Fiction for the Cosmically Disturbed

Fiction for the Cosmically Disturbed

Is Horror Stuck in a Nostalgia Loop?

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Lucas Mangum
May 24, 2024
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Last spring, my favorite critic Scout Tafoya stayed at my place because he was in Austin for a wedding. One night we were both free, we went to see Evil Dead Rise, the fifth movie in the Evil Dead franchise. He’d already seen it before and assured me that it was “metal as fuck.” Upon watching the opening scene, …

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