Joshua Tonks

Joshua Tonks Pro

Actor. Screenwriter. 90s kid. Horror buff. Unpaid pop music historian.

Favorite films

  • Scream
  • Stand by Me
  • Brokeback Mountain
  • Drive

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  • Carrie

    ★★★★★

  • Jennifer's Body

    ★★★★★

  • Mulholland Drive

    ★★★★★

  • Good Grief

    ★★★½

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  • Carrie

    Carrie

    ★★★★★

    The original high school horror movie!

  • Jennifer's Body

    Jennifer's Body

    ★★★★★

    Queer, femme, FUN, and not a pubic inch of the teen boy wank-fest it was marketed as, Jennifer’s Body is as sharp as a Bowie knife in its depiction of the toxic teen girl relationship at its bloody heart. Boasting a career-best performance from the often underestimated Megan Fox, Jennifer’s Body is a perfect storm of poppy visuals, quotable dialogue, stellar cast and killer soundtrack! The aesthetic may be a time capsule to the late-2000s, but its deceptively nuanced and complex themes remain evergreen.

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  • Bugcrush

    Bugcrush

    ★★★★

    There’s an inherent tension in queer horror that just doesn’t exist in other subgenres. If we were to exchange our gay male lead, Ben, for a straight teenage girl, we would likely still be feeling that same sense of impending doom the closer she gets to mysterious bad boy, Grant, but the difference is that we, knowing better, would be urging her to run a mile. To find another boy. A safer boy. Because of course, for her, there’s plenty…

  • Black Christmas

    Black Christmas

    ★★★★★

    A fun rewatch with friends; deceptively funny, yet so beautifully crafted. Black Christmas is a horror masterpiece.