Tag: The Ritual

  • The Night House by Jonny Numb

    The Night House: Specifics of Emotion The symbiotic relationship between grief and fear is undeniable, but for all the horror efforts that hit this tricky bullseye, just as many screw it up. Thankfully, The Night House gets the tone just right.   It’s one thing to craft a film that depicts the loss of a loved…

  • The Roots in the Blood: The Persistence of Folk Horror by Kim McDonald

    The Roots in the Blood Horror never goes away. It may lay low for a while, but as long as humans remain and are forced to confront their nature, and their precarious place in the environment, horror movies continue to be one of the most viable aspects of the business. In the same vein, despite…