Girl Meets Freak
Busted!
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: James Wan’s Saw (2004)
Girl Meets Context: We kick off Horror Franchise Month with the first film in the top-grossing horror franchise of all time. Like many horror movie success stories, Saw was made for a song – a mere 1.2 million – and proved to be insanely profitable when it grossed over a hundred million dollars. Kicking off a long-running … Continue reading
Movie Discussion: Victor Salva’s Jeepers Creepers (2001)
Girl Meets Context: Jeepers Creepers came out in 2001 and was a big success. It was the fourth film made by director Victor Salva after his 15-month incarceration for sexually molesting a 12-year old child actor on the set of his first feature, Clownhouse (1989). Salva had already made Powder (1995) just after being released from prison, … Continue reading
Movie Discussion: Clive Barker’s Hellraiser (1987)
Girl Meets Context: On December 20, 2011 Kristine and I queued up the horror/dark fantasy film Hellraiser, the directorial debut of horror novelist Clive Barker, adapted from his own novella. Barker burst onto the scene in the ’80s with his beloved Books of Blood, a series of story collections that were marketed with a pull quote from … Continue reading
