DEEP CUTS goes beneath the surface of horor to uncover the real fears hiding behidn the fiction. Through sharp analysis and a focus on subtext, we explore how horror helps us confront trauma, identity, and the darkest parts of the real world. 

 

(How Do You Halloween?) THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW: Don't Dream It...Experience It
2026-10-02 09:01 (How Do You Halloween?) THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW: Don't Dream It...Experience It By. Pleatherface  As some of you readers may have noticed, I’ve mentioned I did not grow up here. And while ba...
(Deep Cuts) POSSESSION: Divorce, Doppelgängers, and a Marriage Divided by the Berlin Wall
2026-09-18 16:30 (Deep Cuts) POSSESSION: Divorce, Dopplegangers, and a Marriage Divided by the Berlin Wall By. Davalyn Baker   This was my first viewing of Possession, the controversial and deeply personal projec...
(Pleatherface) LAKE PLACID Is a Perfectly Funny, Not-Quite-Scary Horror Jaunt
2026-09-16 17:56 (Pleatherface) LAKE PLACID Is a Perfectly Funny, Not-Quite-Scary Horror Jaunt By. Pleatherface  LAKE PLACID is not a great horror movie. I would even hesitate to say it’s a ‘good’ horror movie. Bu...
STEPFORD WIVES: How Domestication Can be Seen as Horrific 
2026-09-01 19:11 STEPFORD WIVES: How Domestication Can be Seen as Horrific    By. Pleatherface   Continuing my stroll down the history of horror, I found a movie that I had a very, very interesting experience wi...