On this podcast episode, we revisit two horror films about motherhood, Jennifer Kent’s The Babadook and Alice Lowe’s Prevenge.
Women in Horror Month
Katharine Isabelle in American Mary (Great horror performances #5)
Rosie McCaffrey discusses why Katharine Isabelle’s performance in American Mary is one of her favourites by an actress in a horror film.
Kristen Stewart in Personal Shopper (Great horror performances #4)
Kristen Stewart uses physical tics as pointedly as lines of dialogue. Her artificial, artfully rendered oddness reveals something naturalism could not.
Lupita Nyong’o in Us (Great horror performances #3)
Orla Smith discusses why Lupita Nyong’o’s performance in Us is one of her favourites by an actress in a horror film.
Ep. 31: Women in Horror Month 2020
For Women in Horror month, Executive Editor Orla Smith speaks to four women horror critics about why they love the genre and their recent favourite horror films.
Claire Foy in Unsane (Great horror performances #2)
In this excerpt from her essay on Claire Foy’s career, which features in our feminist horror ebook Beyond Empowertainment, Alex Heeney discusses the many masks of Claire Foy in Unsane.