This being October, there's lots of horror packed into this latest potpourri post. Over at Horror Geek Life , I recently explored the powerful gender commentary layered throughout American Mary (2012). The film was written and directed by Jen and Sylvia Soska (pictured above, #twinning), and opened six years ago. Here's an excerpt from the essay: At one point, Mary asks her boss at the club, “Do you think I’m crazy?” Is Mary crazy? Or is she a women pushed too far, by financial distress and the constant, daily, ever-present threat of toxic masculinity? The Soska Sisters implicate us, the audience, in the sort of male gaze fantasy that's all too common in film. I think it's one of the best horror films in recent memory, a truly visceral and thought-provoking experience. It also features an exceptionally brave performance from Katharine Isabelle, as Mary. The film is also laced with plenty of delicious, dark humor, as well. If you missed it over th...
we are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars