Author Archives: Malcolm Waite

Do you want to play a game? I guarantee anyone who reads that phrase has at the very least heard it once. They might not know where it is from, but they’ve heard it. When a phrase from a movie can be repeated like that and the collective consciousness of all moviegoers has heard it,Continue reading “Saw”

The Orphanage is, to put it simply, an outstanding film. I hadn’t seen it before and I did not know what to expect, and was left shocked by how much I loved the final product. I also found the theme of grief in the film to be incredibly well handled. It also related heavily toContinue reading “The Orphanage”

Candyman, Candyman, Candyman, Candyman, Candyma- Nevermind that, can’t risk it. I enjoy the new Candyman, I think it is an incredibly well made, albeit flawed, film. It is also especially interesting when looking at the film in the lens of a post slasher, and the differences between that and a normal slasher film. I believeContinue reading “Candyman”

Train to Busan is an incredible film. A core theme of the movie is the idea of preserving communalism and helping out one another. There is also a large critique aimed at capitalism, especially since the ideals of capitalism essentially “created” the zombies in the film.  Oddly enough, I found the film to be veryContinue reading “Train To Busan”

Upon finishing The Descent, I found myself greatly appreciating how it handles a great deal of social anxieties.  Firstly, the unknown. I found this aspect of the film particularly horrifying and relevant because the unknown is inherently the most frightening thing imaginable. Jaws is only scary because we do not know when the shark isContinue reading “The Descent”

I thought Dark Water was an incredibly well done and unique film. A particularly interesting aspect of the movie was how it handled motherhood and maternity. Yoshimi is a single mother who is trying to do her best despite all that is stacked together, and when her new apartment building starts having strange things occur,Continue reading “Dark Water”

This weeks screening was A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, and I found the film to be incredibly exciting and well done. It is a great role reversal of the girl being targeted in a film, especially a horror film. Now I am not saying a horror film cannot be feminist, but usually weContinue reading “A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night”