Why Horror Matters
Horror has faced aspersions time after time. In being on the fringe of pop culture, the genre has had the space to do bold things. To be transgressive. To leave an indelible mark on the medium of film…
Tag: Stephen King
The Ground is Bad in the First ‘Pet Sematary’ Trailer
Sometimes dead is better in our first look at the chilling Stephen King adaptation.
‘Castle Rock’ Finale Fizzles
Is the Kid evil? Or is the season's ending simply underwhelming?
‘Castle Rock’ Leaves Us Seriously Wondering, Who is The Kid?
"I know you still have doubts."
Death Is Art In the Latest Episode of ‘Castle Rock’
All this time we've been thinking that the Kid (Bill Skarsgård) is the harbinger of death in Castle Rock, but what if it's actually Henry (André Holland)? It was a death that made him leave town and a…
‘Castle Rock’ Devastates With “The Queen”
When we last saw Ruth (Sissy Spacek) she was looking up in fear at the Kid (Bill Skarsgård) as he enters her house while she's alone. My concerns from last week that she was on the way out just as she…
The Voice of God Isn’t Quite What It Seems in Episode 6 of ‘Castle Rock’
Oh Ruth, we hardly knew you.
‘Castle Rock’ and The Trouble With Easter Eggs
On the importance (and difficulty) of untangling the Stephen King-inspired show from its source material.
Hell Comes Home to ‘Castle Rock’ in Episode 5
The season's mid-point sees flames knocking on Castle Rock's door.
