[Mother of Fears] Mother of Fear-Escaping a Mother’s Love in Run (2020)
Editorials, Horror, Mother of Fears, Analysis Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor Editorials, Horror, Mother of Fears, Analysis Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor

[Mother of Fears] Mother of Fear-Escaping a Mother’s Love in Run (2020)

Going away to college can be a difficult time for both parents and children. While both parties are no doubt looking forward to the new-found freedom which will come with the change in circumstances, it also brings a lot of disruption to the status quo of the past eighteen years.

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[Editorial] Exploring sexism, ageism, and toxic relationships with The Leech Woman (1960)
Editorials, Horror, Analysis Candy Allison / Contributor Editorials, Horror, Analysis Candy Allison / Contributor

[Editorial] Exploring sexism, ageism, and toxic relationships with The Leech Woman (1960)

Ageism is nothing new to society, particularly from the female perspective. It affects all genders, but is specifically more challenging for women who statistically do more to “cover up” signs of age such as gray hairs, fine lines and wrinkles, age spots, etc. as a societal norm.

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[Editorial] Mommy’s Busy: Punishing Maternal Ambition in The Swarm
Editorials, Horror, Analysis Ariel McCleese / Contributor Editorials, Horror, Analysis Ariel McCleese / Contributor

[Editorial] Mommy’s Busy: Punishing Maternal Ambition in The Swarm

I went back to work when my daughter was six weeks old. I’d hidden my pregnant bulge just beneath the bottom edge of the Zoom screen for months. My students had no idea that as we discussed Carol Clover’s take on rape revenge, the fetus was pressing on my bladder so hard I thought I would scream.

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[Mother of Fears] A Mother Never Forgives in The Woman in Black (2012)
Editorials, Horror, Mother of Fears, Analysis Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor Editorials, Horror, Mother of Fears, Analysis Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor

[Mother of Fears] A Mother Never Forgives in The Woman in Black (2012)

In the remote village of Crythin Gifford, not everything is as it seems. The quaint location seems like it would be the perfect place to relax and enjoy the peace, but the residents of Crythin Gifford have reason to hold their children extra tightly and shield them from the horrors lurking in this slice of the English countryside…

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[Editorial] I’m Your No.1 Fan: Sleeping with the Dead in Salem’s Lot (1979)
Editorials, Horror, Analysis Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor Editorials, Horror, Analysis Kim Morrison / Senior Contributor

[Editorial] I’m Your No.1 Fan: Sleeping with the Dead in Salem’s Lot (1979)

In the small town of Salem’s Lot, everyone knows everyone else’s business. They know that ‘Boom Boom’ Bonnie is having an affair with her boss, they know that Weasel still lives in the boarding house owned by his ex Eva Miller, and they know when strangers come to town.

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