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H. P. Lovecraft Loved My Home Town. The Rest of the World, Not So Much.

The man, the myth, 1928

10 min readSep 19, 2023

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H. P. Lovecraft Loved My Home Town. The Rest of the World, Not So Much.

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Counter Arts

Is it Horror? “Red Dawn” (1984)

Happy anniversary, you jingoistic sonofabitch

8 min read4 days ago

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Is it Horror? “Red Dawn” (1984)

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Eric Winick
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Counter Arts

Is it Horror? Sarah Kane’s “Blasted” (1995)

War brings out the worst in us

7 min readMar 26, 2024

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Is it Horror? Sarah Kane’s “Blasted” (1995)

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Eric Winick

Is it Horror? “Society of the Snow” (2023) and “The Impossible” (2012)

Horror that aims to inspire and uplift.

7 min readMar 13, 2024

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Is it Horror? “Society of the Snow” (2023) and “The Impossible” (2012)

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Eric Winick

Is it Horror? “The Zone of Interest” (2023)

An idyllic backyard scene from THE ZONE OF INTEREST (A24)

5 min readFeb 23, 2024

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Is it Horror? “The Zone of Interest” (2023)

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Eric Winick

Quentin Tarantino and the Art of Institutional Copywriting

When it comes to writing for a particular institution or voice, there are lessons to be learned from the film world — specifically, from…

6 min readFeb 21, 2024

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Leonardo DiCaprio as Rick Dalton as Jake Cahill in BOUNTY LAW (in ONCE UPON A TIME… IN HOLLYWOOD)

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Eric Winick

Is it Horror? “Scream” (1996)

If you enjoy this piece, please check out the other entries in the Is It Horror? series, including my latest, on Red Dawn (1984)

5 min readJan 19, 2024

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Is it Horror? “Scream” (1996)

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Eric Winick

I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing (Down Under Edition)

Generation Gap: an image from the 2024 Australian Lamb ad

3 min readJan 15, 2024

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I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing (Down Under Edition)

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Eric Winick

Is it Horror? “The Curse” (2023)

The Curse excels in its skewering of self-appointed white visionaries who see their mission in life as helping those less fortunate.

8 min readDec 18, 2023

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Is it Horror? “The Curse” (2023)

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Eric Winick

Is it Horror? Music Edition

If you enjoy this piece, please check out the other entries in the Is It Horror? series, including my latest, on Red Dawn (1984)

7 min readOct 18, 2023

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Is it Horror? Music Edition

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Eric Winick

Eric Winick

Eric is a marketing consultant (winickmarketing.com) by day and cohost of the Scare U podcast (scareupod.com) by nights, weekends, and on Jewish holidays.

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