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The decision to make the most recent installment of Hell House LLC, titled Lineage, a regular movie rather than a found footage movie raised doubts and questions from initial announcement. Unfortunately I spent the night of August 20th confused what I was even watching. Very few times in my life have myself or my husband decided that a movie wasn't worth sitting in the theater to complete it and instead left but this is one of those time, I walked out about 40 minutes into th

In this post I argue the thesis: the audience driven success of Get Out (2017) encouraged more money invested in making black horror. This investment resulted in more black voices successfully telling black stories through the genre which helped push the genre forward while validating unspoken pains experienced by many in the community and generating large return on investments.

Opening with the final product Faceless After Dark released in 2023 starring Jenna Kanell as Bowie, a B-horror movie actress who has just broken into the industry. While the movie itself is not the biggest blockbuster of horror films it has more care and reverence for the subject matter it covers than the fake movie in the film. The movie follows Bowie as she grapples with building parasocial expectations from the movie’s fan base and feeling like she has pigeon holed herself

Prior to Paranormal Activity (2007) found footage success was limited to the first Blair Witch Project movie that premiered in 1999 with the caveat that the 2nd movie flopped hard. Like its predecessor in the subgenre the first Paranormal Activity movie relied heavily on guerrilla marketing. That term, guerrilla marketing, refers to marketing that doesn’t feel like marketing or straight up advertising despite being just that.

On the surface The Skeleton Key (2005) comes off as an average horror thriller film of the time, taking audiences along to question the main character’s sanity and if supernatural elements could be the root cause. Kate Hudson portraying Caroline Ellis is a 25 year old who recently lost her dad while pursuing the roadie tour life which is the reason for her sudden career shift. For the pay of $1,000 a week she moves into this mansion to care for an elderly man but the job isn'

The revival of the Scream franchise 11 years after the last installment feels like a confirmation that a new era of horror has arrived and solidified itself into the horror ecosystem. Modern horror tropes take center stage as a new group of teens in Woodsboro face a new Ghostface copycat killer. The 5th installment simply titled Scream (2022) is the first in the series not directed by Wes Craven who passed away in 2015.