Author: JP Nunez
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I don’t know about you, but I think The Demon Disorder is a great name for a horror movie. It’s short and to the point, and the alliteration makes it roll off the tongue with an almost poetic ease. It immediately caught my attention the first time I heard it, and when I saw the…
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AI has a long and storied cinematic history. From classics like 2001: A Space Odyssey and Blade Runner to modern gems like Upgrade and Ex Machina, it’s featured in some of the best genre films ever made. It’s pretty much become its own trope, and when done well, it can be amazing. So naturally, when…
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I grew up watching old-school horror the way normal kids watch Disney movies. In fact, I’ve still never seen The Lion King, Pocahontas, or Beauty and the Beast in their entirety, but I recite the plots of films like Frankenstein, Psycho, and Creature from the Black Lagoon in my sleep. I just adore those black-and-white…
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I’m not going to lie, when I first heard about Out Come the Wolves, I immediately thought of Rancid’s seminal 1995 album with almost the exact same name. That’s just how my punk rock-saturated brain works, but as irrelevant as that connection is, it proved to be quite fortuitous. It piqued my interest, and when…
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I’m a sucker for all things monstrous, ghostly, and supernatural, so it should come as no surprise that The Monster Beneath Us was one of my most anticipated films at FrightFest this year. The title alone was enough to catch my attention, and when I read the plot synopsis and watched the trailer, I was…
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I’m a big fan of religious horror. Whether it’s cults, exorcisms, or just religious people being evil, the combination of faith and fright resonates with me on a deep level. I’m a religious guy myself, so seeing something I value so highly get twisted for nefarious purposes gives me the same horror high many fans…
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Remakes get a bad rap in the movie world, and understandably so. Sure, there are some great ones out there, like The Thing and Scarface, but more often than not, these films end up being pale imitations of their far superior originals. So naturally, this new remake of The Crow had an uphill battle from…
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I’ve said it numerous times before, and I’ll say it again: I’m a big fan of Lovecraftian horror. I’m always willing to check out a new movie with a mysterious monster beyond human understanding, so when I heard that The Lonely Man with the Ghost Machine was in that time-honored tradition, it instantly became one…
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Directorial debuts are always a crapshoot. Sometimes they turn out great like Get Out, and other times like, say, Simon Kinberg’s Dark Phoenix, they’re downright awful. You never know what you’re going to get. When I heard that actress Zoë Kravitz was stepping into the director’s chair for a psychological thriller called Blink Twice, I…