![]() ![]() ![]() Would horror movies have the same pull on our small screens, with the realities of quarantine not exactly out of frame? According to our critics, the answer is: Without a doubt. Horror fans, like the rest of cinephiles, were deprived of the ability to sit in a darkened, crowded theater and let a story envelop them. In the midst of a pandemic, movies have quietly premiered in a handful of open theaters, been rushed on demand, or, if they’re lucky, found footing on some streaming platform. What does it mean to choose fear in a year already dominated by it?įilm itself has also experienced a strange run. The category’s penchant for toying with societal taboos and visceral antagonisms might make it, for some, a strange one to explore in 2020, what with so many parts of the world still ravaged by the very real, panic-inducing effects of COVID-19: death and unprecedented isolation, among other things. Horror is a genre predicated on pushing the boundaries of one of the most essential and revealing of human emotions: fear. Photo-Illustration: Vulture and Photos by IFC Midnight, Neon and Shudder, What does it mean to choose fear in a year already dominated by it?
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