T. Dawson

Trevor Dawson is the Executive Editor of GAMbIT Magazine. He is a musician, an award-winning short story author, and a big fan of scotch. His work has appeared in Statement, Levels Below, Robbed of Sleep vols. 3 and 4, Amygdala, Mosaic, and Mangrove. Trevor lives in Denver, CO.

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31 Days of Fright: Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer

T. Dawson October 8, 2022

“I’d like to kill somebody.” Some movies have a mean streak. Some movies are a mean streak. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer falls into that second category. Unflinchingly bleak, confrontationally misanthropic, intentionally unsatisfying,...

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31 Days of Fright: Black Death

T. Dawson October 6, 2022

“God is gone. The holy ghost is gone. Christ is gone.” Folk horror really is its own breed. It’s set apart from traditional horror – psychological, supernatural, slasher, body horror – by virtue of...

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31 Days of Fright: The Cave

T. Dawson October 5, 2022

“All European legends have sad endings.” I’m going to start describing a movie, and I have a good feeling that you’re going to think I’m talking about The Descent. I want to assure you...

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31 Days of Fright: The Wolf of Snow Hollow

T. Dawson October 4, 2022

“This is scary. It’s new. I never saw a body like that.” Why is it so hard to find a werewolf movie these days? The entire time I’ve been doing this stupid column, I’ve...

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31 Days of Fright: The Poughkeepsie Tapes

T. Dawson October 3, 2022

“I don’t think either of us wants you alive for the things I’m going to do to you.” The best found-footage movies – The Blair Witch Project, Hell House LLC – easily justify their...

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31 Days of Fright: Fright Night (2011)

T. Dawson October 2, 2022

“You were born for this. You know it. It’s a gift.” It’s a common adage that only bad or mediocre movies should be remade, and as a result of that, everyone’s mileage varies on...

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31 Days of Fright: Dark Water

T. Dawson October 1, 2022

“She left you behind.” After The Ring exploded in popularity in 2002 – for good reason, because The Ring is art – Hollywood did what it always does: decide that the only thing audiences...

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Every Best Picture: The Life of Emile Zola (1937)

T. Dawson June 23, 2022

The Other Nominees: The Awful Truth; Captains Courageous; Dead End; The Good Earth; In Old Chicago; Lost Horizon; One Hundred Men and a Girl; Stage Door; A Star is Born The early days of...

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Every Best Picture: The Great Ziegfeld

T. Dawson March 28, 2022

The Other Nominees: Anthony Adverse; Dodsworth; Libeled Lady; Mr. Deeds Goes to Town; Romeo and Juliet; San Francisco; The Story of Louis Pasteur; A Tale of Two Cities That’s right, this column is still...

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Who Will (And Who Should) Win At The Oscars 2022

T. Dawson March 25, 2022

The Academy Awards are right around the corner, which means the Academy can finally rest for a moment and take a breather from its sprint towards irrelevance and pandering. This year’s event – which...

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GAMbIT’s Oscar Nomination Predictions

T. Dawson January 14, 2022

The Golden Globes are deader than disco, with an audience-less ceremony relegated to an unhinged Twitter rant that didn’t even mention the names of the films being awarded. Anyway, with the Globes rapidly becoming...

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31 Days of Fright: Tigers Are Not Afraid

T. Dawson October 31, 2021

“Tigers are Kings in this Kingdom of broken things.” People die in horror movies all the time. It’s kind of a hallmark of the genre. What we don’t see as often is the emotional...