Gabe Castro

18 Mar ‘Knocking’ Examines the Horrors of Gaslighting and Vulnerability in Mental Illness

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BY GABE CASTRO **This article contains spoilers** Frida Kempff’s debut feature Knocking gets under your skin the way an incessant noise that only you can hear does. Following a woman recently released from a mental health facility after experiencing a traumatic event, Kempff explores the vulnerability of...

30 Oct 150 Films Too Many: Rape Revenge Horror is as Exhausted as Womxn Are

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BY GABE CASTRO Horror is a genre that has had a duplicitous relationship with most marginalized groups, including womxn. As the home of the blonde victim trope, a character that could never pass the sexy lamp test, let alone the Bechdel test and the Final Girl...