Transformation isn't horror. It's heartbreak John Landis' An American Werewolf in London is a genre-defying howl of a film - equal parts body horror, dark comedy and tragic myth. It follows David, a young American backpacker bitten on the Moors and cursed to transform under the full moon. What unfolds is a cinematic metamorphosis: grotesque,… Continue reading The Cinematic Genius of An American Werewolf in London
Welcome to Santa Carla! Joel Schumacher's The Lost Boys isn't just a vampire film - it's a cultural artifact. Released in 1987, it fused horror with teen rebellion, gothic myth with MTV swagger. Set in the fictional town of Santa Carla ("the murder capital of the world"), the film follows two brothers who discover that… Continue reading The Lost Boys: A Vampire Classic Revisited
"Laugh, and the world laughs with you. Weep, and you weep alone". Park Chan-wook's Old Boy isn't just a revenge thriller - it's a cinematic descent into madness, memory and myth. A loose adaptation from the Japanese manga of the same name, the film follows Oh Dae-su, a man who has been imprisoned for fifteen… Continue reading Vengeance, Confinement and the Myth of Memory in Old Boy (2003)
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