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“The Sleepwalker”
In Mona Fastvold’s debut feature, The Sleepwalker, Kaia (Gitte Witt) and Andrew (Christopher Abbott) are a young couple who have recently began residing in the former’s paternal house, a remote and gargantuan building surrounded with untamed nature and filled ...
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“V/H/S: Viral”
Anthology film series often dip and peak in quality from one installment to the next, just as each individual anthology features segments of varying quality. Each series is bound to the caprice of film production, as they depend on whatever filmmakers they man...
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Wait Until Dark: 9 Unconventional Scary Movies
Watching horror movies is a standard and exciting Halloween tradition for many. But sometimes rewatching the same old films can get a little boring. You can certainly try to shake things up by watching something new or foreign, like Hausu or an early Cronenber...
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With A Little Help From Our Friends
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“The ABCs of Death 2”
2012’s anthology film The ABCs of Death set out with a noble mission: to assemble an international crack team of the finest under-the-radar directors in the scare-‘em game, assign each one a letter of the alphabet, and tie a blood-soaked ribbon around 26 self-...
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Weekend Box Office: Yeah, The Board Game Movie Won
Who would have thought that Hasbro would be one of the top players in the mainstream blockbuster movie game? As of 2014, only one of their movies has been a flop (Battleship), and this weekend's movie choice, Ouija, seemed like the most surefire flop, given th...
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Fantastic Fest Review: “It Follows”
After The Guest and Cub, I think I may be ready to never see another 70s/80s horror or thriller throwback film ever. No more synth scores, no more story-free villains, no more films that amount to empty homage. Between Cub’s complete lack of tension and story ...
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Fantastic Fest Review: “Cub”
After an impressive reception at TIFF, Jonas Govaerts’ Cub landed at Fantastic Fest with great anticipation, with a premise that most would think would be obvious to try, but has been done seldom. A boy scout troop goes on a camping trip, and finds themselves ...
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“Honeymoon” A Phony, Unrelentingly Silly Horror-Suspense Yarn
Honeymoon — or the more aptly titled, I’m Fine, Really —is an unrelentingly dough-headed horror-suspense yarn dressed up in the saggy skin of a relationship parable. It might help if the couple in the spotlight were one worth investing in, one that reflected a...
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“The Sacrament” Exploits Tragedy For Thrills And Meaning
Ti West is nothing if not obsessed by the past. In point of fact, the guy has built most of his career on dipping into the well of 60s-80s horror, drawing on notable niches of both eras to provide blueprints for movies ranging from House of the Devil to The In...
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