Tag Archives: Horror

Saturday Matinee: In the Mouth of Madness

Posted on March 11, 2023 by Luther Blissett

That Time John Carpenter Went Meta With ‘In the Mouth of Madness’ As always, Carpenter was light years ahead of his time. By Nick L. Source: Collider One of John Carpenter’s more endearing traits is his aversion to self-effacing clowning. This is … Continue reading →

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Saturday Matinee: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

Posted on November 21, 2020 by Luther Blissett

“Invasion of the Body Snatchers” (1978) is a science fiction horror film directed by Philip Kaufman (The Wanderers), with a screenplay by W.D. Richter (dir. Buckaroo Banzai) and starring Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Veronica Cartwright, Jeff Goldblum and Leonard Nimoy. … Continue reading →

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Saturday Matinee: John Dies at the End

Posted on October 26, 2019 by Luther Blissett

“John Dies at the End” (2012) is a sci-fi/horror/comedy written and directed by Don Coscarelli and based on David Wong’s novel of the same name. Like Phantasm, it’s a cross-genre cult film involving an inter-dimensional invasion by body-snatching aliens, but … Continue reading →

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Our age of horror

Posted on October 31, 2018 by Luther Blissett

In this febrile cultural moment filled with fear of the Other, horror has achieved the status of true art By M M Owen Source: aeon In Ray Bradbury’s horror short story, ‘The Next in Line’ (1955), a woman visits the … Continue reading →

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Saturday Matinee: Mayhem

Posted on October 27, 2018 by Luther Blissett

By Brian Tallerico Source: RogerEbert.com Joe Lynch’s “Mayhem” feels like a timely film in a way it wouldn’t have a couple years ago. Whatever your political party may be, anger has been a palpable emotion in this country recently—it was … Continue reading →

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Annihilation: Alex Garland’s Bad Trip Through Dis-ease and Over-Reproduction

Posted on March 8, 2018 by Luther Blissett

By Kim Nicolini Source: CounterPunch If you go see Alex Garland’s Annihilation (2018) – and I highly recommend you see this film in an actual movie theater with a big screen and big sound –, you are in for a trip. Not … Continue reading →

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Saturday Matinee: Attack the Block

Posted on November 5, 2016 by Luther Blissett

“Attack the Block” (2011) is a British  sci-fi/horror/comedy written and directed by Joe Cornish. The plot takes place in London on Guy Fawkes night following a teenage street gang who, with the help of neighbors, drug dealers, a nurse and … Continue reading →

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