Cloverfield and the New Age of Monsters
“People are gonna want to know, y’know… how it all went down.” It must be difficult to put into numbersContinue Reading
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Occultism as Mechanism in A Dark Song
In Liam Gavin‘s full-length directorial debut, grieving mother Sophia (Catherine Walker) contracts with ill-tempered occultist Joseph Solomon (Steve Oram) forContinue Reading
Kill, Baby, Kill and Small Town Horror
I just love Mario Bava‘s Kill, Baby, Kill. From its onset, it embodies everything that is frightening and fun aboutContinue Reading
The Gothic Influence in A Tale of Two Sisters
The creative explosion of Korean cinema at the beginning of the 21st century featured films of incredible diversity in styleContinue Reading
The Devolution into Primality in The Shout
Watching Jerzy Skolimowski’s The Shout is like watching a distant yet vibrant nightmare. From the very beginning, The Shout disorients usContinue Reading
Le Petit Mort in Cemetery Man
It is indisputable that Italian cinema is one of the most influential national cinemas in film history. Italian neorealism inContinue Reading
Doctor Sleep, A Single Sequel to Many Sources
Any time there is an attempt to expand upon a film that is held in high regard, whether by makingContinue Reading
Cerebral and Corporal Horror in Audition
It’s usually easy to spot a horror film. Perhaps more than any other genre, horror is the cinematic category ofContinue Reading
Images and Reflections of the Self
Robert Altman‘s Images has often been described as a tale of madness or a reflection of the creative process, givenContinue Reading
Psycho (1998) and the Philosophy of Remakes
The movie industry today tends to reward anything with any sort of name recognition and has prompted an endless supplyContinue Reading
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