Nat BrehmerObsession, Sexuality and Fetishizing Family in ‘Hellraiser’Few storytellers and filmmakers can truly claim to be an overnight success, but Clive Barker is one of them. Even Stephen King sold a lot…12 min read·Apr 10, 2024----
Nat BrehmerShort Story: ‘The Shadowed Man’This story deserves a bit of background and context. In 2011, I wrote a fantasy novel called Nightmaria, which was meant to be the first in…18 min read·Apr 9, 2024----
Nat BrehmerSupport Systems and Manifesting Mental Illness in ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street 3’When A Nightmare on Elm Street was released in theaters, it took a long time to gain traction and build word of mouth. When A Nightmare on…9 min read·Apr 8, 2024----
Nat BrehmerVideo Store Memories of ‘Leprechaun’I have incredibly fond memories, as I’ve often recounted, of discovering the Friday the 13th and Halloween films on home video. Same with A…7 min read·Feb 24, 2024----
Nat Brehmer‘Shrieker’ and the Horror of College HousingI was eight years old and I thought Shrieker was going to be a very big deal. I discovered the two-faced monster from Full Moon Pictures’…7 min read·Feb 22, 2024----
Nat BrehmerSubjective Reality in ‘Cemetery Man’2024 marks the 30th anniversary of Cemetery Man (aka Dellamorte Dellamore) Michele Soavi’s surreal Italian masterpiece, and one of the very…9 min read·Feb 22, 2024----
Nat BrehmerIlluminating the Empty Spaces of ‘Alien’Alien is a masterpiece. That sounds obvious today, a no-brainer, utterly lukewarm film opinion, but it definitely wasn’t always. It was not…8 min read·Feb 21, 2024----
Nat BrehmerTeenage Rebellion and Subverting Slasher Iconography in ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’Wes Craven was known for making a very particular kind of film before the release of his groundbreaking classic A Nightmare on Elm Street…9 min read·Feb 21, 2024----
Nat BrehmerDeath and Renewal in ‘Dragonslayer’Dragonslayer was one of my childhood favorite movies, but one that I never revisited as an adult. I remembered that it had an absolutely…7 min read·Feb 20, 2024----
Nat BrehmerA History of the Scarlet Witch in Film and TelevisionScarlet Witch has often been one of the more sidelined Avengers since her full feature debut in Avengers: Age of Ultron. To some degree…15 min read·Feb 19, 2024----
