fear
Why do we worry ourselves over scenarios that are literally millions of times less likely to happen than dying while doing activities like driving and eating?
Cult-like reverence, government involvement, the possible destruction of humanity, and living in a constant state of panic are all what would happen if Superman showed up today.
Clement Tyler Obropta explores whether or not Scooby-Doo promotes racist messaging, and how it uses xenophobic thinking to power a praxis of politics for propelling the narrative.
Glass Cabin is a delectable little horror short reaching into the depths of the human mind, a mind that cannot be trusted.
Beyond catchy scores or bad special effects or bloody fun, shark films have a great deal to say about our own anxieties on commercial exploitation of the environment.
We’re in a shift in the current age of horror, where films tend not to be outright scary, but instead delve more subtly into inborn fears.
Sullivan’s Travels may not quickly come to mind when watching Monsters, Inc., but after examining both films, there is a connection in not only their themes but their structures as well.
Mario tackles the stigma of being a gay man in professional soccer with remarkable realism and heart, with what could have been excessively melodramatic or exploitative.
In this entry of Mental Illness In The Movies, we discuss Hereditary, delving into how the film could be interpreted as an allegory for the fears of neurodivergent families.
Premiering at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival, Justin P. Lange’s The Dark is an ingenious reinvention of the zombie genre, bringing a new rage monster to the cinematic screen and exhibiting what anger and fear truly is. This is a film you will not soon be forgetting.
In this Tribeca Film Festival Round-up, Stephanie Archer looks at the films she saw that found that dominated their central focus and inspiration in oppression, fear and freedom.
While by no means without its faults, The Midnight Man, from director Travis Zariwny, is a good time horror film that fans of the genre will love.
It’s almost Halloween, so the Film Inquiry writers tell about the films that truly scared them. Even traumatised them.
High Noon, though premiering in 1952, is a film that has great significance today, expressing the strength and power of individual will.
Fear Itself is a series of montages of famous horror films, though it misses out on probing just why we are fascinated by being scared.
