The Psychology of The Shining: The terror of family dysfunction
The Psychology of the Shining explains how this film terrifies us by drawing on the terror of a child's perception of family disfunction.
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The Psychology of Prometheus: Freud, the primal father, and his primal horde
Tracing the meaning of the film Prometheus back to Freud and his "primal horde".
Jun 14, 20128 min read
The Psychology of Alien: A Kleinian (Psycho)Analysis
A fascinating psychoanalytic review of the film Alien from a Kleinian perspective.
Jun 3, 20126 min read
The Psychology of "We Need to Talk about Kevin": A Kleinian perspective
Still from We Need to Talk About Kevin If there is anyone to be given credit for completely decimating the idea that mother and child are supposed to be star-crossed lovers blindly enmeshed in a warm glow, it would be psychoanalyst Melanie Klein. Author Lionel Shriver is getting contemporary credit for illustrating this in her novel We Need to Talk About Kevin , as is Lynne Ramsay who directed the film: and Tilda Swinton who so beautifully performed in it. When it comes to
Oct 23, 20115 min read
