it's always so fascinating and heartbreaking when a character in a story is simultaneously idolized and abused. a chosen prophet destined for martyrdom. a child prodigy forced to grow up too fast. a powerful warrior raised as nothing but a weapon. there's just something so uniquely messed up about singing someone's praises whilst destroying them.
BARBENHEIMER (2023)
Winona Ryder and Jenna Ortega for Elle's Ask Me Anything
Albert Bierstadt (American, 1830–1902), "A Storm in the Rocky Mountains, Mt. Rosalie" (detail), 1866
WRITERS + DIRECTORS ON THE POWER OF HORROR
Catriona Ward, interview for The Guardian Mark Gatiss, in A History of Horror (2010) Pascal Laugier, for Electric Sheep Candyman (1992), dir. Bernard Rose Colin Dickey, Ghostland Carmen Maria Machado, for Paris Review Kier-La Janisse, House of Psychotic Women Possession (1981), dir. Andrzej Żuławski Mariana Enríquez, ‘Notes on Craft’, Granta Guillermo del Toro, Haunted Castles, Dark Mirrors
JENNA ORTEGA as ASTRID DEETZ BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE 2024, dir. Tim Burton
SCREAM VI (2023) dir. Matt Bettinelli-Olpin & Tyler Gillett
CHALLENGERS (2024) Dir. Luca Guadagnino
The Awakening Of The Poet, Gabriel Ferrier (1899)