Luca Guadagnino's new film Bones and All is basically a story as if somebody had said Romeo and Juliet, but cannibals. This isn't the first horror film to use the teenage experience as its backdrop. In fact, these films are much more like power fantasies. I'm thinking of ginger snaps. You play with your new friends and I'll play with mine.
The power station in Zaporizhia has served as an impromptu military base for Russian forces—but danger is mounting and there are signs that troops may soon give it up. The sportswear-industry boom that has much of the world wearing high-performance kit may soon come to an end. And why teenage angst is such a good fit for horror films.
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