Alyse Wax

Los Angeles

Author: “Curious Goods.” “The World of IT.” Bylines: @Fangoria, @syfywire, @comingsoonnet, @collider, more. X-Phile, horror nerd

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My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock Takes Six Stabs at Suspense

Nov 2, 2024 | screenopolis.com | Tyler Doupé |Alyse Wax |Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock was a supremely talented filmmaker. The Psycho director really was a sorcerer of sorts. His ability to craft tension by playing with expectations kept him several steps ahead of the audience. But there is more to the auteur’s legacy than suspense. In the documentary My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock, writer/director Mark Cousins explores six prevalent themes in Hitchcock’s work. The picture features a posthumous Hitchcock as its narrator.
The Final Girl Guide: 7 Iconic Examples + Tips on Playing Horror’s Heroic Archetype

Sep 27, 2024 | backstage.com | Alyse Wax

For as long as masked maniacs have been mowing down horny teens onscreen, there has also been the final girl. One of horror’s most enduring, influential tropes, the evolution of this role has coincided with the progression of the genre as a whole. It’s a part with a deep history of characters who have become iconic. From common characteristics to how to crush the role, here’s everything you need to know about the final girl.
Demented, Diaboloical Longlegs Is Haunting

Jul 11, 2024 | screenopolis.com | Alyse Wax

I decided to go into Longlegs blind. It wasn’t until about a month before the release that the press company put out a synopsis. I didn’t watch any trailers. I didn’t read the article in Fangoria. All I knew about it was that Maika Monroe plays a detective tracking a killer named Longlegs, played by Nicolas Cage. Monroe plays Lee Harker, a young FBI agent who seems to have some psychic powers.
Badass Maxxxine Factors Early ’80s Style

Jun 28, 2024 | screenopolis.com | Alyse Wax

Maxxxine is the third in a trilogy created by director Ti West. X was the first, followed by Pearl. Maxxxine was probably my favorite of the three films. When we last saw Maxine Minx (Mia Goth), she was escaping what had been dubbed the Texas Porn Star Massacre by the press, killing the elderly Pearl by crushing her head as she drove away, the only survivor of a bloody weekend. Maxxxine is set about five years later, and in that time, Maxine has become a well-known porn star.
9 Reality TV Shows That Revolutionized Getting Real

Apr 13, 2024 | backstage.com | Alyse Wax

Reality TV has been a fixture of the television landscape for at least 30 years, but the definition of the medium still varies wildly. There’s the wine-throwing, drama-focused variety; there are back-breaking competition series; and there are, true to the title, documentary-esque shows focused on real people living real lives. With all that noise, it can be tough to decide how to get started watching—or even signing up for!—reality TV.
Take A Peek Inside X-FILES Creator Chris Carter's Art Exhibition

Feb 29, 2024 | fangoria.com | Alyse Wax

As FANGORIA’s crazy, obsessive The X-Files fan, when I was offered the chance to check out an art exhibit with X-Files creator Chris Carter’s name attached to it, I didn’t hesitate to accept. I had no idea what to expect. When I walked into the art gallery in Downtown Los Angeles, it definitely wasn’t X-Filesy. The first piece I noticed was a pink Hello Kitty screen print with “My Crowning Achievement” written in gold leaf and hovering about the little cats.
Night Swim Is a Disappointing (And Shallow) Dip for Blumhouse

Jan 5, 2024 | comingsoon.net | Alyse Wax

There’s a problem in the Blumhouse… erm, house. While their batting average is still respectable, the studio has begun to strain against audience tastes and expectations. Same-y films about a central group of characters where a weird, thinly obfuscated thing happens to them before a strong core shock… how many of their pictures can be summarized as such? It’s frustrating to see the studio behind greats like Get Out and M3GAN struggle at the box office and with critics.
How to Become a Maternity Model

Nov 3, 2023 | backstage.com | Alyse Wax

As a maternity model, you can show off your new curves, share your happiness with the world, and make a little extra money for your future child. Here’s everything you need to know to get started as a pregnancy model. Remember, you only have nine months to do this, so don’t waste any time! What is a maternity model? RomarioIen/ShutterstockGet Cast TodayGain access to the best platform for performers and build your career on Backstage.
The Exorcist: Believer Interview: Makeup Head Chris Nelson on Designing Demons

Oct 10, 2023 | comingsoon.net | Alyse Wax

ComingSoon spoke with The Exorcist: Believer‘s Special Makeup FX Designer and Department Head Chris Nelson about the fearsome makeup of the new Exorcist sequel. Nelson revealed his favorite look from the film and discussed the various stages of makeup that made for each stage of possession in the movie. “Since the death of his pregnant wife in a Haitian earthquake 12 years ago, Victor Fielding has raised their daughter, Angela on his own,” reads the film‘s synopsis.
The Exorcist: Believer Review: An Entertaining, Unnatural Sequel

Oct 4, 2023 | comingsoon.net | Alyse Wax

The Exorcist: Believer is not so much a sequel to William Friedkin’s brilliant masterpiece. It is a new exorcism story that utilizes a well-known character from The Exorcist to tie it together. Leslie Odom Jr. stars as Victor Fleming, a photographer who was in Haiti when a detrimental earthquake struck. His wife, pregnant with their first child, was badly injured, and Victor is told they can only save one: his wife or his unborn daughter.