



Nightmare Logic
I don’t mean movies lacking logic through bad writing (a la Plan 9 From Outer Space), I mean movies employing the weird, lawless logic of actual nightmares. In this list we’re moving from relatively more coherent story lines to less.





Is this Why I Have Crippling Existential Angst?
AKA Why did my Mom Let Me Watch These, but also I Loved Them?


Ambiguous Moms
Horror movies are full of heroic moms (shout out to Diane Freeling) and evil moms (here’s looking at you, Margaret White). The moms here are a bit more ambiguous. Are they doing a bad job, or the best they can in difficult circumstances? Are they even who they say they are?


