Meg Shields
Location
British Columbia, Canada
School
University Of King's College, University Of Toronto
Expertise
Movies, Horror, Special Effects
- Meg has previously written for film and television sites like Film School Rejects, Cinema Scope, Dead Central, and Nonfics.
- She has appeared on multiple film-related podcasts, including All the President's Minutes, Zodiac: Chronicle, Cannes I Kick It?, and Junk Filter.
- Her work has been shared on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour, Business Insider, and CherryPicks.
Experience
Meg has been writing professionally about all things film-related since 2016. She is a Senior Contributor at Film School Rejects as well as a Curator for One Perfect Shot. She has attended international film festivals such as TIFF, Hot Docs, and the Nitrate Picture Show as a member of the press. In her day job as an archivist, she regularly works with physical media and is committed to ensuring ongoing film literacy and accessibility in the digital age. Meg joined Static Media in 2021 and is putting all those long nights binge-watching giallo films and '70s sci-fi to good use.
Education
Meg has a B.A. from the University of King's College with a combined honors in Early Modern Studies and Classics. She also holds a Master of Information degree from the University of Toronto.
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Stories By Meg Shields
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From "Suspiria" to "Harry Potter," "Haxan" to "Bell, Book and Candle," Hollywood history is littered with scary, spectacularly fun-to-watch witches.
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From Virginia Madsen to Vanessa E. Williams, Ted Raimi to Tony Todd, the original "Candyman" had a solid mix of versatile stars and horror genre favorites.
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From Marilyn Monroe musicals to gritty crime thrillers, here are the movies to watch if you like Birds of Prey.
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Horror franchises have a remarkable inability to stay dead. Take a peek at some films that somehow saved their horror franchise from a cinematic grave.
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Syfy's "Chucky" TV show is set to scare fans in a whole new way. This is the untold truth of the new series, from its animatronics to its cast.
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From classics like "The Ring" to obscurities like "HIs House" and foreign films like "Shutter," here are the scariest ghost-themed movies on Netflix.
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From heavy Hollywood hitters to international gems, there's something spooky for everyone on HBO Max.
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To make the selection process easier, we've combed through Hulu's library and selected 40 of the best horror films currently streaming on the service.
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Here are some of the more questionable things in the Bond franchise that most fans would prefer to forget.
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Movies can't prevent us from sowing our own destruction. Here's a collection of cinematic post-apocalyptic scenarios that came true, in one form or another.
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The 2008 horror film "The Strangers" has become a disturbing classic. We explore the meaning of the film's dark, nihilistic ending.
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From action stars to comedy legends, all these actors got knocked out while making a movie.
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Dark, demented and disturbing, the "Faces of Death" films have been controversial for decades. Here are the IMDb rankings, as well as what's real and fake.
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Keep your Hidden Immunity Idols close as we look at every season of Survivor, ranked from worst to best.
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From concert films and animated offerings to big-budget showstoppers, these are the very best musicals according to Metacritic.
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Jar Jar Binks is one of the most controversial characters in the Star Wars canon. Why is he so hated? We're here with all the details on the clumsy Gungan.