The Grim Outdoors – Monstaphors

The Grim Outdoors: Overview

Breathe in that fresh air… pine needles and damp earth and — fresh blood? And why is that tree looking at us funny? Normal people embrace the Great Outdoors. For Normal People, Nature represents tranquility and peace – a place […]

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 […]