There’s a moment in Juno where our heroine exclaims, ‘Dario Argento is so the master of horror’ which was a pretty niche reference for 2007, never mind the context around it. But now, eleven years on, there does seem to be more talk of Argento in the mainstream because, as is so often the case […]
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2017: the year neo-horror got out
In the past decade, there has been a steadily increasingly supply of well-crafted, enjoyable horror films, yet these films still mostly rely on conventional horror-genre tropes, without offering anything substantially new or fresh. Of course, they’re nothing as abominable as the Bye-Bye Man or It Follows but horror-lovers still crave a little more creativity in […]
Fresh ideas: Aronofsky challenging the ‘three act structure’
Originality is coming scarily close to being lost in twenty-first century cinema. Nowadays, a somewhat rare trip to the cinema is often forgotten due to the churning out of franchises and live-action remakes. But is this culture the result of us not wanting to face change and innovative ideas? We’re so used to our usual […]
Is intelligence inherited from the mother or the father?
A recent article published by The Independent, explored the possibility of intelligence being more likely to be inherited from the mother than the father. Genetic research from several studies suggests that a large number of the genes responsible for intelligence come from a category of “conditioned genes.” When inherited, conditioned genes can be deactivated if […]