horror
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The Pact 2
At the end of Nicholas McCarthy’s The Pact, Annie (Caity Lotz) killed the Judas Killer, her crazed uncle...
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MVFF37 Day 2: Clouds of Sils Maria, Mr. Turner, Dracula vs Frankenstein
Following a successful opening night at the Mill Valley Film Festival that offered red carpet glamour and a glitzy outdoor celebration,...
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Gone Girl
On the subject of David Fincher’s disturbing, fascinating Gone Girl, there are a handful of things of which I am...
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Adam Wingard & Simon Barrett On the Challenges and Opportunities Modern Audiences Present
The team of director Adam Wingard and writer Simon Barrett made what was one of my favorite films of last year,...
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Honeymoon
Newlywed life is fraught with difficulty as adjusting to life with someone else can make for plenty of...
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TIFF 2014: Cub
Jonas Govaerts’ Cub feels all too familiar, a significant problem given its promising concept and imagery. On a...
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Lyle
Indie filmmakers will try anything – and god bless them for doing it – to fund their next...
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Cannibal
Director Manuel Martín Cuenca’s Cannibal won the 2013 Goya Award (the Spanish equivalent of the Oscars) for best...
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At the Devil’s Door
The long road between the small screen and the silver screen is littered with the corpses of wonderfully...
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Fantasia 2014: The Drownsman
The Drownsman stars Michelle Mylett as Madison, a young woman we know absolutely nothing about. Madison’s best friend...
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‘The Conjuring’ Spinoff ‘Annabelle’ Set for October Release
It appears the weekend of October 3rd is going to be quite creepy this year. If the psychological suspense...
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Deliver Us From Evil
The Bronx is turned into a funhouse of jump scares and buddy cop banter in Deliver Us From Evil, a loose adaptation of Beware the...
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Willow Creek
Bobcat Goldthwait makes a disappointing turn toward the cliché in Willow Creek, a noticeable departure for the comedian/filmmaker....
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Cold in July
In Jim Mickle’s chameleonic noir thriller Cold in July, an adaptation of the cult novel by Joe R. Lansdale, Michael...
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The Sacrament
I’m a horror aficionado. I have watched everything from Melie’s Le Manoir du Diable, Nosferatu, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, and...