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.
The Trial-mosaic

Trials and Tribulations: The Art of Adapting Kafka

By Meg Shields 

Should all adaptations of classic works be faithful?

The Graduate Rack Focus

4 Must-Watch Films If You’re About to Graduate College and Feel Lost as F*ck

By Meg Shields 

A cinematic guide to confronting postgrad malaise.

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Take a Number and Wait: Bureaucracy in the On-Screen Afterlife

By Meg Shields 

According to the movies, death looks a whole lot like the DMV.

Science Fiction Food: Snowpiercer Chris Evans Protein Bar

The Future of Food: 5 Ominous Trends in Science Fiction Cuisine

By Meg Shields 

The way to a sci-fi’s heart is through its stomach.

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For The Coen Brothers, Texas is a State of Mind

By Meg Shields 

“Down here – you’re on your own.”

Witches Of Eastwick W H

The Devil is a F**kboy: Revisiting ‘The Witches of Eastwick’

By Meg Shields 

House Of Corpses Sid Haig

From Homer to ‘House of 1000 Corpses’: The Role of Hospitality in Rural Horror

By Meg Shields 

How the ancient greek notion of guest-friendship persists through the unlikely vessel of a rural horror trope.

Don Bluth Land Before Time

The Melancholy of Don Bluth

By Meg Shields 

How the children’s animation of the ’80s made room for sadness, and what that taught us.

Everybody Wants Some

Here For a Good Time: The Role of the Female Gaze in ‘Everybody Wants Some!!’

By Meg Shields 

Or: how I learned to stop worrying and love the butts.