By: David Smay

Roger Vadim’s Blood and Roses: Sexy transgressive euro-Evil wins!

By: David Smay

Eyes Without a Face: dis­passionate yet romantic, gory yet lyrical

By: David Smay

The boundary between uncanny and uncanny-­fantastic is a difficult one.

By: Peggy Nelson

We don’t need sunglasses. We need to take the blinders off.

By: David Smay

Liminal Horror movies — between the super­natural and the every­day.

By: David Smay

Why are horror movies from 1960-63 so resistant to critical analysis?

By: David Smay

Beauty — rapturous sexy sexy, glorious abandon at war with ethics.

By: Greg Rowland

JAMES WHALE (1889-1957) was born in England’s industrial Black Country. Here’s a typical gag from those parts: An old left-wing activist is on his death bed. He announces that he’s joined the Conservative Party. His […]