The politics of horror -- what matters behind the splatter
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Worth checking out:Patrick Kevin Day has put together a smart photo gallery called The Politics of Horror that dissects the poltical messaging and subtexts behind classic scary films such as Ridley Scott’s 1979 landmark ‘Alien’ (shown above in a scene with the creature menacing Harry Dean Stanton). Again you can find it right here.
-- Geoff Boucher
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