Julius Akadi

What can I say? I love horror. Does it show?

The Social Commentary Beneath Horror Movies – Editorial

Daniel Kaluuya in Get Out, 2017

Jordan Peele, the American filmmaker, actor, and comedian, said this in an interview with Entertainment Weekly in 2017, following the release of his directorial debut Get Out. “The horror genre is a perfect tool for exploring social commentary because it’s such a primal, visceral genre. It taps into our deepest …

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Horror Movies and the Escape of it All

Movies, no matter how groundbreaking or silly they may be, have always traded one thing to us in return for their immortality – the means of escape. Escape from reality. Escape from life. Escape from the world. Horror movies have come to be one of the most consistent suppliers of …

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