Lycanthropy is not for the faint of heart. Bloody lacerations appear, seemingly out of nowhere, on arms and legs. Teeth tumble from mouths like dew from plants. Toenails detach themselves from their appendages, the useless flotsam of a metamorphosis in progress. Bones wriggle and readjust with the curdling cracks of a nightmare visit to the chiropractor. It’s been a good 20 … [Read more...]
‘It Comes at Night’ gives paranoia a grim, powerful thrust
In most genres, "it" is a benign pronoun. In horror, it is a manifestation of the indescribable — your worst nightmares incarnate. In Stephen King’s It, which will finally lurk onto the big screen in September, the title being is a clownlike manifestation of the inner demons of childhood. Larry Cohen’s cult curio It’s Alive! interpreted the pronoun more directly: That’s the … [Read more...]