From Sideshow to Main Event in Freaks
In 1932, a year after making Dracula (often billed as the first talkie horror picture) Tod Browning released Freaks, whichContinue Reading
Tag: Ridley Scott
Most Anticipated of October 2021
Ben McDonald: Heading further into the fall, this month has a solid line-up of highly anticipated films that have allContinue 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
Underwater ★★★
A Lovecraftian homage to 70s-80s science-fiction horror, William Eubank’s Underwater offers little to reinvent its deep-seated genre conventions — yetContinue Reading
The Lodge ★★★
English film critic Robin Wood once defined the horror film as one that presents a scenario of normality under threatContinue Reading
Stop Making Sense: The Ecstasy of Anxiety
Stop Making Sense opens with David Byrne walking onstage and placing a boombox down. Staring restlessly out into the audience,Continue Reading
Fright 10: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
“The film which you are about to see is an account of the tragedy which befell a group of fiveContinue Reading
Fright 1: Alien
In space, no one can hear you scream. Steam and smoke billow everywhere about the never-ending, amber-lit corridors of theContinue Reading
All the Money in the World ★★½
Though often heralded as one of the best directors – on pure talent alone – working today, Ridley Scott isContinue Reading
Creep 2 ★★★★
Good sequels are rare. Good horror sequels are even rarer. The problem with most sequels, especially in horror, is thatContinue Reading
