Showing posts with label revenge. Show all posts
Showing posts with label revenge. Show all posts
Monday, April 27, 2020

"Here There Be Monsters," But There Needs to Be More

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Copyright 2020 by Gary L. Pullman The short horror film “ Here There Be Monsters ,” directed by Australian filmmaker Drew MacDon...
Wednesday, April 8, 2020

Hungry Again: A Review of Sult, a Short Horror Film

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Copyright 2020 by Gary L. Pullman Sult (2018), a Norwegian short erotic horror film runs about seven minutes and thirty-six m...
Monday, July 9, 2018

H. G. Wells: The Art of "The Cone"

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Copyright 2018 by Gary L. Pullman H. G. Wells's masterful short story, “The Cone,” tells a simple, straightforward tale of ve...
Sunday, June 24, 2018

"Teeth" and the Horrors of Sexual Repression

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 Copyright 2018 by Gary L. Pullman Although on a literal level, Teeth , a movie about a teenage girl with a toothed vagina, or a...
Saturday, September 3, 2011

The First Three Closing Paragraphs in “Gideon’s Sword”: A Study in Motivation

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Copyright 2011 by Gary L. Pullman An earlier series of posts examined Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child’s use of opening chapter...
Saturday, May 14, 2011

Sex and Horror, Part 4

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Copyright 2011 by Gary L. Pullman The werewolf doesn’t figure large in Jason Colavito’s Knowing Fear: Science, Knowledge, and the De...
Thursday, February 25, 2010

Quick Tip: Monstrous Motivations

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Copyright 2010 by Gary L. Pullman To start, let’s list a dozen horror stories and the antagonists, or monsters, which each of them features....
Tuesday, June 2, 2009

The Monster’s Lair: Setting As Psychology

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Copyright 2009 by Gary L. Pullman The monster’s lair is the antithesis of home sweet home. It is the home turned inside out and upside down....