In 1907, when most films were still showing trains pulling into stations, British director Cecil M. Hepworth decided what ...
The revenge film is a thorny subgenre. Many films can be classified as a “revenge film,” but it is perhaps as prone to bleakness, misery, and extreme violence as any film. The revenge is often ...
Film noirs have always leaned into the darkest impulses of human existence, and the desire for revenge has long been a cornerstone of the genre. From widowed cops tirelessly pursuing those who ...
Revenge. Like ice cream, it's a dish best served cold. There's something so sweet about revenge, and while payback makes you just as bad the person who started it, in the movies things work a ...
Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance (2024), with its five OSCARS® nominations, redefines the genre of woman’s body horror, much like I Spit on Your Grave (1978) did, by exploring the harrowing experiences ...