Girl Meets Freak
Weres & Shapeshifters
Movie Discussion: Len Wiseman’s Underworld (2003)
Girl Meets Context: Horror Franchise Month concludes with this goth-inflected “vampires vs. werewolves” action-horror flick. The film is set in an unspecified European city (most probably Budapest) in which Selene (Kate Beckinsale), a vampire assassin or “death-dealer,” is caught up in a centuries-long conflict between Lycans (as werewolves are known in this universe) and vampires. It … Continue reading
Movie Discussion: John Fawcett’s Ginger Snaps (2000)
Girl Meets Context: At the start of the 21st century a little Canadian werewolf movie crept onto and off of screens without much fanfare. In fact, it was practically ignored outside of Canada. But the movie found a new life on DVD and is now considered one of the cult movies of the early 2000s. Ginger Snaps … Continue reading
Movie Discussion: Drew Goddard’s The Cabin in the Woods (2012)
Girl Meets Context: It is difficult to even synopsize The Cabin in the Woods because the plot of the movie relies so much on twists and turns… so please be forewarned that there will be massive SPOILERS AHEAD!!! If you haven’t gone to see this movie yet, rush to your local theater to see it, then … Continue reading
Movie Discussion: John Landis’ An American Werewolf in London (1981)
Kristine, Full disclosure: I’ve considered An American Werewolf in London a classic staple of the genre and one of my favorite horror movies ever since I watched it obsessively as a teenager (probably 20 or so times), but I had not watched the movie in probably 10 years and so my memories of it had faded. The most iconic scenes … Continue reading
