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The female scream is now an all‑powerful cry in horror films

As Halloween approaches and horror movies circulate, a look at the legendary ‘scream queens’ and their talent and power.

27.10.2026 10

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James Deaville

It’s a Wonderful Life: A Christmas classic that reflects bigoted ideas about ‘proper’ music in the 1940s

The film’s soundtrack features popular musical favourites and sounds of dread and discordancy, and some of these depictions reflect racist ideas...

21.12.2025 50

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James Deaville

Creepy cicadas, ticking clocks and jump scares: How frightful films conjure terror out of quiet

A contender for this year’s best horror picture, ‘Weapons,’ is part of film traditions that conjure terror out of stillness, partly through jump...

23.10.2025 40

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James Deaville