Annihilation

Unknown Influences

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Jeff Vandermeer called me an “arrogant ass” on Twitter yesterday. What an arrogant ass. Have you never read Kafka’s “In the Penal Colony”? — Jeff VanderMeer (@jeffvandermeer) September 4, 2018 This was in response to my new piece in Unwinnable, where I discussed the relationship between Andrei Tarkovsky’s Stalker and Vandermeer’s novel, Annihilation. I’m not really sure why … Read more

Review: “They Remain”

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The horror genre has a long history of doing a lot with a little. Movies like Night of the Living Dead, The Evil Dead, and Paranormal Activity founded horror franchises based off small budgets and big concepts. The recent sci-fi, horror hybrid They Remain follows in this tradition. With an extremely small cast—IMDB credits a total of two cast members—and a … Read more