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Category: Body Horror

Body Horror · Horror · Mumblecore · Romance

Lucky McKee’s May and the Retelling of Frankenstein for the Indie Rom-Com Era

January 22, 2023

Not only does May challenge the tropes of mumblecore and indie-rom com movies, but it also retells elements of Frankenstein, offering a female protagonist who is both monster and monster-maker.[…]

Body Horror · Horror · SF & Fantasy

“A Great Future in Plastics”: Crimes of the Future and Cronenberg’s Story of Evolution

October 5, 2022

The voice-over tells us that as a result of this neo-venereal disease, his colleague’s body is creating new organs, each one complex, perfect, unique, but without function. Each time these[…]

Category: Body Horror

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