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Sezin Koehler

Eclectic writings on social justice, pop-culture, horror, flash fiction, and more.

  • Bienvenidos
  • CALL FOR PITCHES—Bill & Ted University: The (Social) Sciences Behind Their Excellent Adventures
  • Published Articles
  • Zuzu’s Petals: An Eclectic Blog
  • Books
  • Press
  • Twin Peaks

Category: Horror

Micro Movie Review: Ti West’s “X” is an Epic Start to a New Horror Franchise
Horror · Movies · Social Justice

Micro Movie Review: Ti West’s “X” is an Epic Start to a New Horror Franchise

July 24, 2022July 24, 2022 Sezin Koehler

Ti West’s X brilliantly subverts expectations in the slasher genre.

Micro Movie Review: UMMA Reflects the Horror of Being an Unwanted Child
Horror · Movies · Social Justice

Micro Movie Review: UMMA Reflects the Horror of Being an Unwanted Child

July 20, 2022July 20, 2022 Sezin Koehler

UMMA is a bleak film for a post-Roe United States.

A bookshelf filled with carnival history books. Movie Review: “Nightmare Alley” Whitewashes American Carnival Culture
Horror · Movies · Social Justice

Movie Review: “Nightmare Alley” Whitewashes American Carnival Culture

June 6, 2022June 6, 2022 Sezin Koehler

Nightmare Alley promotes a racist Hollywood version of history that erases the contributions (and suffering) of POC across the carnival board.

Book Review: Exquisitely Demented Tales Feature in Paula Ashe’s “We Are Here To Hurt Each Other”
Books · Healing Power of Horror · Horror · Trauma

Book Review: Exquisitely Demented Tales Feature in Paula Ashe’s “We Are Here To Hurt Each Other”

April 16, 2022April 19, 2022 Sezin Koehler

Paula Ashe’s WE ARE HERE TO HURT EACH OTHER is the exquisitely demented lovechild of Pascal Laugier’s Martyrs, Clive Barker, and VC Andrews.

Zuzu Grimm’s The Legitimate Rape
Flash Fiction · Horror · Politics · Social Justice · Trauma

Zuzu Grimm’s The Legitimate Rape

December 9, 2021December 9, 2021 Sezin Koehler

Another disturbing piece of flash fiction I wrote in 2012 about the Republican notion of “legitimate rape,” seen through to a terrible conclusion.

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