Heath KillenPhantom Atoms: The Day The Earth Stood StillPhantom Atoms is a series about the making of genre films. This edition asks the question: did Frank Llloyd Wright design a flying saucer?Sep 21, 2020Sep 21, 2020
Heath KillenPhantom Atoms: The Thing From Another WorldPhantom Atoms is a series about the making of genre films. This edition focuses on the frozen apocalypse of The Thing From Another World.Sep 21, 2020Sep 21, 2020
Heath KillenPop 666: Palace of The Brine“In a place they say is dead. In the lake that’s like an ocean”. An exploration of place, memory, and saltwater through Carnival of Souls.Sep 17, 2020Sep 17, 2020
Heath KillenThe Pumpalump FloatMy four-year-old son loves spooky things and I’ve been studying what scares him to better understand what scares all of us.Sep 17, 2020Sep 17, 2020
Heath KillenOn Samurai and WeedsA noxious plant and a symbol of hope, from the industrial wasteland of Ghost Dog to the sculpture garden of Isamu Noguchi.Aug 25, 2020Aug 25, 2020
Heath KillenPop 666: The Haunted CoastA trip to The Lighthouse and a look at its place in the ancient horror lineage of New England.Aug 22, 2020Aug 22, 2020
Heath KillenOn Shining and SnowA short history on using artificial snow in movies, and how it became an unexpected bridge between The Shining and The Empire Strikes Back.Aug 21, 2020Aug 21, 2020
Heath KillenOn Noah and MinesIceland is an ideal location for this apocalyptic tale, except when it comes to the source of destruction, for that we look to Australia.Aug 19, 2020Aug 19, 2020
Heath KillenCrisis Cinema“All through the Depression, movies were needed to keep people’s spirits up, and for the most part, they did”.Aug 17, 2020Aug 17, 2020
Heath KillenOn Totoro and TreesReal landscapes are used as the basis for imagined ones in almost all Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli films, from the hills surrounding…Aug 15, 2020Aug 15, 2020
