Year: 2018

  • The Woods Are Lovely, Dark and Deep: Freedom and Fear in the Forest

    The Woods Are Lovely, Dark and Deep: Freedom and Fear in the Forest

    [NOTE: The following contains spoilers of The Witch (2015), The Hallow (2015), The Ritual (2017), and The Scarlet Letter (but if you haven’t read that one by now…)] The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep. – Robert Frost And so ends…

  • The Art and Culture of Monsters

    The Art and Culture of Monsters

    I think it all starts with the Monster in the Closet. Or under the bed. Or on the roof. Or perhaps perched in the tree just outside our window — the one that makes us take the risk to get out of bed and pull the curtains just a little tighter. Anything that might keep…