Martin Scorsese achieved two goals with this bit of stunt casting in Killers of the Flower Moon - ensuring historical accuracy and shouting out New York cinema.
Horror History: Happy Birthday, THE NUN Herself, Bonnie Aarons!
On this day in horror history, actress Bonnie Aarons was born. She s best known as the demon nun, Valak in The Conjuring 2 and The Nun.
Bonnie Aarons was born. She is best known as the demon nun, Valak in
The Conjuring 2and its subsequent spinoff,
The Nun.
Mulholland Drive. Other genre movies include
Dahmer vs. Gacy, Drag Me to Hell I Know Who Killed Me, and
Hell Ride.
Her more mainstream credits include
Exit to Eden, Dear God, Shallow Hal, Wristcutters: A Love Story, Valentine’s Day, The Fighter, and
Silver Linings Playbook.
The Adults In The Room
Horror s strides toward inclusion has meant a nice uptick in stories about actual grown-ups.
By Phil Nobile Jr. · @philnobilejr · April 20, 2021, 12:45 PM EDT
The solemn narration at the top of
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre asserts that what happens to the film’s protagonists “is all the more tragic, in that they were young.” I mean, is it? I am long past horror’s beloved 18-24 demographic, and as I age into an even less relevant age group, I (somewhat selfishly, sure) don’t see how horror happening to young people is automatically more tragic than having it visited upon someone with kids, or a career, or good credit. Old people experience fear and terror, too, and probably spend more time thinking about their own death than do the horny teens and 20-somethings at whom the studios tend to aim their horror. The olds need horror too!