Category: Film
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Army of Darkness remains one of the most anomalous productions in the history of studio-funded cinema. It represents the precise moment where the garage-band ingenuity of Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert collided with the $11 million resources of Universal Pictures and Dino De Laurentiis. The result was not a polished Hollywood product, but a massive…
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I wasn’t sure if I was going to cover the Karnstein trilogy. Mainly because as a series of movies, they’ve always struck me more as ‘Carry On Horror,’ and though that might not be 100% fair, these films, staring with The Vampire Lovers, are the moment Hammer realized flesh sold faster than fear. They are,…
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If there is a single film that codified the modern summer blockbuster, it is Steven Spielberg’s 1975 juggernaut. But to look at it merely as a successful movie is to miss the struggle of its production. This wasn’t a calculated studio victory; it was a logistical catastrophe that succeeded in spite of itself. It is…
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I’ve always been of the opinion that weddings are one of the true horrors in life, and it seems that I’m not alone as Netflix have just dropped the first trailer for their upcoming eight part series: Something Very Bad is Going to Happen. Rachel Harkin (Camila Morrone) and Nicky Cunningham (Adam DiMarco) are an…
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If The Evil Dead (1981) was a raw, grueling exercise in “look what we can do with a camera and a bag of fake glass,” then Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn (1987) is the moment the circus tent caught fire and the ringmaster decided to start juggling chainsaws while riding a unicycle over a…
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Just when you thought it was safe to peek put from behind your cushion, Showbox have released a teaser trailer for the Korean horror Salmokji: Whispering Water, that turns still water into something you’ll never quite trust again. According to the blurb; “The story takes place at Salmokji Reservoir, a well-known haunted site in Korea,…
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There is a specific kind of joy found in watching a movie that has absolutely no business existing. Most films are born from a pitch meeting or a corporate mandate, but Stupid Teenagers Must Die! (2006) feels like it was born from a dare issued in a basement after six beers and a marathon of…
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We’ve all done stupid things for love. I knew a guy who once travelled all the way to Australia to meet the girl of his dreams, only for her to dump him at the airport. L’amour makes us do the craziest things. However, perhaps not as crazy as what happens to Bear (Michael Johnston) after…
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What happens when Aaron Eckhart and Sir Ben Kingsley pilot a commercial flight with plenty of cannon fodder… er… I mean, passengers on board? Simple, you have one of the most spectacular crashes of all time – including a cartwheeling plane that just has to be seen to be believed – in Magenta Light Studios…
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Recently I re-read Stephen King’s debut novel Carrie. I hadn’t read it since high school and reading it again as an adult gave me a far deeper understanding of the book. Not just as a profound empathetic statement, not just as a piece of social commentary, but also as a formative text for King as…