Emotional Outcry Through Brutal Revenge
Revenge. The title says it all with admirably decisive clarity in today’s cinematic climate. And while the story really isContinue Reading
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It’s More Than One Night in Miami…
Regina King’s One Night in Miami… is masterful. Not only is its premise – a meeting of minds between CassiusContinue Reading
Ramsay’s Lesson-like Directing in You Were Never Really Here
A veteran who makes a living by finding missing girls finds himself trapped in a conspiracy on one of theContinue Reading
Thank You for the Music Mamma Mia!
“July 17th. What a night!” Incidentally, my personal Mamma Mia! journey started only one day later, on a July 18thContinue Reading
The Cipher of Wanda
Perhaps the most visually striking and poetic scene in Wanda occurs early in the movie, when Wanda is walking inContinue Reading
Love Hurts – In Defense of Rob Zombie’s Halloween II
There’s a scene about halfway through the director’s cut of Rob Zombie‘s Halloween II where Laurie Strode (Scout Taylor-Compton) visitsContinue Reading
Ginger Snaps – When the Wolf was Red Riding Hood All Along
The modern fairy tale can be a tricky genre to pull off. Usually, a director or writer will choose toContinue Reading
Non-Didactic Social Commentary in Tales from the Hood
There seems to be a certain perception that so-called “elevated” horror (a stupid, vague term) is the superior form ofContinue Reading
Lake Mungo and the Imagery of Grief
There’s something intangible and surreal about grief. The initial shock of learning someone close to you has died, the wayContinue Reading
Phantasm – Coming of Age in a Waking Nightmare
Few forms of media complement each other better, in my opinion, than metal music and horror films. In a shadowy,Continue Reading
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