Marshall Smith, PhD, and Laura Patterson, PhD, offer a sociological discussion of The Slumber Party Massacre from 1982. Written and directed by women in response to the sexism of the first wave slashe

Marshall Smith, PhD, and Laura Patterson, PhD, offer a sociological discussion of the French film Titane (Ducournau 2021). Only the second woman to win the Palm d'Or at Cannes (really Cannes

Marshall Smith, PhD, and Laura Patterson, PhD, offer a sociological discussion of season one of the breakout TV series Squid Game (Dong-hyuk 2021). At the time the most popular media that had ever bee

Marshall Smith, PhD, and Laura Patterson, PhD, offer a sociological discussion of the 2020 film Violation (Mancinelli & Sims-Fewer). Who would have thought that the entire interpretation of a film wou

Marshall Smith, PhD, and Laura Patterson, PhD, offer a sociological discussion of the 2021 film There's Someone Inside Your House (Brice). Just when we thought we were done with Wan's films, they pull

Marshall Smith, PhD, and Laura Patterson, PhD, offer a sociological discussion of the 2021 film Malignant. Part of our mini-series on the films of James Wan. Wan's films are typically masterfully cons

Marshall Smith, PhD, and Laura Patterson, PhD, offer a sociological discussion of the 2022 film The Blackening. This is as outstanding film that both deconstructs racist tropes of horror and moves the

Marshall Smith, PhD, and Laura Patterson, PhD, offer a sociological discussion of the 2021 film Candyman. DaCosta updates the urban folk legend of the 1992 Rose film Candyman. A phenomenal film that c

Marshall Smith, PhD, and Laura Patterson, PhD, offer a sociological discussion of the 2021 film The Forever Purge. The Forever Purge returns triumphantly continuing to expand the scope and allegory of

Marshall Smith, PhD, and Laura Patterson, PhD, offer a sociological discussion of the 2022 breakout film Smile. Smile offers an incremental advancement within the manifestation of psychological issues