Dressing For Dread: Katharine Isabelle’s Costumes in GINGER SNAPS (2000)
Welcome to Dressing For Dread, a style analysis focusing on key characters in horror films. Somewhere between THE CRAFT and JENNIFER’S BODY lies GINGER SNAPS, the angstiest werewolf film ever made. Karen Walton and John Fawcett’s story effectively compares the onset of menstruation to transforming into a werewolf during a full moon. The tone is…
Review: Night of the Living Dead: The Official Story of the Film by Simon Braund (2026)
Published by Titan Books on August 18th, Night of the Living Dead: The Official Story of the Film is a retrospective presenting the highs and lows of the film’s history and conception in a linear timeline. Not a comprehensive biographical venture of the filmmakers, nor a deep dive into treaded territory, the book is a…
Dressing For Dread: Jan White’s Costumes in SEASON OF THE WITCH (1972)
Welcome to Dressing For Dread, a style analysis focusing on key characters in horror films. An unsung hero in George A. Romero’s filmography, SEASON OF THE WITCH (originally released as HUNGRY WIVES,) is a bit less of a traditional horror film than audiences might have liked. Billed as a sleazy, softcore suburban housewife-gone-bored story, the…
Haunted by Deadlines 