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Variations on Horror Themes: The Zombie Flick, The Anthology, The Rape-Revenge Fantasy

Rich Juzwiak · 02/02/13 04:00PM

This week sees the release of three new horror movies: Warm Bodies, Girls Against Boys (both in theaters) and The ABCs of Death (on demand). But it is not enough anymore merely to be a horror movie — now horror movies, in conversation with what came before them in their respective subgenres, must add something new to the conversation, or at least purport to for the sake of "angle." All three of these attempt to do so, with various yet decided degrees of success. Let's explore.