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Someone will have to tell me why Punch and Judy dolls were ever as popular as they were. Not only are they before my time, they’re pretty much before everyone’s time. Punch originates in 16th-century Italy but became “a staple of the British seaside scene,” according to The Daily Telegraph. Plotlines in the puppet theatre…
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Anyone who has seen the Sawfranchise knows how laughable the serial killer Jigsaw’s logic can be. So much so that it’s become widely memed. Forgot to wash the dishes when it’s your turn? Time to remove your arm with a cleaver! Cut someone off in traffic? Get ready to wake up in a reverse bear…
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Forever young, I want to be forever young Do you really want to live forever? Forever, and ever So goes the lyrics for the popular ’80s balled “Forever Young” by the band Alphaville. It sums up the idea of many who wish they could remain youthful forever; to experience the world and all it has…
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If you’re a horror fan, you know the critics don’t always get it right. And I’m not just talking about movies that undergo extreme reappraisals a la The Thing or The Shining. A lot of film critics simply don’t care much for horror, and while that bias against the genre is thankfully waning, it hasn’t…
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I recently had the pleasure of hosting a roundtable discussion with several members of the Horror Archives staff. We examined the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise in great detail in what made for a great conversation. Joining me for the roundtable were: Bronson West, Chris Flackett and Robert Chipman. Be sure to let us…
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Horror films of the 80s were a different breed. That’s not a statement on modern horror, horror before the 80s, or an indictment of 80s horror. Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 is a prime example of this. In 1986 TCM2 took a deeply dark and transgressive film and turned it into a horror comedy, an odd…
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I have to be honest, I’m not a huge fan of slashers. That might be surprising coming from a big horror guy, but it’s true. Movies like Friday the 13th, Final Destination, and Sleepaway Camp just don’t do it for me. Slasher films are probably my least favorite subgenres. Now, there are some exceptions. When…
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2023 had no shortage of weird movies. Sure, superheroes and lightsabers have dominated the box office for the last decade or so, but films like Barbie, Infinity Pool, and Dream Scenario proved that there’s still room for unique, outside-the-box storytelling in today’s cinematic landscape. It’s just a great time to be a movie fan, so…
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Throughout six Scream films, there have been a combined 13 killers to don the mask. Some of them legendary, some overshadowed by their Ghostface peers throughout the years. A few with familial motives, a handful with desires for fame, and others with almost no motive at all, which makes them even more scary. But who…
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I’m a sucker for AI films. Whether it’s an older classic like The Terminator and The Matrix or a newer gem like Upgrade and The Artifice Girl, if you give me a sci-fi thriller about artificial intelligence, I’ll probably be a happy man. Naturally, when I first heard about T.I.M., I knew I had to…