VIA[DOLO] (2021) A Surreal Short Film by Daniel Keeble
I have seen a lot of feature-length films that are purposefully directionless, which does not always work in their favor.
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A Philosophical Approach to Cinema
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The Church (1989), Entertaining Demonic Horror In Two Disparate Parts
At the risk of alienating readers, the Catholic Church has spent the better part of two millennia committing unspeakable atrocities.
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Beyond the Door Trilogy: One Imitation, One Bore, and One Trainwreck
If you’ve spent time watching bad 70s and 80s horror, then you’ve likely come across the Beyond the Door trilogy.
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Chompy & The Girls (2021), Trippy Horror Meets Awkward Family Drama
Weird and unsettling imagery always draws my attention. When browsing for movies to watch, I happened upon the trailer for
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Shrew’s Nest (2014), A Violent Case of Agoraphobia in 1950s Spain
It’s always irksome when filmmakers use sexual trauma as the basis for violence and bloodshed. Yes, sexual abuse (especially in
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Martyrs (2008), A Terrifying, Difficult, and Painful French Masterpiece
It is very, very rare that I feel genuinely horrified while watching a horror movie. I might feel my pulse
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False Positive (2021), a Pregnancy Horror Film That Doesn’t Deliver
It may sound crass, but pregnant women make for great horror movie fodder. You take women, who so often act
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Review: Gwen (2018) ★★★½
When I finished watching William McGregor’s Gwen (2018), I wasn’t quite sure how I felt about it. Fast-forward a few
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Case Study: Elements of Horror in Take Me to the River
Genre is, as it relates to filmmaking, an unspoken agreement between filmmaker and viewer. While genres are used to categorize
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Review: Blade Runner 2049 (2017) ★★★½
Though I’m not a diehard fan of the original Blade Runner (1982), there’s no denying that it has developed a
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Review: Mother! (Darren Aronofsky, 2017) ★★★★
Before going to the theater to see Darren Aronofsky’s Mother!, I thought I knew what to expect. I had read
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Review: The Devil’s Candy (2015) ★★★½
The Devil’s Candy (2015) is an American horror film written and directed by Sean Byrne. The film stars Ethan Embry
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Review: Lady Macbeth (2016) ★★★★
It’s difficult to say what kind of film Lady Macbeth is, though its aspirations are readily apparent. On the surface,
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Review: XX (2017) ★★½
XX is one of the few (possibly the only) horror anthologies written and directed by female filmmakers and focusing on
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