“They are our collective nightmares”: Robin Wood on the 20th century American horror film
We can thank Wood for taking the horror film seriously, and for giving us a framework to understand many of our current cultural impasses.
The Horror Show: Gary Sherman’s Death Line is a downbeat film that sympathizes with its monster
The 1972 British film, about survivors of a cave-in relegated to life as cannibals in the tunnels under London, is a grim critique of how capitalism treats its workers.