Tag: Historical Drama

The Cursed Gives the Werewolf Movie New Teeth

May 3, 2022.Reading time 7 minutes.

Over the last 20 years, vampires and zombies enjoyed a revival in horror. HBO series True Blood and (for better or worse) Twilight re-ignited a wider interest with vampires. And zombies dominated horror on the big and small screen for a better part of a decade. Comparatively, werewolves haven’t enjoyed quite the same renaissance. However, […]

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The Nightingale: Historical Drama A Harrowing Window Into Colonial Violence

June 29, 2020.Reading time 8 minutes.

Australian filmmaker Jennifer Kent blew horror fans away with her directorial debut, The Babadook. Consider it no small feat that her first feature-length effort was one of the best horror movies of last decade. While she waited a few years, Kent’s anticipated follow-up, The Nightingale, was immediately divisive upon its release. Set amidst the historical […]

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