“‘Freddy vs. Jason’ is — like almost all horror movies — a signpost for the anxieties of an era, looking much like the prestige horror movies of today will look from the vantage point of the next decade.”
“Art is a product of its time; is it Get Out’s fault that the time mostly resembles a horror production?”
“‘Under the Shadow’ is an admirable film, albeit not wholly original.”
“Both films deal with maternal sexuality: The Boy punishes it and rebukes mothers for caring about anything other than their children, and The Babadook acknowledges it as difficult to balance with childcare, but an inescapable part of motherhood nonetheless.”
Q.V. Hough’s Top 10 Films of 2014
