Southern Gothic – Warped Perspective

Celluloid Screams 2021: Offseason

Posted on October 25, 2021October 25, 2021 by Keri O'Shea

It’s always a pleasure to encounter filmmakers who are interested in Southern Gothic – a genre which is difficult to define, but easy to recognise in its effete communities, its crumbling facades, its bizarre characters and its mysterious landscapes. Offseason (2021) is one such film, a clever and often understated horror which wears its influences […]

The Beguiled (2017)

Posted on July 20, 2017July 20, 2017 by Keri O'Shea

I will say I was rather surprised to see that The Beguiled had been remade. Not frothing-at-the-mouth indignant that anyone could ever remake such a film, but more intrigued that anyone would want to do it: the 1971 original, starring Clint Eastwood, was a strange project which probably didn’t find its audience upon release and […]