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In the turmoil-fueled hellscape that is 2020, I’ve found myself more than ever turning to movies (and specifically, horror movies)...
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Plenty of movies use the “storyteller” frame. One character, in one world, will begin a tale that transports us, the...
77.5%
You might think comedy is the genre for “weird families,” but I’d argue it’s horror. From The Texas Chainsaw Massacre dinner table to the Fireflys‘ freakshow, this genre is rife with crazy, cringey, commonly incestuous clans. Director Sidarth Srinivasan taps into that familiar trope for his 2020 Fantasia Fest entry,...
77.75%
The uncomfortable silence of an awkward pause, the suspicion that someone might be talking about you when you leave the...
63.25%
Plague doctors are due for a resurgence. And no, I’m not saying that because we’re six months into the pandemic...
93.75%
Can you whodunnit when the dunnit is a recurring nightmare and the who is maybe not a who at all? The answer is yes because Germany’s Sleep (Schlaf) does just that. Sleep is a Nancy Drew-esque rabbit hole mystery hops from nightmare to nightmare like frogs on a lilypad infested pond....
Joining the tradition of the stalker horror subgenre, specifically the “lady stalker” theme of films like Misery and Fatal Attraction,...
I could spend hours talking about why I love 1941’s The Wolf Man. There’s the makeup, the cast (Lon Chaney...
71.25%
Mirrors, creepy children, and demons: a recipe for a decent, if not groundbreaking, horror movie. Behind You (2020) is the story of two young sisters, Olivia (Addy Miller) and Claire (Elizabeth Birkner), who are sent to live with their estranged aunt by a neighbor in the wake of their mother’s untimely...
81.25%
[Sorta SXSW Review] REMINISCENCES OF THE GREEN REVOLUTION is a Melancholy Nontraditional Ghost Story
Among the many excellent short films set to be showcased at the now-canceled SXSW 2020 was Dean Colin Marcial’s Reminceses...
Animation is a gorgeous medium ripe for horror picking but is so often assumed to be saved for children’s content....
86.25%
South by Southwest (SXSW to the cool kids) isn’t happening this year due to the global spread of coronavirus. A solid reason to cancel a festival, obviously you don’t want anyone to get sick, but it’s a huge bummer to the indie filmmakers and fans who won’t be screening their...
