DEEP CUTS goes beneath the surface of horor to uncover the real fears hiding behidn the fiction. Through sharp analysis and a focus on subtext, we explore how horror helps us confront trauma, identity, and the darkest parts of the real world. 

 

(Frights! Camera! Action!) Tales from the Crypt Season 6: When Even the Crypt Keeper Can't Save the Show
2026-06-20 10:10 (Frights! Camera! Action!) Tales from the Crypt Season 6: When Even the Crypt Keeper Can't Save the Show By. Davalyn Baker It pains me to write this, but season 6 of TALES FROM THE CRYPT just migh...
(Deep Cuts) The Backrooms Turns Internet Horror into a Maze of Trauma and Self-Destruction
2026-06-20 08:42 (Deep Cuts) THE BACKROOMS Turns Internet Horror into a Maze of Trauma and Self-Destruction By. Davalyn Baker    The story of the Backrooms starts with a photograph. In 2019, on 4chan, a photo wit...
(Deep Cuts) What Nosferatu, Frankenstein, and The Wolf Man Reveal About the 2020s
2026-06-12 20:02 (Deep Cuts) What Nosferatu, Frankenstein, and The Wolf Man Reveal About the 2020s By. Bee Delores   Film critic Hans Wollenberg once raved about Nosferatu (1922), describing it as a “sensation” i...
(Pleatherface) Why SUSPIRIA Works Even When You Don't Know What's Happening
2026-06-11 22:42 (Pleatherface) Why SUSPIRIA Works Even When You Don't Know What's Happening By. Pleatherface There is a funny (to me) idiom popularly used in the English language. The Bad Trip (as an aside, I’m a...