Why The Happening (2008) never explains its killer virus
The Happening: just another ‘bee’ movie?
Poltergeist (1982): TV, terror and suburbia
How Poltergeist tuned into TV’s connection with the afterlife.
Se7en (1995) explained: how to create hell on Earth
Seven sees Detectives Somerset and Mills chasing a serial killer who may be the devil himself.
Prometheus explained: is it a Christmas movie?
Sci-fi horror Prometheus is about aliens, androids, creation and … Christmas?
Inheritance explained: who’s really in chains?
How Vaugh Stein’s basement thriller flips the tables on power and gender.
Careless whispers: the contagious curse at the heart of Macbeth
An original analysis of Shakespeare’s darkest tragedy, Macbeth – with a twist.