Ashley R. Smith
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Ashley R. Smith
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PhD in Screen Cultures from Northwestern | Writing on horror, culture & race | Academic Consultant at Cut-Throat Women Digital Humanities Database | True crime & media trash lover | Opinions are mine | Formerly @thehorrorfemme on Twitter
Second time’s the charm for my Ripley paper! Sadly I will not be accompanied by all of the wonderful panelists I applied with last year, but I am glad to finally get to share my ideas on this. #scms #scms26
November 26, 2025 at 1:14 AM
No. 65: Richard Pryor: Live in Concert (1979).
May 21, 2025 at 11:25 PM
No. 64: Odds Against Tomorrow (Robert Wise, 1959).
May 21, 2025 at 11:23 PM
No. 63: Sinners (Ryan Coogler, 2025).
May 21, 2025 at 11:18 PM
No. 62: Torso (Sergio Martino, 1973).

Torso is overall a “meh” giallo but boasts some killer eye makeup looks.
May 18, 2025 at 4:47 PM
No. 61: Companion (Drew Hancock, 2025).
May 18, 2025 at 4:38 PM
No. 60: Woman of the Hour (Anna Kendrick, 2023).

I was very pleasantly surprised by Kendrick’s directorial debut that is relatively faithful to the facts of the Alcala case while introducing dramatic embellishments that hit on larger truths of women’s realities under femicidal culture.
May 8, 2025 at 3:59 PM
No. 59: Shampoo (Hal Ashby, 1975).
May 8, 2025 at 11:20 AM
No. 58: I Saw the TV Glow (Schoenbrun, 2024).

Final screening of my wonderful horror course at SAIC.
May 8, 2025 at 11:17 AM
No. 57: Flight Risk (Mel Gibson, 2025).

I refuse to believe this was not an AI generated script.
May 4, 2025 at 12:11 PM
No. 56: The Order (Justin Kurzel, 2024).
May 4, 2025 at 12:08 PM
No. 54: Time Without Pity (Joseph Losey, 1957).
April 30, 2025 at 5:05 PM
No. 53: Léon Morin, Priest (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1961).
April 24, 2025 at 2:58 AM
No. 52: Watcher (Chloe Okuno, 2022).
April 24, 2025 at 2:56 AM
No. 51: Le Crime de Monsieur Lange (Jean Renoir, 1936)
April 17, 2025 at 12:37 PM
No. 50: Office Killer (Cindy Sherman, 1997).
April 14, 2025 at 11:23 PM
No. 49: Poor Things (Yorgos Lanthimos, 2023).
April 13, 2025 at 3:19 AM
No. 48: Crossing Delancey (Joan Micklin Silver, 1988).
April 13, 2025 at 3:17 AM
No. 47: Bean (Mel Smith, 1997).
April 13, 2025 at 12:19 AM
No. 46: La Llorona (Jayro Bustamante, 2019).
April 13, 2025 at 12:18 AM
No. 45: The Honeymoon Killers (Leonard Kastle, 1970).
April 13, 2025 at 12:15 AM
No. 44: My Brother’s Wife (Doris Wishman, 1966).
April 13, 2025 at 12:13 AM
No. 43: Train to Busan (Yeon Sang-ho, 2016).
April 13, 2025 at 12:12 AM
No. 42: The Worst Person in the World (Joachim Trier, 2021).
March 29, 2025 at 2:48 AM
No. 41: Viy (Yershov & Kropachyov, 1967).
March 29, 2025 at 12:29 AM