buddhism
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~ PART I ~ Karma, Impermanence, and the Shape of Suffering Thai folk horror does not begin with ghosts, curses, or transgression. It begins with order; not the reassuring order of safety or justice, but a deeper and far less comforting structure in which nothing is wasted, nothing disappears, and nothing escapes consequence. In this…
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~ Introduction & Overview ~ What Is Buddhism? Buddhism is both a philosophy of liberation and a world religion that began in northern India in the 5th–4th century BCE with the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama, known as the Buddha (“Awakened One”). At its heart are a few key ideas: Over centuries Buddhism spread across Asia:…
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Koji Shiraishi’s Cult is a meta-found-footage fever dream that gleefully deconstructs both the conventions of Japanese horror and the spectacle-hungry media culture that surrounds it. Framed as a reality-TV ghost investigation, the film lures the viewer in with familiar tropes (cursed families, psychic exorcists, vengeful spirits) only to turn them inside out with bursts of…
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