The horrors of ‘Scream 6’ and ‘Evil Dead Rise’ reflect pandemic confinement and contagion in cities
In ‘Scream 6,’ interior private spaces like apartments offer only the illusion of safety.
by Chris Corker
The pandemic changed our perception of space so that places we usually take for granted suddenly fell under heavy scrutiny.
Seeing the world from six feet of enforced social distancing, restrictions, closures and hygiene protocols redefined our daily haunts.
Horror is a genre of extrapolation in which potential danger becomes certain death; it feeds and gets fat on worst-case scenarios. As film commentators have noted, the pandemic is making its own mark on horror.
Two recent high-profile horror movie releases in particular, Scream 6 and Evil Dead Rise, show filmmakers wrestling with space and what it means to share it. With people. With exterior forces trying to find a...






