13 Cosmic Horror Films About Humanity’s Insignificance
Most horror films give fear a recognizable shape. The killer wants revenge. The ghost remains attached to a particular place.
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Oddity (2024) Review: Grief as a Spooky Weapon
There is something deeply unpleasant about watching an inanimate “object” suddenly appearing in a different spot. Oddity works with this kind
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Never Let Go (2024): When Abuse Becomes a Monster
There is a compelling idea at the center of Alexandre Aja’s Never Let Go (2024): abuse reproduces itself. Trauma doesn’t remain sealed
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Review: Talk to Me (2022), When Grief Becomes an Addiction
Talk to Me (2022) understands that the most dangerous supernatural object isn’t necessarily one that forces itself on people. Sometimes it’s
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Between Boys: Friendship, Desire, and Violence in Super Dark Times
Near the end of Super Dark Times (2017), Zach tries to stop Josh with the one kind of speech the boys have
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Obsession (2026), Horrific Love Without Consent
I have a soft spot for horror films that clearly don’t have money to waste. When a filmmaker cannot rely
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Colony (2026): Cooperative Individualism Against the Zombie Hive
The following essay contains major spoilers for Colony (2026). Zombies are normally terrifying because they are mindless. In Yeon Sang-ho’s Colony, they are
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Review: The Last House (2026) Climate Anxiety Turned Prepper Fantasy
The first half of The Last House (2026) brought back memories of the COVID lockdown for me. I was hunkered down in
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Faith, Control, and the Illusion of Choice in Heretic (2024)
This essay contains major spoilers. Scott Beck and Bryan Woods’ Heretic (2024) begins as a theological debate before gradually revealing that no
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Review: Bugonia (2025), A Disappointing Misadventure From Lanthimos
This review contains major spoilers. You’ve been warned! If you’d like to see the film for yourself, you can stream
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No Safe Place: Queer Space, Religious Violence, and Survival in Leviticus
Most horror films generate fear by violating the boundary between a dangerous world and a supposedly protected interior. The killer
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Passenger (2026), A Few Good Scares Lost in a Bad Story
Passenger (2026) starts well. In fact, it starts well enough to make the rest of the film feel even more disappointing.
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Review: The Substance (2024), Bubblegum Body Horror for the GLP-1 Era
Yes, I realize I’m late to the party. For quite a while, I actively declined to watch The Substance (2024). The
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10 Best Art Horror Films for Philosophy Students
Horror has always been philosophical, even when it pretends otherwise. Its monsters test the boundaries separating human from animal, living
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Review: The Werewolf of Washington (1973), A Political Satire Without a Point
Political satire does not have to be subtle. Dr. Strangelove (1964) doesn’t pull any punches about its stance on militarism and the men
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Review: Aenigma (1987), A Forgotten Gem from Lucio Fulci
Lucio Fulci’s reputation rests largely on the films he made during his gore-soaked run in the late 1970s and early
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Review: 28 Years Later (2025), Danny Boyle’s Best Work in Years
As someone who thinks Trainspotting (1996) is one of the greatest films, if not the greatest film of all time,
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