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HOYA HORROR | ‘Coraline’ is an Enduring Classic

By William McCall November 17, 2022

I adore horror. I love the imagery, the gut-wrenching frights and the creativity that arises out of a cinematic obsession with fear. While other genres descend into monolithic voids of originality —...

HOYA HORROR | “Barbarian” a Haunting Contender for Year’s Best Horror Film

HOYA HORROR | “Barbarian” a Haunting Contender for Year’s Best Horror Film

By William McCall September 29, 2022

As a genre, horror revolves around the moment when the ordinary turns eldritch — when safety dissolves into danger and when what was once familiar becomes alien. In John Carpenter’s “Halloween,”...

HOYA HORROR: Why Do Female Monsters Need Reason To Kill?

HOYA HORROR: Why Do Female Monsters Need Reason To Kill?

By Lucia Pieto September 28, 2021

When I was six years old, I referred to the 2004 horror comedy “Seed of Chucky” as none other than the “dolly movie” in front of my father, who had been a fan of horror for most of his life. Although...

'Ratched' Thrills With Enigmatic Characters, Disturbing Developments

‘Ratched’ Thrills With Enigmatic Characters, Disturbing Developments

By Maeve Silk October 1, 2020

★★★★☆ Netflix’s new original show, “Ratched,” offers a compelling look into a deeply complicated, intelligent and enigmatic “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” character who navigates...

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Movie Review: ‘The Killing of a Sacred Deer’

By Kiera Geraghty October 24, 2017

★★★★☆ As its title seems to suggest, “The Killing of a Sacred Deer,” by Yorgos Lanthimos, director of the Oscar-nominated film “The Lobster,” takes an unsettling – yet balanced...

BLUMHOUSE PRODUCTIONS

Movie Review: ‘Happy Death Day’

By Megan Shapiro October 17, 2017

★★★☆☆ With its premiere Friday, Oct. 13, “Happy Death Day” has branded itself as one of the scariest films of the fall. Created by Blumhouse Productions, the company behind films such...

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Movie Review: ‘It’

By William Leo September 15, 2017

★★☆☆☆ In order for any horror movie to inspire anything beyond trivial fright, it must touch on the substance of real human experience. Through its scenes of terror, the film must tell...

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Movie Review: ‘Life’

By Kathryn Lenihan March 31, 2017

★★☆☆☆ Director Daniel Espinosa brings extraterrestrial life on Mars to audiences in “Life,” in which a rapidly evolving life form that could lead to mass extinction on Earth threatens...

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Movie Review: ‘Fist Fight’

By Jeff Naft February 17, 2017

★★★★☆ Awkwardly sandwiched between winter films vying for awards and Hollywood summer blockbusters seeking large audiences are the late-winter and spring movies. Like a quarterback at a math...

Horrors from the Intern Desk

Horrors from the Intern Desk

By Alessandra Puccio and Alessandra Puccio July 17, 2016

As August approaches, 4E reached out to some interning Hoyas to see how everyone's summer has been going. What we found terrified us. Turns out that the internships that we slaved all year round to...

This Just in: Snapchat Does it Again

This Just in: Snapchat Does it Again

By Jenna Clifford and Jenna Clifford September 15, 2015

Confused by how all of your friends suddenly aged 60 years in their Snapchats today? Wondering what the deal is with all of the mini horror films that seem to be comprising your stories? Wishing you...

Horror on a Budget

By Bryan Yuen April 17, 2015

“I would never be someone who would grow up and forget their dreams,” Georgetown alumnus Steve Wolsh (MSB ’03) said. Most people would not expect being a director of a low-budget horror film...

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