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Before we assess the villain, let’s begin with the hero—and “hero” is the correct appellation for Johnny Smith…
The Substance opens with its simplest, most natural image: a raw chicken’s egg, the yolk yellow and dewy, lying flat on a white background. A long needle full of an unnaturally green fluid enters the frame and is injected…
FRESH BLOOD
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BY VIOLET LUCCA | October 31, 2021
One of the earliest memories I have is of my father pointing over to an abandoned rowboat in Dublin’s River Tolka and quite matter-of-factly stating that “a monster lives in there.”
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BY GLENN McQUAID | October 31, 2021
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BY MARGARET BARTON-FUMO | October 31, 2021
The TV is always on in Fatal Pulse. Set in 1991, the underground horror legend Damon Packard’s latest film is drenched in pinkish-bluish gel lighting, a movie-world glow enveloping all in its path—especially antihero Trent Dupont...
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BY CHLOE LIZOTTE | October 31, 2021
Anyone can watch a hearse-load of scary movies at Halloween—and lots of us do—but how many of those people try...
BY COLIN FLEMING | OCTOBER 15, 2024
The Substance opens with its simplest, most natural image: a raw chicken’s egg, the yolk yellow and dewy, lying flat on a white background. A long needle full of…
BY VIOLET LUCCA | September 21, 2024
BY MICHAEL KRAS | September 6, 2024
I say “hello” into a telephone and Chucky says “hi” back. I realize that I perhaps haven’t adequately prepared myself for what this might feel like.
BY FRANK FALISI | September 3, 2024
After he’d fundamentally abandoned Hollywood moviemaking and cast his lot...
BY STEVEN MEARS | August 20, 2024
In 1966, two Moscow film students pitched a horror feature based on a classic Slavic witch tale, Nikolai Gogol’s Viy (1833). The khudsovety (artistic committees) that evaluated film proposals in the USSR...
BY KEVIN McNEER | August 6, 2024
Consider the Dies Irae. Eight dire notes to remind you that you are going to die.
BY TOM PHELAN | July 26, 2024
BY MARGARET BARTON-FUMO | July 19, 2024
About a decade ago, an intriguing new contender stepped into the horror arena. It wasn’t so much a grandstanding moment as a quiet entrance...
BY LAURA KERN | July 12, 2024
RAVENOUS
Set in the mist-shrouded woods of Upper Austria in the 18th century, the latest film from writer/director duo Veronika Franz and Severin...
BY JOSÉ TEODORO | June 28, 2024
“Because you were home.” That’s it. The best home-invasion movie ever made is built on a foundation of senselessness. There are people in your house trying to kill you...
BY LAURA WYNNE | May 22, 2024
Though she’s not generally counted among the canon of horror’s distinguished...
BY KELLI WESTON | May 9, 2024
Done right, a movie can conjure feelings you typically wouldn’t have—or, in the case of many dark genre works, ones you absolutely don’t want. The powerhouse Femme...
BY LAURA KERN | March 29, 2024
Seen from the vantage point of the present, any film with the barest hint of a quarantine narrative can only remind its audience of the COVID pandemic.
BY NICHOLAS RUSSELL | March 22, 2024
At this crazy moment, when film history is caught in the grip of multiple clichés that grind on and on and on—puerile revenge...
BY KENT JONES | September 10, 2023
