Advertisements Dario Argento unleashed something masterfully simple and profoundly horrifying in his 1977 film Suspiria. The violence depicted and put on display in Suspiria is so graphic and wild, rather than just being cheap and bad taste, it twists into near fantasy; it is…
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Advertisements Back when Black Sabbath, arguably one of the most influential bands in metal history, was starting out, they weren’t called Black Sabbath. Instead, the legendary metal gods went by the soft, rather hippy-sounding name Mother. After failing to have anyone show…
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Advertisements Brian De Palma’s Carrie is an anxious champion of cinematic storytelling. The film wastes no time tinkering with conventionalized scares, instead choosing to cultivate terror through the intimate examination of a tormented young woman and the unforgiving environment she’s forced to…
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Advertisements There is a certain generation of directors whose filmography would span genres and they would use their unique voice to tell all sorts of stories with equal parts respect and creativity. Every director would have a checklist of their genre films,…
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Advertisements Adolescence is a sensitive period of human life. Weaving between childish dreams and the rigid fibers of reality can be joyful and carefree one moment, then quickly turn callous and unforgiving in the next. At the mercy of inexperience and vulnerability,…
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Advertisements After you watch every single Friday the 13th film ever released, you start to ask yourself a few questions: Why would you subject yourself to over 1000 minutes of Friday the 13th in the span of eighteen days? Also, who would…
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Advertisements Home invasion is a common archetype among horror movies. There is no more unsettling sense of violation than the malign unknown turning a sacred sanctuary into a hostile environment where the protagonist must fight tooth and nail for survival. 2016’s Don’t…
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Jack Black returns in a new Goosebumps adventure, but don't expect the bumps to goose ya this time.…
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Advertisements I just want a quiet house. I thought that if you could hear the voices, you’d be able to stop them. It’s that time of year when a multitude of horror films come out during the Halloween season: some good, some…
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