Analysis and reviews of film and television by Mary Kay McBrayer
Springtime Thrillers Roundup
An Exciting Academy Awards Viewing Party Just Outside Atlanta
“Ben Deserves to Die”: Playing With Audience Expectations in ‘Speak No Evil’
Reinvigorated ’90s Nostalgic Horror In I SAW THE TV GLOW at FANGORIA
Extraterrestrial Capitalism in Cory Finley's LANDSCAPE WITH INVISIBLE HAND (2023) at Dread Central
Breaking Down Our Favorite YELLOWJACKETS Fan Theories at FANGORIA
RENFIELD (2023) Is Less for Dracula Fans and More for Superhero Fans at Tor.com
KNOCK AT THE CABIN And The Impossible Decision
The Truest Horror Of Ali Abassi’s Film HOLY SPIDER (2022) at Neon Splatter
"Why Can’t I?: Pearl, Dorothy, Mia, and Judy" at Neon Splatter
"Mary Kay’s 9 Most-Anticipated Films of Fantastic Fest 2022" in Neon Splatter
Propaganda Does Not Equal Poetry: SUCCESSION's Logan Roy Sees through Your Silly Allusions
"CRIMES OF THE FUTURE...You Mean The Medicalized Torture Of The Past?" in FANGORIA
The 10 Biggest Horror Moments In Robert Eggers' New Viking Film, THE NORTHMAN
"How to Behave in a Horror Movie: How FRESH subverts a frustrating horror-movie trope in bartender Paul" in Digital Spy
"ROCKY IV (1985): Listen To Your Wife" in Neon Splatter
"7 Ways to Improve Your Corporate Christmas Party according to DIE HARD (1988)" in Neon Splatter
"The Top 5 Bureaucratic Heroes of DIE HARD 2: DIE HARDER" in Neon Splatter
"The Immortal Creature: Ricou Browning" in FANGORIA
"Timur Bekmambetov’s PROFILE Draws A Hard Line Between Arab And Terrorist" in FANGORIA
Redemption in Emerald Fennell's Rape-Revenge Horror Film, “PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN” in Rue Morgue
"Friendship Goals: Girlie Vigilantism in Emerald Fennell’s PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN" in The Mary Sue
"Tidings of Discomfort and Woe: The Christmas Prophecies of the MOTHMAN" in The Final Girls
"Why Do We Keep Comparing OZARK's Wendy Byrde and BREAKING BAD’s Skyler White?" in The Mary Sue
"The Roots of GET OUT Run Long, Deep… And Undead" in FANGORIA
"Snitches, Gangsters, and Private Dicks: Why We Love and Hate Them" in LitReactor
"Eight Ways TALES FROM THE HOOD Still Holds Up & Remains Relevant 25 Years Later" in Killer Horror Critic
"Are Tarantino’s Leading Men in Love With Each Other in ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD?" in The Mary Sue
"MIDSOMMAR's Hårgalåten and the Ritual of Dance" in Luna Luna
"From MIDSOMMAR to US: The 3 Big Ways that Contemporary Horror Movies Use Dance" in Flickering Myth
"I Couldn’t Stop Thinking About the Terror HBO’s CHERNOBYL Held for Women and Motherhood" in The Mary Sue
"How MIDSOMMAR Utilizes and Subverts Horror Movie Tropes of People of Color" in Graveyard Shift Sisters