Fright 23: The Exorcist
William Friedkin’s 1973 classic, The Exorcist, is often regarded as the scariest film ever made. However, this particular type ofContinue Reading
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Halloween (2018) ★★½
Ever since the slasher film was booted into life by John Carpenter and his 1978 masterpiece Halloween it’s been debatableContinue Reading
Bad Times at the El Royale ★★★½
Bad Times at the El Royale finds writer/director Drew Goddard working in familiar territory. After his successful deconstruction of horrorContinue Reading
Fright 20: The Curse of the Cat People
Val Lewton’s story is one of Early Hollywood’s most fascinating. Lewton was a producer for RKO, creating horror movies meantContinue Reading
Fright 18: The Uninvited
Complete with cold rooms, unexplainably drafty stairs, and doors that shut on their own, British director Lewis Allen‘s The Uninvited isContinue Reading
Fright 17: Black Swan
Darren Aronofsky has many distinctive traits as a filmmaker. His films almost always center on self-destructive personalities that are notContinue Reading
Fright 16: Drag Me to Hell
After completing his Spider-Man trilogy in 2007, director Sam Raimi was one of the most sought out directors in Hollywood.Continue Reading
The Films of Joaquin Phoenix
This month, we explore the career of one of modern Hollywood’s most profound actors and most peculiar individuals: Joaquin Phoenix.Continue Reading
Fright 15: Carnival of Souls
As a horror film, Herk Harvey‘s Carnival of Souls is often forgotten or pushed to the back-burner. Despite it beingContinue Reading
Fright 13: Gremlins 2: The New Batch
The 1980s brought the popularization of both comedy-horror and puppetry in film. Gremlins combined the genre and use of suchContinue Reading
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