Pet Sematary (2019).
It’s been said that Pet Sematary was Stephen King’s ‘unfilmable’ novel. This is not because of its size and scale, like The Stand or the Dark Tower series, but because… Continue reading "Pet Sematary (2019)."
Tag: Horror
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Us (2019).
The climactic conflict in Jordan Peele’s second directorial feature is a masterwork of editing, choreography, and sound composition. By the film’s conclusion, it tethers itself tightly to its mysterious, patient… Continue reading "Us (2019)."
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Alien (1979).
“I admire its purity, a survivor…” Director Ridley Scott has had a long and successful career, albeit not without its fair share of ups and downs. He’s been making films… Continue reading "Alien (1979)."
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Maniac Cop (1988).
For those of us for whom the 1980s was a defining decade – not because of nostalgia, but because said decade made up the bulk of our formative years –… Continue reading "Maniac Cop (1988)."
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Wes Craven’s Shocker (1989).
Towards the end of the 1980s, Director Wes Craven could look back at a decade which established him as one of the horror maestros of the modern age. He’d achieved… Continue reading "Wes Craven’s Shocker (1989)."
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Cam (2018).
Anonymity is king in many corners of the digital world. Alice (Madeline Brewer), her screen name Lola, finds herself creating her own wonderlands in the romantically lit shows she puts… Continue reading "Cam (2018)."
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Apostle (2018).
If any stock is to be put in the comments that frequently surface on social media regarding the changing face of how movies are delivered to audiences, then for many,… Continue reading "Apostle (2018)."
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Shivers (1975), Rabid (1977) & The Genesis of David Cronenberg.
David Cronenberg arrived fully-formed as a filmmaker, releasing his first two full-length features, Shivers and Rabid in 1975 and 1977, respectively. (He‘d delivered Crimes of the Future in 1970, but… Continue reading "Shivers (1975), Rabid (1977) & The Genesis of David Cronenberg."
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Jaws (1975).
How do you find new and fresh things to say about a film that, like Star Wars, is so embedded in popular culture that audiences throughout the world are extraordinarily… Continue reading "Jaws (1975)."
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A Quiet Place (2018) – Review.
A Quiet Place opens with a caption, informing us that 89 days have passed. Since what exactly? That’s something we can deduce rather quickly, though not before an almost entirely… Continue reading "A Quiet Place (2018) – Review."