movies
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Almost a half century since its release, John Carpenter’s The Thing is still a staple in the horror movie landscape. To this day, watchers and fans of The Thing debate the movie’s open-ended ending. Everyone wants to know who’s still human and who is the thing? Is it MacReady (Kurt Russell) or is it Childs (Keith David)? Though that debate is fun, while watching The Thing for the first…
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Gil Kenan’s 2006 film, Monster House, is beloved by many and is frequently included in movie recommendations lists around Halloween. It’s almost been 20 years since its initial release, so I wanted to revisit it to see how it has held up. I was 11 when it came out, and the odd art style and bumbling animations turned me off for a…
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Monster narratives and monsters in stories have been popular for as long as I can remember (albeit 30 years isn’t very long), and they will continue being more relevant in 2026 because of the social climate that is fostering. As exhibited in my other posts, I love monster narratives in movies, books, and video games,…
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Before you start pointing pitchforks at me, you must know I don’t believe my headline and the film we’re looking at today doesn’t either. Women aging has been presented as this monstrous thing that we need to run from, and we’re going to see what Hayao Miyazaki’s 2004 film Howl’s Moving Castle adds to the…
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Ever since I was young, I had noticed the monsters all around me. They were in the books I read, the games I played, the movies I watched, and even cultural events. Loving Halloween was hard for a child who scared easily. As I grew, my observation about monsters being everywhere ended up developing into…