With the recent release of The Long Walk (2025) I wondered, young people in a totalitarian government’s televised competition where only one contestant can survive, where have I seen that before? The Long Walk, a novel written by Stephen King and published in 1979. describes a dystopian survival thriller. Fifty boys in an annual televised… Continue reading Walking in Circles
Transformation isn't horror. It's heartbreak John Landis' An American Werewolf in London is a genre-defying howl of a film - equal parts body horror, dark comedy and tragic myth. It follows David, a young American backpacker bitten on the Moors and cursed to transform under the full moon. What unfolds is a cinematic metamorphosis: grotesque,… Continue reading The Cinematic Genius of An American Werewolf in London
Three werewolves. Three eras. One feral myth. This week's moodboard is stitched from fur, fog and transformation. Werewolves aren't just monsters - they're metaphors. For repression, rage, identity and instinct. From classic horror to punk body cinema to sleek techno noir, these films trace the evolution of lycanthropy through style, emotion and myth. We're curating… Continue reading Lunar Hunger
Half vampire. All vengeance. Before Twilight sparkled and True Blood simmered, Blade slashed through the screen with martial elegance and mythic fury. Directed by Stephen Norrington and starring Wesley Snipes in a career defining role, Blade fused horror, action and comic book lore into a cinematic cocktail of blood, leather and techno beats. This wasn't… Continue reading Blade: The Vampire Film That Redefined Genre
The shadow that started it all Before velvet capes and romantic sighs, there was Count Orlock. F. W. Murnau's Nosferatu is the original vampire - a silent expressionist nightmare that turned shadow into story and fear into architecture. Released in 1922 and nearly lost to copyright battles, the film survives as a haunting relic of… Continue reading Nosferatu: The Birth of Horror’s Iconic Nightmare
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