Grace Davidson-Lynch
Halloween 2021- Pepper's Ghosts and the horror of existential anxiety
Halloween originates in the ancient Celtic celebration of Samhain. At the end of autumn, the recently deceased would begin their journey...
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Grace Davidson-Lynch
Writing - Dramaturgy - Education
Dramaturgical Musings
Join me as I explore horror, movies, video games, education, writing and, occasionally, even theatre.
You can learn more about my experience as a dramaturg and playwright here.
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Grace Davidson-Lynch
- Mar 12, 2021
- 6 min
Midnight Ghosts and Ending An Era
Imagine the smell of the place first. What does a collapsing room smell like? Imagine the smell of the rotting seats, the moulding...
Grace Davidson-Lynch
- Aug 24, 2020
- 7 min
Boo! Why You Hate Jump Scares
Minor spoilers for Insidious and When A Stranger Calls... For my fifteenth birthday, my parents took me to see The Mousetrap at Sydney...
Grace Davidson-Lynch
- Aug 11, 2020
- 6 min
Why are there so many bad horror movies?
While I was researching my undergrad thesis, my supervisor suggested that I watch Halloween and Get Out. While I certainly find horror...
Grace Davidson-Lynch
- Jun 29, 2020
- 6 min
Candyman- how white women survive in horror films
Even if you don’t watch a lot of horror, you probably know the stereotypes surrounding the portrayal of women. You know about the...
Grace Davidson-Lynch
- Jun 15, 2020
- 8 min
Guilt becomes Horror- a closer look at Get Out
I think a lot of people have been forced to reckon with a very ugly truth this week. There are no excuses for not engaging in the BLM...
Grace Davidson-Lynch
- Jun 1, 2020
- 8 min
Nasty and Restricted- how horror benefits from scarcity
In 2014 at the Gamescom trade fair in Cologne, Germany, PlayStation announced a mysterious new game. It was a playable teaser created by...
Grace Davidson-Lynch
- May 11, 2020
- 8 min
Disgusting Dramaturgy
Content Warning- this article contains discussions and images of staged vomit and mutilation. When I was a very small child, my...
Grace Davidson-Lynch
- May 3, 2020
- 8 min
The Paratheatrical- an introduction
One of my favourite parts of working in theatre is the routine that is involved in going to see a play. There are so many steps involved...
Grace Davidson-Lynch
- Apr 1, 2020
- 7 min
Video Games and Unpredictable Horror
These are difficult times. Many people are turning to the media they love to get through it. For those of us in the theatre community,...
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