Behind the Veil of the Vale
So many of us talk about winter as though it were this vampire with ice in its veins. We blame it for our lethargy and depression, complaining we can’t go anywhere, as if Jack Frost had locked us inside our homes, where we’re forced to make like Bob Cratchit and coerce every degree of heat from a potbellied stove that isn’t up to the task. But if only it were spring!
Them!
You’d be challenged to find a more gripping, immersive first 15 minutes from a horror movie than what we get with Them! (1954).
The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue
While it predates the entire Italian zombie phenomenon, the Spanish/Italian co-production The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue feels like an exemplar of Italian horror films of the 1970s…