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Japanese director Takashi Miike is prolific, to say the least. He has directed over 100 films, ranging from horrifying to...
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At this point in 2019, we can agree that horror is, or at least can be, political. New director Orçun...
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Is there anything more iconic in horror than the haunted house? An isolating setting, shadowy nooks, crannies, and the invasion of the penultimate safe space. The perfect cocktail for horror. Keith Thomas’ The Vigil takes that classic, terrifying format and drops it right in the center of an Orthodox Jewish...
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Films today never truly dip their toes in piety. It is often used in horror as a cheap-shot quick-grab “good...
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Daniel Joseph Borgman’s Resin (Harpiks) celebrated its World Premiere at the 2019 Toronto Internation Film Festival where it was dropped...
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In the face of prevalent everyday violence, desperate people search from something to blame. Grasping at straws, they blame video games for inspiring shootings, stating their simulated violence infiltrate the minds of youth. This claim is ridiculous, which is why director Jason Lei Howden (Deathgasm) stretches it to the ultimate...
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Cult films are so hot right now. Midsommar madness dominated our summer, Quentin Tarantino rewrote the history of the Manson...
Neasa Hardiman’s Sea Fever is a bit of a fever dream, the kind of film that blends reality (life on...
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On a stormy night recently, I revisited Clue (1985), an essential dark comedy and murder mystery based on the popular board game of the same name. After 34 years, that film not only remains hilarious (Flames! On the side of my face!), but it also feels socially relevant in ways...
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What would you do to ensure your family’s financial security? Steal? Lie? Murder? In Bong Joon-Ho’s Parasite, he asks this...
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Here’s the thing about parasites: when it comes to the movies, they just don’t die. In that sense, you might...
It’s fair to say that a few well-structured words can hold an incredible amount of imagery and power. But how about creating a 20-minute television segment around a mere two sentences? Well, Vera Miao certainly thought there was something in that idea, and she created an entire series based on...
