Jacob Trussell

Jacob Trussell is a writer based in New York City. His editorial work has been featured on the BBC, NPR, Rue Morgue Magazine, Film School Rejects, and One Perfect Shot. He's also the author of 'The Binge Watcher's Guide to The Twilight Zone' (Riverdale Avenue Books). Available to host your next spooky public access show. Find him on Twitter here: @JE_TRUSSELL (He/Him)
Fede Alvarez Evil Dead

Fede Alvarez Is About To Blow Up… Again

By Jacob Trussell 

Unsuspecting audiences are about to have their teeth kicked in by the filmmaker’s brand of gritty genre fare.

Rs Purge Anarchy Movie Review Annual

‘Purge’ Yourself: The Necessity of Violent Catharsis in Genre Cinema

By Jacob Trussell 

Is the sanitization of cinematic violence what makes us numb to it?

It Came From Outer Space

The Ultimate Other: The Prescient Fears in ‘It Came From Outer Space’

By Jacob Trussell 

Bradbury’s metaphoric paranoias are timely reminders of how far we haven’t come.