1/19/2024 0 Comments Movies bright burn times![]() Superheroes are more popular than ever, perhaps because our sense of heroism in the global stage is collapsing. It only makes sense that now we should watch our superheroes become monsters, especially as we’ve come to learn that “the other” isn’t responsible for the evils that plague our society, but instead those we’ve elected to put our trust and faith in. ![]() We watched our monsters become superheroes. From Buffy (1997-2003) and Angel (1999-2004) to Underworld (2003), Van Helsing (2014), I, Frankenstein (2014) and The Mummy (2017), we’ve watched the things that used to go bump in the night take a stand in the light. This concept of the virtuous monster really took off in the ’90s and 2000s. We’ve long witnessed our classic horror characters evolve, their misunderstood and tragic natures begetting something more noble. 1, the film feels like a beginning, an opportunity to take the universal language we’ve built around superheroes and weave stories just as worthy of campfire tales as a comic books. ![]() Yet Brightburn doesn’t feel like an endpoint on this dark consideration on superheroes. It’s a concept so obvious it’s a wonder it hasn’t been done before, but in many ways, with superhero and horror films bigger than ever, now is the perfect time for a union. The allusions are obvious, yet no less affecting in an emotional and visceral sense as Tori and her husband Kyle (David Denman) learn to believe a man can fly, and leave a trail of bodies in his wake. ![]()
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