ARROW: An arrow in horror films is both a career vector, a weapon, and a metaphor. When it comes to actors, many became famous after slumming it in horror films, which at the time in terms of prestige, ranked marginally above daytime soaps and porn. Julia Louis-Dreyfus uttered a handful of words in Woody Allen’sContinue reading “Horror Movie Dictionary: Arrow”
Category Archives: Horror
A Bay of Blood
In evolutionary biology, a phylogenetic tree shows physical or genetic relationships among species. And many gore-hounds forget that proto-slashers Black Christmas and Halloween share a common ancestor: A Bay of Blood. In 1971, Mario Bava might very well have birthed the first truly modern horror film. A Bay of Blood not only has all theContinue reading “A Bay of Blood”
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