Miranda CorcoranSuspiria (2018): Six Responses and an EpilogueLast Saturday night, after an exhausting week of work and the onset of the kind of tiredness that seems to burrow deep into your bones, I…Mar 18, 2019Mar 18, 2019
Miranda Corcoran“The Devil’s Cathedral”: Puritan Visions of the Wilderness in The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina…As discussed in my previous post, while The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina revisits many of the narrative hallmarks of both the ’60s comic…Jan 2, 2019Jan 2, 2019
Miranda CorcoranThe Night He Came Home: Halloween and TraumaWhen I was twelve years old and films could still be rented in big chunky boxes, I saw John Carpenter’s Halloween (1978) for the first…Oct 22, 2018Oct 22, 2018
Miranda CorcoranHex the Patriarchy: Witchcraft and Power in the #Metoo EraI’m currently teaching an undergraduate course on witchcraft in the American popular imagination. As someone who has been obsessed with…Oct 15, 2018Oct 15, 2018
Miranda CorcoranAttack of the Nuclear Woman: Deviant Women in Atomic Age Science FictionI’ve always been deeply fascinated by Cold War era cinema, by its fantastical rubber monsters, dinner-plate flying saucers and its odd…Oct 9, 2018Oct 9, 2018
Miranda Corcoran“The Devil’s Cathedral”: Puritan Visions of the Wilderness in The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina…As a child, I was obsessed with witches. The moment those vibrant autumnal leaves began to fall from the trees and the slick tarmac roads…Jul 24, 2018Jul 24, 2018
Miranda CorcoranHappy Birthday, Mr. Fulci: Lucio Fulci and Cross-Cultural AdaptationHappy birthday, Lucio Fulci!Jun 16, 2018Jun 16, 2018
Miranda CorcoranRosemary’s Body: Reproductive Rights and Diabolical Deeds in Ira Levin’s Rosemary’s BabyIn the weeks since the Irish people voted, by an overwhelming majority, to repeal the 8th Amendment to our constitution, I’ve been…Jun 8, 2018Jun 8, 2018