Meg Shields

Based in the Pacific North West, Meg enjoys long scrambles on cliff faces and cozying up with a good piece of 1960s eurotrash. As a senior contributor at FSR, Meg's objective is to spread the good word about the best of sleaze, genre, and practical effects.
Creepshow Season 2, Episode 2: Pesticide

‘Creepshow’ Season 2, Episode 2 Brings Mean Spirits and Creepy Crawlies

By Meg Shields 

There’s a sloppy seconds joke in here somewhere

Hard And Soft Worldbuilding

The Difference Between Hard and Soft Worldbuilding

By Meg Shields 

From deeply detailed worlds to imaginative gaps, here’s a video that looks at how filmmakers construct different kinds of narrative depth.

Psycho Victorian Mansion movies

The Haunting Power of the Victorian Mansion

By Meg Shields 

Turns out the scariest thing isn’t just the upkeep.

Daisies feminist

Spoiled in a Spoiled World: The Feminist Chaos of ‘Daisies’

By Meg Shields 

“I’m like a doll, aren’t you? I’m a doll.”

Horror Streaming April 2021

All the Horror You Need to Stream in April 2021

By Meg Shields 

April isn’t just the cruelest month…if you put your mind to it, it can be one of the spookiest, too.

The Exorcist oscar horror movies

The Oscars’ Bias Against Horror Should Scare Us

By Meg Shields 

Because there’s nothing scarier than systemic bias.

Full House yellow TV graphics Title Card

And It Was All Yellow: The Color Theory of TV Graphics

By Meg Shields 

Watch a video essay explaining why old TV shows tended to feature yellow title cards.

Carrie New Hollywood

Earnestness and Irony: The Double-Minded Cinema of ‘Carrie’

By Meg Shields 

New Hollywood. I might have known it would be New Hollywood.

Inglorious Basterds editing natural

What Makes a Cut “Feel Right”?

By Meg Shields 

And what even is a “natural” edit, anyway?