As characters are killed off one by one, their snarky comments about final girls and sexual promiscuity remain bizarrely poignant. And despite it being over two decades old, the humor really holds up. Perhaps the greatest example of postmodern cinema ever made, Scream exploded the rules of horror by self-consciously deconstructing the tropes that had become so patently stale before its 1996 release. If that’s the case: What are the movies you have to watch for more modern films to be legible? We’ve put together a list of 10 of the most essential horror movies ever made, and justifications for their cultural relevance. In fact, they are pretty inscrutable: Character motivations rarely make much sense, and what are those monsters even doing anyway? What media scholars call “intertextuality” - how works of art refer to other works of art to give them meaning in specific contexts - is important for understanding horror, in that some of these movies simply don’t make sense unless you’ve seen the ones that came before them. Read on after the jump to see my verdict on this sequel to the 2010.
Horror movies aren’t simple, escapist fare, though. I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE 2: An In-Depth EF Review My in-depth thoughts on the upcoming film release as a piece of Horror cinema. Instead of doomscrolling social media, why not get scared about something outrageous as opposed to something all too real? Things are pretty scary right now with everything that is currently happening in the world and we’re all looking for some sort of distraction to get our minds off it, even just for a little while.
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