Showbiz: Amateur Adventures in Film Studies

We do a bit of noticing of the origins of the Slasher genre with Black Christmas directed by Bob Clark and Texas Chainsaw Massacre directed by Tobe Hooper.

We do a bit of noticing of Christmas magic (?) and that George Bailey is kinda an entitled jerk-face in It's a Wonderful Life.

We do a bit of noticing of alien nutrition, sexy vampires, and Art House Horror in Under the Skin directed by Jonathan Glazer and A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night directed by Ana Lily Amirpour.

We do a bit of noticing of body horror in The Fly directed by David Cronenberg and Titane directed by Julia Ducournau.

We do a bit of noticing of zombie fiction with Romero's grandaddy of all zombie flicks, Night of the Living Dead and the most recent addition, Danny Boyle's 28 Years Later.

This week we do a bit of noticing of the elements of Folk Horror and sisters doing it for themselves in The VVitch directed by Robert Eggers and Midsommer directed by Ari Aster.

We do a bit of noticing of Creature Features in Jaws directed by Steven Spielberg and THe Host directed by Bong Joon Ho.

We do a bit of learning about the elements of the Horror genre in our second lesson...