How we view the devil defines what we believe to be good and evil in the world. The role of the devil defines the society as a whole and our place in it. As a cinematic device, the devil affords us the opportunity to examine our values, repressed desires, and our fears. We each bring our own biases and doctrines to our viewing. The devil can act as a metaphor for the ills of this world or an agent of social control. Satan can be the liberator or the enslaver.

Badlands (1973) was a film that had an ominous reputation for me growing up. As a fan of post punk artists such as Nick Cave and The Scientists, they often referenced Badlands as a brutally violent masterpiece that inspired their ...

In 1931, in a sea of mist and eerie silence Dracula, the first of Universal Studio’s classic monster series haunted the silver screen. It was at the end of cinema’s transitional period from the silent era into the age of ...

Folk horror is a genre of horror film originating in England during the late 1960’s and early 1970’s, which examines the outbreak of Witchcraft and Paganism in the British Countryside. Folk horror films are heavily reliant on the ambience of ...