MFA and Prevenge Give the Revenge Genre a Feminist Spin

Vengeance is hers

"...show the existential crisis of being pregnant. It's not horror-specific – it's enough to be scary just having a..."

March 10, 2017 Screens Feature by Sarah Marloff

Scare Package

Horror-comedy anthology pays tribute to the golden age of VHS

"...a tribute to the golden era of low-grade VHS horror and a comedy about the inherent nerdiness of VHS..."

June 16, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

How Do You Spell Trouble?

The Soska sisters on breaking the rules in the alphabet horror anthology ABCs of Death 2

"...twins ends up directing a segment of new anthology horror ABCs of Death 2? By asking nicely...."

Sept. 19, 2014 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Revenge

Bloody vengeance fit for the #MeToo era.

"...U.S. at a more opportune time, either. It’s the horror film our #MeToo vs. entitled-white-male-“grab ‘em by the pussy”..."

May 11, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

301/302

"...love, sex, and violence are all part of larger feminist issues. The “facts” of 301 and 302's personal histories..."

Oct. 11, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Antichrist

Lars von Trier lives to affront again. Chaos, indeed, reigns.

"...primeval (or, more accurately, primevil), Antichrist becomes a genuine horror movie. Hieronymus Bosch would be proud. Cinematographer Anthony Dod..."

Nov. 20, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Changeling

Clint Eastwood directs Angelina Jolie in this Depression-era-set mystery/thriller/proto-feminist drama based on a true incident.

"...sordid history of the City of Angels, this period mystery/thriller/proto-feminist battle cry is drenched in the drearily sunlit details..."

Oct. 31, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Brea Grant, Modern Scream Queen

The Stylist star, 12 Hour Shift director and UT grad becomes a powerhouse of horror at Fantastic Fest

"...already racked up dozens of roles, many with a horror twist like Christmas chiller All the Creatures Were Stirring,..."

Sept. 25, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Pet Sematary Remake to Close SXSW Film

Midnighters, Festival Favorites, plus shorts all announced

"...Horror at the beginning, horror at the end: After SXSW..."

Feb. 6, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Joe Swanberg's Horrible Times

Parental perils in Proxy and The Sacrament

"...Horror movies, says Joe Swanberg, are "definitely not the kind..."

Aug. 23, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Review: Prevenge

Maternity can be murder

"...Prevenge shows, there's no line at all between dark horror and dark humor...."

March 17, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Marc Savlov’s Top 10 Films of 2016

"...Director Anna Biller's ultra-stylized take on Seventies-era feminist horror is so immersive you'll check for bloodstains after..."

Dec. 30, 2016 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Fantastic Fest Review: Dearest Sister

The tale of a haunted woman is much more than meets the eye

"...There’ve been plenty of tips on surviving horror movies. Stay awake. Don’t smoke weed. Keep clothed. Don’t..."

Sept. 26, 2016 Screens Post by Ashley Moreno

DVDanger: Wild Boys

The Boy and other examinations of the pre-teen male mind

"...When it comes to the tribulations of saplings in horror movies, the end result is often a terrifying growth..."

Aug. 26, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fall Movie Round-Up

Sneaking Into Autumn

"...GIRLS TOWN Three high school friends become feminist guerrillas after the rape and subsequent suicide of another..."

Sept. 6, 1996 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Shine a Light

'In the Shadow' and more selections from the 15th annual Cine Las Americas

"...art. Baby Shower veers off into a whole new horror tangent, re-establishing feminist horror (and prepartem dread) in a..."

April 20, 2012 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

SXSW Film Review: Miss Stevens

Lily Rabe shines in Julia Hart's directorial debut

"...the screenwriter of The Keeping Room, last year’s revisionist feminist Western thriller (for lack of any better catch-all description),..."

March 12, 2016 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Future's So Brite

I Love the Scent of Burning Flesh...

"...previous short story collection and novels were marketed to horror fans, her fiction outstrips the genre trappings of contemporaries..."

Oct. 25, 1996 Books Feature by Marc Savlov

Belle

Icelandic reimagining of Beauty and the Beast can't balance camp and carnage

"...White movie coming in 2024, and writer/director Max Gold’s horror reinterpretation, Belle. But while Belle promises a dark twist..."

Aug. 18, 2023 Movie Review by Amelia Nonemacher

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – To the Swordsmith Village

Bolting episodes of the anime smash together does not a movie make

"...around for last call, I realized to my dawning horror that I had just paid upwards of $20 to..."

March 10, 2023 Movie Review by Jasmine Lane

Prevenge

"...Prevenge shows, there's no line at all between dark horror and dark humor...."

March 17, 2017 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Good Eye: 2014 Top 10s

Counting down what gave a lady hope in 2014

"...5) BEYONCÉ WRITES THE WORD "FEMINIST" IN 10-FOOT-TALL LETTERS OF SHEER AWESOMENESS I'm a Beyoncé..."

Jan. 2, 2015 Column by Amy Gentry

Postmarks

Contradictions Exposed

"...the Renewal and Reconstructionist movements: hotbeds of lay leadership, feminist liturgy, progressive politics, traditional Jewish meditation, art, and music...."

Jan. 10, 1997 Column

Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead, Creepshow, Maniac

"...soon established itself as one of the most influential horror movies of all time. It took considerable huevos for..."

March 24, 2000 Screens Review by Jerry Renshaw

Last Night in Soho

Edgar Wright travels through time into London's sleazy history

"...Driver) sees him trying his hand at an earnest horror-thriller as opposed to the punchline-punctuated frights of something like..."

Oct. 29, 2021 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

Professor Marston and the Wonder Women

The origins of the iconic Amazon princess

"...a psychologist who had his own free-wheeling and avowedly feminist attitudes that came together on the only-a-dime, four-color, pulp..."

Oct. 13, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

100 Local SXSW Music Acts

A-Z list of 100 Austin acts showcasing at the Fest

"...eccentric rock voyages to the final frontier where Rocky Horror Picture Show crosses paths with Star Wars and meets..."

March 17, 2017 Music Feature by The Music Staff

The AggreGAYtor: October 21

What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.

"...same-sex marriage, so garden staters, have at it. Lesbian feminist haunted houses? Yes, please. Or for something a little..."

Oct. 21, 2013 Qmmunity Post

Down We Go

Revisiting Renaissance man Robert Thom's prolific and hellish Hollywood visions

"...an early and very open champion of lesbian and feminist music. Over the years, she has recorded songs with..."

Aug. 10, 2007 Screens Feature by Louis Black

The Luv Doc: A Hard “No”

It's not uncommon to have awkward, shitty dates

"...entitled behavior and hypocritical in light of Ansari's progressive, pro-feminist stance in his comedy. Regardless of our difference in..."

Jan. 26, 2018 Column by The Luv Doc

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