Of all the horror sub-genres out there one that has to be the absolute hardest to nail down in a coherent or successful way would be dream-like horror. When people discuss their nightmares most of the horror comes from a perfect mix of disturbing visuals/ scenarios and the nonsensical dream logic. What makes it scary [...]

Anxiety, for the many people that experience it, is a disorder that is hard to explain let alone capture on film. In a thriller, the audience can be put on the edge of their seats with stressful situations and high stakes, but anxiety is a different beast entirely. It is a boiling below the surface [...]

The art of the mockumentary is a hard line to balance between drama and comedy amongst many other factors. Is it a parody of a real documentary, is it something totally original,  is the audience in on the joke, or are they in the dark? These are the things that need to be considered if [...]

As time goes on it feels like creators are struggling more and more to tell an original story, or at least avoid direct scene comparisons to other films. Considering that the medium of film has been around since the 20th century it is easy to make a case that everything has already done but it [...]

If there is a debate that will rage on in every medium, for all time, it will be "How much of an effect does a bad ending have on a project as a whole?" How bad does the ending have to be before it undoes all of the good the film has set up and [...]

It is rarely spoken in a positive sense when people say “it has everything and the kitchen sink” when talking about movies. Much in the same way a movie with too many tones can give audiences a feeling of emotional whiplash, there are sensations and visuals that cannot be excessive for the sake of cohesion. Malignant puts [...]

Lynchian is a term to describe media that has qualities seen in the works of director David Lynch. These qualities are usually ones of abstract plots, strange situations, and the media usually has a deeper meaning that must be explored to be understood. It is the deeper meaning that filmmakers often struggle with when they [...]