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Meaning at the Movies | I Scream, You Scream, We all Scream for “Scream”

Meaning at the Movies | I Scream, You Scream, We all Scream for “Scream”

By Lauren Deaton, Staff Writer November 8, 2024
In this edition of “Meaning at the Movies,” staff writer Lauren Deaton explores how “Scream” is a love letter to the horror genre and the film that led her to fall in love with the genre herself.
Lupita Nyong'o in "Us."

Column | Shocked but not horrified at the Academy’s nominations

By Delilah Bourque, Culture Editor January 16, 2020
This is another in a long line of horror movies getting completely ignored by one of the most prestigious awarding bodies in the world.
(Illustration by Garrett Aguilar | Staff Illustrator)

Horror movie classics should be standard for scares

By Maggie Durwald | For The Pitt News November 2, 2017

Johnny and Barbara arrive at their father’s grave in rural Pennsylvania, a storm brewing in the distance. A gaunt, staggering man approaches silently across the landscape of headstones. He murders Johnny....

(Illustration by Raka Sarkar | Senior Staff Illustrator)

Movie murderers make killer crushes

In a darkened movie theater, a pale face appears, grinning evilly from the depths of a sewer grate. A masked man in a dark jumpsuit stalks menacingly down a corridor with a knife. A creepy loner stares...

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