Sam Moore

Essays

“If you love me, you’ll do it”

On Leonard Kastle's The Honeymoon Killers and Barbara Loden's Wanda At its heart, The Honeymoon Killers is a love story. This heart is black, and this love story twisted — defined by manipulation and violence more than anything else — but director Leonard Kastle goes to great pains

Essays

Meek and Gentle Butchers

Vincent Price's horror persona often brought to life chillingly pathetic characters seeking hollow victories Throughout the history of horror on screen, the relationship between characters and actors’ personas has been at the forefront of the genre’s development. From the Universal movies of the 1930s, to the final