Meg Shields

Based in the Pacific North West, Meg enjoys long scrambles on cliff faces and cozying up with a good piece of 1960s eurotrash. As a senior contributor at FSR, Meg's objective is to spread the good word about the best of sleaze, genre, and practical effects.
Moonrise Kingdom Wes Anderson Symmetry

How Wes Anderson’s Symmetry Extends to Editing

By Meg Shields 

Perfectly balanced, as all things should be.

Spider Man No Way Home Ending

So Long Spandex: Unravelling the CGI Modern Superhero Suit

By Meg Shields 

Insidious? Artful? You decide!

Best Movies 2021: Drive My Car

‘Drive My Car’ and ‘Uncle Vanya’: How Intertextuality Enriches a Film

By Meg Shields 

Beep beep! It’s time to talk about intertextuality!

Batman Gotham

Which ‘Batman’ Film Had the Best Gotham?

By Meg Shields 

Your answer may vary depending on your love of German Expressionism.

Studio Laika: Kubo And The Strings

How Studio Laika Seeds Their Stories with Invisible Labor

By Meg Shields 

Ah yes, the unseen magical realm to just-out-of-frame animators pipeline.

Evil Dead Ii Sam Raimi

From Goopy to Groovy: How Sam Raimi Approaches Horror Comedy

By Meg Shields 

If comedy is just tragedy + time … we have to assume that horror comedy is tragedy + slime.

Best Movies Benedetta

Master of Nun(sploitation): The Cinematic Influences of ‘Benedetta’

By Meg Shields 

Developed something of a HABIT for nun films after watching ‘Benedetta’? We’ve got you covered.

Streaming Horror May 2022

All the Horror You Need to Stream in May 2022

By Meg Shields 

From pre-code nightmare fuel to hot new horrifying releases, here’s the streamable horror to keep an eye on this May.

The Wailing Horror

Why the Horror of ‘The Wailing’ Hinges on Ambiguity

By Meg Shields 

Time to dig into the bones of a film that really lives up to its name.