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Horror

  • A Very Biased Ranking of Every Season of ‘True Blood’

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is my own very biased ranking of all seven seasons of True Blood.   As a lover of Vampire media, I have long adored this HBO classic.   In honor of the burgeoning of Spooky Season, as September is fast approaching, I have…

  • My Ranking of ‘The Evil Dead’ Films!

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is my personal ranking of all five films in the Evil Dead universe!   I have decided to do this ranking as a bit of a lead-in for Spooky Season, which is fast approaching.   To preface my list, I want to be…

  • ‘Midsommar’: A Magical Media Analysis

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is a Midsummer Monday Magical Media Analysis of the amazing Ari Aster horror film Midommar!  How perfect it is that this post will be released on June 24, which is St. John’s Day, and has been traditionally part of celebrations that have linked…

  • Vampires & Sexuality

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is about Vampires and their inherent connection to sexuality.  I will be breaking down the concept of Vampires and Sexuality, and how Vampires are used to explore sexuality, into four sections to explore a little more deeply below.   Without further ado, let’s…

  • ‘The Craft’: A Magical Media Analysis

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is a Magical Media Analysis of the iconic cult classic witchy film The Craft.   This is probably one of the most obvious topics for my Magical Media Analysis series, due to the film’s iconic status in pop-culture and amongst witchy people in…

  • My Top 10 Favorite Female Horror Characters!

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.    Today’s post is going to be a fun countdown of my current favorite Female Horror Characters.   Now, I want to clarify that this is not a list of favorite final girls, as in making the list I was more focused on favorite female characters…

  • The Monstrous Feminine, Female Rage Icons!

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   This week’s Femme Fatale Friday post is about Monstrous Feminine Figures as Female Rage Icons.   Instead of focusing on specific horror films in this post, as I have in the past when discussing the Monstrous Feminine, I will be looking at different Monstrous Feminine…

  • The Monstrous Feminine & Female Body Horror Films

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is going to be about how body horror in films and the monstrous feminine are related.    In particular, I want to focus on why feminine body horror can be seen to mirror anxieties over the female body as something unknown and fears…

  • My Thoughts on ‘Lisa Frankenstein’

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings!   Today’s post is going to be a fun and spoiler-filled review of Lisa Frankenstein, the newest film written by Diablo Cody, and the directorial debut of Zelda Williams (daughter of Robin Williams).    So, please let this be your warning if you have yet to…

  • Dead & Undead Brides

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.    Today’s post is about the concept of Dead and Undead Brides!   I have long had a love of the morbid and the macabre, being a huge fan of Edgar Allan Poe, especially of his stories of lost beloved ladies.    I love the idea…