Pelle is haunted by horror star Jacky as she jumps out of the TV screen. The slasher short "Jacky" is composed of recently unearthed VHS-tapes.
The “gay best friend”, an age-old trope, has been done in countless films and television series. Ranging from one-note (Sex and the City's Stanford and Mario) to nuanced (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt's Tituss), the gay best friend exists to support and advise the main protagonist, with their conflicts swept to the side.
One young woman with an unusual background tries to find and establish herself in the real world, which isn't exactly as festive as she hoped it would be.
In Amazon’s new shark flick, The Devil’s Mouth, terrible tourists finally get their comeuppance while two estranged best friends must overcome their petty squabbles to survive as the rest of their party gets chomped one by one. While it’s by no means an Oscar winner, The Devil’s Mouth is good old fashioned shark week carnage with a tourist critical twist, perfect with popcorn, a friend, and a healthy does of schadenfreude.
By undermining the appeal and credibility of black characters, the show compromises the very idea of diversity and representation it sets to promote.
In the spirit of Halloween, here's a list of body horror films which can be interpreted as trans allegories.
