Inter-disciplinary.net and At the Interface holds a conference on Monsters and the Monstrous: Myths and Metaphors of Enduring Evil. I have had a paper accepted on Cloverfield and the evil of terrorism. The abstract is below.
Cloverfield’s monster is effective precisely because we never really see it, because it remains in our peripheral vision and seems […]
The reference is from Turbulence 3: Heavy Metal, a film I saw yesterday and which seems excellent to begin a discussion of the difference of exploitation films. Now, one of the difficult things to explain about these films is exactly why some are successful and some are utter crap. Turbulence 3 falls into the latter […]
OK, so I’m researching for a paper on torture films for a call for papers. For now, I’ll post some of my considerations on torture. First of all, however, I’m working on torture films and so will deal with the representation of torture in films as an aesthetic practice rather than actual torture such as […]
The Journal of American Studies of Turkey had a call for papers for a special theme issue on African American Studies. I sent them a proposal for an article on Sun Ra’s Space is the Place. The description of the proposal follows.
“You don’t exist in this society”: Sun Ra’s Space is the Place
I’m not real, […]
By Steen | April 29, 2007
Martino’s Torso is really a perfect example of the giallo genre. Plenty of naked girls, an insane killer, suspense and slashings. The only real weakness it has is its insistence on showing poorly executed gore sequences. As a low-budget film, it works extremely well, but in these gore sequences it is difficult not to lose […]
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