Feb 28, 2021
As a classic adaptation of Shirley Jackson's novel The Haunting of Hill House, The Haunting is one of the all-time great psychological horror films. We discuss how it employs character, atmosphere and subtext to create fear, how it depicts the societal contraints placed on midcentury women and how it gets Shirley...
Feb 23, 2021
In which we introduce mini episodes: short episodes covering films connected in some way to upcoming full monthly episodes. This month we're discussing adaptations of work by writer Shirley Jackson. Here we talk about 2018's We Have Always Lived in the Castle, directed by Stacie Passon, and consider domestic horror,...