Horror

Mar 6 2019

The Cannibal Club

The poster art for The Cannibal Club makes the film look like a demented horror flick about meetings between wealthy men where the main course is long pig. Yes, there is one scene in which matches this picture, but truly, the film’s horror lies in its satirical – yet often on-the-nose – insight on how […]
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Jun 7 2018

Hereditary

Grief and guilt over the passing of loved ones is a universal part of life, regardless of whether we loved someone as much as we could, or if we distanced ourselves from them. The could’ves, would’ves, and should’ves cruelly have their way with us for a while; soon, we find a way to deal with […]
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May 2 2018

Ghost Stories (2018)

Growing up, I didn’t know the difference between a “scary movie” and a “horror film.” I kinda still don’t, but Ghost Stories made me realize just how vast that difference is. Everyone knows “scary movies” – the kind where the mysterious killer stalks and slashes the good-looking teenagers, the funhouse-type frights make you and your […]
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Apr 19 2018

The Endless

DC-area residents: The Endless starts playing at the Angelika Pop-Up at Union Market in DC on April 20, 2018. Independent horror has given us such delights as Halloween, A Nightmare on Elm Street, It Follows, and now, The Endless. The Endless is a ruthless and low-key charmer, very simple in its conceits and cunningly deceptive […]
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Apr 5 2018

A Quiet Place

SPOILER ALERT: While I do not discuss the ending, I will highlight something which happens in the pre-title sequence. It’s an event which drives the rest of the film; discussing it, though, ruins the intended shock. This paragraph will be marked accordingly. A Quiet Place hits on so many different levels, it’s hard to know […]
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Feb 23 2018

The Lodgers

… Be in bed by midnight’s bell… … Never let a stranger through your door… … Never leave each other all alone. So goes the opening lullaby over The Lodger’s opening credits. Creepy and foreboding, the song warns of woe to those who break these rules, which we nearly see in the early goings as […]
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