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Tag Archives: Horror Film
Saturday Matinee: The Wailing
Film Analysis: The Wailing (2016) by Na Hong-jin screening on Fantasia International Film Festival By Panos Kotzathanasis Source: Asian Movie Pulse Na Hong-jin is one of those rare cases in S. Korean cinema, which, despite having enormous success with their … Continue reading
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Tagged Do Won Kwak, Horror Film, Jeong-Min Hwang, Korean cinema, Na Hong-jin, The Wailing
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Saturday Matinee: Phantasm
Screen Screams: ‘Phantasm’ Review By Rascal F. Kennedy Source: Full Circle The 70s and 80s were a great time for movies. They were fun, they were strange, and sci-fi, fantasy, and horror films were top tier. There would be one … Continue reading
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Tagged A. Michael Baldwin, Angus Scrimm, Cult Film, Don Coscarelli, Horror Film, Phantasm
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Saturday Matinee: A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
By Jonathan Romney Source: Film Comment A term beloved of French film critics—and one I never tire of borrowing, just because it pinpoints its referent so well—is OVNI, meaning “UFO.” It’s used to refer to a film, usually a first feature, … Continue reading
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Tagged A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, Ana Lily Amirpour, Cult Film, Horror Film, Sheila Vand
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Saturday Matinee: The Guest
The Guest review: A super-sleeper of a black-comedy thriller By Tara Brady Source: The Irish Times Film Title: The Guest Director: Adam Wingard Starring: Dan Stevens, Maika Monroe, Brendan Meyer, Lance Reddick Genre: Crime Running Time: 99 min Blue-eyed soldier boy David (Dan Stevens) arrives in … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Wingard, Brendan Meyer, cult films, Dan Stevens, Horror Film, Lance Reddick, Maika Monroe, The Guest
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Saturday Matinee: Color Out of Space
By Peter Sobczynski Source: RogerEbert.com According to IMDb, the seemingly inexhaustible Nicolas Cage has no fewer than six additional movies in various stages of production that are currently scheduled for release in 2020, ranging from high-profile studio outings to the kind of … Continue reading
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Tagged Color Out of Space, H.P. Lovecraft, Horror Film, Nicolas Cage, Richard Stanley
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Saturday Matinee: Society
“A Matter of Good Breeding”: The Shape-Shifting Elite in Brian Yuzna’s ‘Society’ By Noah Berlatsky Source: We Are the Mutants The elite is an amorphous clotted blob of parasitic greed and hate. Its tendrils extend with slimy stealth into every … Continue reading
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Tagged Brian Yuzna, Horror Film, society
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Saturday Matinee: The Dead Zone
“The Dead Zone” (1983) is a horror/drama directed by David Cronenberg based on a novel by Stephen King. When Johnny Smith (Christopher Walken) awakens from a coma caused by a car accident, he finds that years have passed. Heartbroken that … Continue reading
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Tagged Brooke Adams, Christopher Walken, David Cronenberg, Horror Film, Martin Sheen, Stephen King, The Dead Zone
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Saturday Matinee: The Boxer’s Omen
“The Boxer’s Omen” (1983) is a gonzo Hong Kong horror film directed by Kuei Chih-Hung and produced by the Shaw Brothers. Phillip Ko stars as Fei Kao, a boxer whose brother is nearly killed in a match by a rival … Continue reading
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Tagged cult cinema, Hong Kong Film, Horror Film, Kuei Chih-Hung, Phillip Ko, The Boxer's Omen
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