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Why Horror Needs Humor

Why Horror Needs Humor

Tyler Malone Wonders If Laughter is the Best Medicine or the Worst Disease

By Tyler Malone | October 31, 2024

Francis Ford Coppola’s Camp Masterpiece: Notes on <em>Megalopolis</em>

Francis Ford Coppola’s Camp Masterpiece: Notes on Megalopolis

For Tyler Malone, Every Generation Gets the “Showgirls” It Deserves

By Tyler Malone | October 25, 2024

Something Is Rotten in Horror’s Use of Pedagogy

Something Is Rotten in Horror’s Use of Pedagogy

Tyler Malone on the Canker in the Classroom

By Tyler Malone | October 31, 2023

Must Sex Always Mean Death When it Comes to Horror Movies?

Must Sex Always Mean Death When it Comes to Horror Movies?

Tyler Malone on Carnal (Lack of) Knowledge in Scary Cinema

By Tyler Malone | October 31, 2022

Do Motives Matter When It Comes to Movie Horror?

Do Motives Matter When It Comes to Movie Horror?

Tyler Malone on Psycho, Michael Myers, and Psychologism in Cinematic Horror

By Tyler Malone | October 29, 2021

Wonder or Horror? On the Dark Side of Our Reverence for Nature

Wonder or Horror? On the Dark Side of Our Reverence for Nature

Tyler Malone Explores the Cinematic Worlds of Eco-Horror

By Tyler Malone | October 30, 2020

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The Terror Behind the Mask

By Tyler Malone | October 31, 2019

On John Wayne, Cancel Culture, and the Art of Problematic Artists

By Tyler Malone | June 21, 2019

Deadwood, TV’s Most Literary Show, Gets Its Rightful Foul-Mouthed Send-Off

By Tyler Malone | June 4, 2019

What Does <em>Ulysses</em> Tell Us About<br> Pete Buttigieg?

What Does Ulysses Tell Us About
Pete Buttigieg?

On Judging a Candidate By What They Read

By Tyler Malone | April 15, 2019

John McPhee: Seven Ways of Looking at a Writer

John McPhee: Seven Ways of Looking at a Writer

“I write about real people in real places. End of story.”

By Tyler Malone | January 17, 2019

Stan Lee, the Would-Be Novelist Who Created Worlds

Stan Lee, the Would-Be Novelist Who Created Worlds

One of the Great American Storytellers

By Tyler Malone | November 14, 2018

The Zombies of Karl Marx:  Horror in Capitalism's Wake

The Zombies of Karl Marx: Horror in Capitalism's Wake

Brains, one might say, “to each according to his need.”

By Tyler Malone | October 31, 2018

Why Are We Obsessed with Onscreen Bloodletting?

Why Are We Obsessed with Onscreen Bloodletting?

A Brief History of Gore, Splatter, and the Art of Fake Blood

By Tyler Malone | October 31, 2017

In Memory of George Michael, In Praise of Mistakes

In Memory of George Michael, In Praise of Mistakes

On the True Meaning of Freedom

By Tyler Malone | December 29, 2016

The Novelist Who Gave Up on the World

The Novelist Who Gave Up on the World

Jung Young Moon Talks About Contrived Worlds and Just Not Caring

By Tyler Malone | November 2, 2016

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