“Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror”: Documentary on Shudder
I recently signed up for the trial period of Shudder.com because I’ve had my eye on a couple of documentaries the channel has availabler via streaming. One was Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror, that addresses the black experience in horror films. This film is based upon the book of the same title by […]
Expressions of 9/11 Trauma in Popular Culture Entertaiment
A friend of mine recently brought a book to my attention. It is American Popular Culture in the Era of Terror: Falling Skies, Dark Knights Rising, and Collapsing Cultures by Jesse Kavadlo (Praeger, 2015). Here’s the description: Bringing together the most popular genres of the 21st century, this book argues that Americans have entered a […]
