Tag: jordan
Anatomy of the Beast: Jordan Downey’s The Cycle Reinvents the Lycanthropic Myth
[SPOILER WARNING: The following analysis contains significant plot details regarding the creature-feature reveal in ‘The Cycle’. Proceed with caution if you prefer to remain spoiler-free.] In the landscape of modern horror, the werewolf subgenre has long suffered from a identity crisis, often trapped between the glossy, CGI-heavy aesthetics of the early 2000s and the nostalgic, […]
Building a Tomb of Light: Neil Jordan on the Defiant Making of Interview with the Vampire
Main Facts Thirty years after its theatrical release, Neil Jordan’s 1994 gothic masterwork Interview with the Vampire remains a staggering anomaly in modern cinematic history. Adapted from Anne Rice’s seminal 1976 novel, the film brought a deeply eccentric, psychologically complex, and unapologetically homoerotic narrative straight into the heart of the Hollywood studio system. Boasting an […]
