Pasha Malla

Oct 13, 2024 | thespec.com | Alex Good |Mason Coile |Pasha Malla |Richard Powers

G.P. Putnam’s Sons, $24, 224 pages“William” is a short, sharp shock of a book that tells a quick techno-horror tale about a smart house gone bad and AI run amok. When married engineers Henry and Lily invite another couple over for brunch, on Halloween of all days, we might not be expecting a demonic parody of “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” but that’s what’s on the menu.

Oct 13, 2024 | insideottawavalley.com | Alex Good |Mason Coile |Pasha Malla |Richard Powers

G.P. Putnam’s Sons, $24, 224 pages“William” is a short, sharp shock of a book that tells a quick techno-horror tale about a smart house gone bad and AI run amok. When married engineers Henry and Lily invite another couple over for brunch, on Halloween of all days, we might not be expecting a demonic parody of “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” but that’s what’s on the menu.

Sep 9, 2023 | reviewcanada.ca | Pasha Malla

The images are indelible: The ­silhouetted vampire slinking upstairs in F. W. Murnau’s Nosferatu. Knife-wielding, wigged-out Norman Bates whipping back the shower curtain in Psycho. Regan MacNeil’s revolving demon head in The Exorcist. Jack Torrance hacking through the bathroom door in The Shining. All among the most iconic moments in cinema — and all from horror films. Yet despite the genre’s reputation for gore, these scenes tend to be anticipatory, less depictions of violence than portents of it.