Aya Tsintziras is a freelance writer who writes about TV, movies, and has a particular interest in the horror genre. She has a Political Science degree from the University of Toronto and a Masters of ...

Any time a rebellious cop plays by their own rules, a victim trips while running from a killer, or the hero finds a henchman who wears the exact same size as them, that’s a movie trope. Understanding ...

Hallmark Channel movies transport viewers into a different world, and the network’s royal-themed films bring a whole different level of fantasy. While fans expect to suspend reality, when it comes to ...

While it makes sense that horror fans often find themselves frustrated by tropes, since it can feel like the same stories are being told again and again, some tropes actually work really well. One of ...

Welcome to Derry, a town with a dark underbelly, seemingly idyllic but terrorized by a disturbing monster every three decades ...

When it comes to classic horror film tropes, the longstanding joke that Black characters are often the first to die in horror films has become less of a gag and more of an expectation. In a similar ...