Jaws Reimagined In my review of Steven Spielberg’s Jaws, I confessed that I wish the film was darker and featured morally gray characters. It’s an unpopular opinion, but I can’t help it. It’s how I’m wired. I prefer the cerebral and the brutal over the lighthearted. I’m sure some of you are wondering exactly how…
Gothic Horror I’m enamored by gothic horror and its hallmarks: abandoned buildings, supernatural events, insanity, and the past hovering over the present. I’m particularly enamored by the gothic when writers and filmmakers transport its themes and motifs from their 18th and 19th century roots to contemporary times. For example, Lucio Fulci’s Gates of Hell Trilogy…
In 1978, Stephen King released his first short story collection titled Night Shift. Personally, it’s my favorite King horror collection. The gems are everywhere: Children of the Corn, The Boogeyman, Graveyard Shift, the underrated Salem’s Lot sequel One for the Road. The list goes on and on. Among those gems is a story titled Strawberry…
An Immortal Classic? June, 1975. Jaws swam deep into the public consciousness, and, for better or worse, it has remained there ever since. Everyone knows the story. A great white shark wreaks havoc on a small coastal town and a local sheriff, a local fisherman, and a marine biologist team up to save the day….