Category: Horror
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Oculus: If there is more than one, then it would be Oculi
Oculus – 2014 Director Mike Flanagan Starring Karen Gillan, Brendan Thwaites, Rory Cochrane, Katee Sackoff Screenplay Flanagan and Jeff Howard Oculus is a good little story whose conceit is that it can change the perspective of anyone onscreen to match whatever it needs for the moment. Shame of it is, its characters start out with the…
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Forgotten Gems: The Changeling house as haunted as the Man
The Changeling – 1980 Director Peter Medak Starring George C. Scott, Trish Van Devere, Melvyn Douglas, John Colicos, Jean Marsh, Helen Burns, Madeleine Sherwood Screenplay Russell Hunter, William Gray, Diana Maddox It’s hard for me to picture George C. Scott as a happy man. While I am sure many could agree with me on this sentiment, our reasons may differ. My mind’s eye has forever…
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The Conjuring: Because we’re running out of horror titles
The Conjuring – 2013 Director James Wan Starring Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga, Ron Livingston, Lili Taylor Screenplay Chad and Carey Hayes The path has been taken so many times by now it’s a wonder it ever works at all. It’s about technique and its more than a little about feigning surprise. I think that might be why Patrick Wilson can do…
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Forgotten Gem: John Carpenter’s Halloween 35th Anniversary Edition finally comes to High Def
Halloween – 1978 Director John Carpenter Starring Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasence, P.J. Soles, Nancy Loomis, Charles Cyphers, Kyle Richards, Brian Andrews Screenplay Carpenter and Debra Hill The Shape. The Innocence. The piano score. The lens that showed the danger just out of focus, and then in focus. Just for a second. The leaves that blow in, almost…
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The Lords of Salem: So much wrinkly naked flesh
The Lords of Salem – 2012 Writer & Director Rob Zombie Starring Sheri Moon Zombie, Bruce Davison, Jeff Daniel Phillips, Ken Foree, Patricia Quinn, Dee Wallace, María Conchita Alonso, Judy Geeson, Meg Foster There are better things that one could see at the beginning of a movie than a series of wrinkled old hags praising Satan and condemning our Lord and Savior. There are…
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Twixt: Coppola misfiring on all cylinders
Twixt – 2013 Written and Directed by Francis Ford Coppola Starring Val Kilmer, Elle Fanning, Joanne Whalley, Bruce Dern, Ben Chaplin, David Paymer Elle Fanning never saw it coming. A chance to work with one of the most acclaimed directors of the latter half of the 20th century, and she should likely jump at the chance.…
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