Tag: Strong Female Antagonist

Charbonier and Powell keep the story draped in shadows, revealing just enough of this formidable killer to chill us to the bone....

Smile 2 may put a shiny, pop filter over addiction and recovery, but its message still hits just as hard. ...

the film is a paranoid nightmare revealing the ways in which our patriarchal society thrives by gaslighting, abusing, then discarding women....

Somewhere in between horror and true crime lies the faux documentary. While technically falling under the found footage genre, this unique subtype tells a fictional story through the lens of investigative journalism. Rather than disconnected snippets the audience must mentally piece together, the faux documentary walks us through each...

Three brothers attempt to protect each other from their abusive father but find that the truth behind a tragic fall may be more horrific than they could have imagined. ...

Thirty-six years later, we return to Burton’s afterlife and catch up with these friends and foes as they deal with a web of tangled romance. While an excess of plot bogs the film down, it’s the Deetz matriarchy that rises to the top....

Something interesting is happening to the modern western. After decades of male-dominated frontier stories in which dutiful wives maintain the home while their brave men go off to be cowboys, attention has been turning towards the women left behind in the wild west. The 2017 Netflix miniseries Godless seemed...

Prince-Wright uses the story of a single soldier and his noble companions to highlight the futility of war in and of itself. ...

This frightening creature brings death and destruction to those he loves most and lurks in the shadows of his children’s dreams....

Set at a nefarious sleep clinic, this story has elements of pure terror and plays with the idea of consensual reality....