An Analysis of Hitchcock’s Weakest ‘Psycho’ Scene
I bet you can guess the one.
Psycho is a masterpiece. It’s hard to argue much else. Its innovative horror changed not just the genre landscape but the moviegoi Read More...
Tag: Horror
‘Thirst Street’ Review: It’s Like If Argento Made a Romcom
Don’t stay in Paris, kids. Read More...
Psychological Horror Has Been A Thing Since ‘The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari’
I’m tired of genre pedants.
It and mother! have led to a disturbing number of people misunderstanding genre. Psychology is not just for the action-filled thril Read More...
TIFF 2017 Review: ‘Marrowbone’ Blends Sumptuous Visuals with Gothic Spooks
In his directorial debut, the screenwriter of The Orphanage delivers a suspenseful, twisty slow-burn horror. Read More...
Jamie Lee Curtis Will Return to ‘Halloween’ October 2018
Horror's most iconic Final Girl is set to return in Halloween. Read More...
Welcome to Derry: The Introductions of Pennywise
Movie and miniseries have different approaches to creepy clowns.
It is already a smash horror hit, even outside the purview of Stephen King adaptations. The fi Read More...
TIFF 2017 Review: ‘Pyewacket’ Finds Worse Things Than Grief
The director of 'Backcountry' leaves animal carnage behind in favor of supernatural terror. Read More...
What Guillermo del Toro Learned from ‘The Mansion of Madness’
Latin horror dealt with turmoil in a uniquely transformative fashion.
Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water won top prize, the Golden Lion, at the 2017 Venic Read More...
The Devil’s Workshop: Haunted Hands In Cinema
When hands go bad, they betray our mechanical control over ourselves. Read More...
‘mother!’ Review: A Crunchy Forbidden Fruit of a Film
A saintly Jennifer Lawrence fights off annoying and unwelcome houseguests in Darren Aronofsky’s latest hallucinatory thriller. Read More...
