Biology professor and swamp clown. Studies spiders, flies, and their parasites. This account for horror and horror-adjacent only.
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Nope 2022
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Every one of Peele’s films has been a unique and illuminating take on a distinct horror subgenre. NOPE lays the groundwork for a horror/scifi/thriller with some nice narrative lures, but the themes are what really drew me in. I’m a behavioral ecology professor, so it’s not surprising that I connected with the applied animal behavior theme. NOPE 's storytelling relies on one of the most interesting and complicated/problematic industries in animal behavior, the use of domesticated animals for entertainment. It…
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Mimic 1997
As a biologist who studies insects and infectious disease, there are few films *more* up my professional alley than Mimic. Do we get clunky word salads of scientific terminology? of course. Are there some really exaggerated and unlikely representation of evolution and public health? Definitely. But most of the phenomena used as source materal are legitimate (e.g., biological control agents, aggressive mimicry, judas/sentinel programs) which grants the film some scientific street cred. Perhaps most impressive is that termites are now…
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Little Bites 2024
I spent the entire movie expecting the climax to pull it all together but instead it was just a complete throwaway, like Rob Zombie's little brother read a bunch of goosebumps and thought "I could do that, but even scarier". Sure there is plenty of metaphor but fails completely to serve as an allegory.
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The Substance 2024
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Probably objectively a 3.5, but I am giving it 4 stars because I just enjoyed the hell out of it. Practical effects were awesome, body horror slow-builds to perfection, and spectacular performances from basically every actor. There was, however, some heavy-handed symbolism, completely flawed internal logic, and the ending was kind of disappointing. The movie starts out with a pitch that the substance can split your mind into two bodies such that you can experience a younger version of yourself…
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Scooby-Doo! and the Spooky Scarecrow 2013
Watched with toddler, she said “uh oh” like 45 times. Great experience.
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Nosferatu 2024
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I feel the same way as I did when I saw the first trailer. I just don't think Nosferatu needs a 21st century remake. I love Eggers, but he has the curse of having created one of the best modern horror films as his debut. So nothing will ever live up to the VVitch, and I really tried to hold back on making comparisons. I was expecting to feel entrenched and immersed in the setting, yet I still felt like…
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