdressing, and Trans Characters in Film
I fell in love with Julie Andrews when she punched a hustler while coming out a closet dressed in a suit. The symbolism couldn’t’ve been more…
Was it a Butterfly? False Transphobia and Real Abuse in The Silence of the Lambs
“Goodbye Horses” plays as Buffalo Bill poses in the mirror speaking to themselves. “Would you fuck me? I’d fuck me, I’d fuck me SO HARD.” The speech…
Feminist Horror: When Men Aren’t the Problem
Horror’s my genre. I write, read, watch, and rewatch it. It’s been an interest since my parents allowed me to watch movies alone. Why love horror? I…
I Need the Violent Revenge in Inglourious Basterds
I watch plenty of Nazi films. I don’t say that loudly at parties. As someone with Jewish heritage, I don’t say that in front of family. Or anyone.…
