Tag: The Shining
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ANALYSIS: Monster Mom and Deadly Dad – Parenthood and Mental Ill-Health in Horror
Trigger warning for suicide, domestic abuse and family annihilation As part of our celebration of Andrzej Żuławski’s POSSESSION (1981) this month, Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana examines the relationship between parenthood and mental ill-health in horror cinema… Battling your demons and haunted by ghosts: both expressions that can be used to describe those dealing mental health problems. As…
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TOP 9: Horror Gifts for 2022
It’s me, Billy! Ahem, I mean it’s nearly Christmas! But what to get the horror lover in your life (or maybe a sneaky something for yourself). Alex Kronenburg has you covered with our Top 9 Horror Gift recommendations for 2022… 1. For those who obey… John Carpenter’s cult classic They Live has never been as…
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TOP 10: Most Traumatic Stephen King Moments
The killer clown that feeds on fear. Cursed ancient Indian burial grounds. A vengeful telekinetic teen. The ’58 Plymouth Fury that thirsts for blood. Just a few examples of the demons that gleefully traverse our nightmares, etched into our shared cultural fabric. So join Moving Pictures Film Club as we count down the top ten most…
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ANALYSIS: Mommy’s Little Monsters – Motherhood in Horror
This Mother’s Day, Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana unpacks the darker side of motherhood… There is very little else in the entirety of a person’s life that is as frightening as reproducing, giving birth to and raising a tiny human whose survival instinct – unlike that of most animals – doesn’t kick in properly until their late teens.…
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31 DAYS OF HORROR #15: Richard Waters & Alison Scarff on THE SHINING (1980)
Director / Producer partners Richard Waters and Alison Scarff – whose latest Bring Out The Fear (2021) is currently tearing up the festival circuit – book a stay at The Overlook Hotel… What is there left to say about Stanley Kubrick’s iconic adaptation of Stephen King’s masterpiece The Shining? A film that is so entrenched…
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ANALYSIS: Masculinity and Monstrous Fatherhood in THE SHINING
“Monsters are real. Ghosts are too. They live inside of us, and sometimes, they win.” Stephen King, The Shining When thinking of bad fathers, we might immediately recall the lunacy of Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) in Stanley Kubrick’s adaptation of Stephen King’s The Shining (1980): breaking through the door with his axe, shouting “Here’s Johnny”…
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