Just recently, I talked at length with one of my colleagues about the significance of mystery in the horror genre. There is an element to the story that neither of us appreciate, and that is how every detail is revealed. Not only my co-worker, but myself included, find this quite unappealing, especially when the explanations […]
Liz Nugent is an absolute genius. Since her debut Irish crime writing with Unraveling Oliver, she has enjoyed global acclaim and now, she is stepping into the US market with her newest novel, Lying In Wait. This new release is just as gripping and wondrous as her first venture. With the blend of sharp intellect
For me, it’s not the act of death that frightens me. What is truly horrifying is the pain involved in getting there. The film, “The Human Centipede,” seems to showcases at least 3 of the most horrifying atrocities imaginable and that is what sets it leagues apart. To endure such cringe-worthy torture, one would need
Last Exit To Brooklyn, set in the year 1952, showcases a phase in life for many people who are already set in a cycle where escape seems to never be an option. The director, Uli Edit, adopts a grim and desaturated color palette so that everything looks monotonous and lifeless like night. Which makes the
Your ordinary shot begins with a camera glide through a modest but dilapidated house. In the house’s corridors are dead, mummified corpses. Screaming is audible from a door that is slightly open which leads to the basement. We walk down creaky stairs to a body charred so badly that smoke is still steaming from the
“All of us do what needs to be done so that we can pass except for Marc. He is panicking trying to complete his final paper, and the only solution is pulling an all nightery in the library, cramming. When he woke up, Marc was shocked to realize that his paper was missing! Now alone
I believe every movie lover has that one movie which is absolutely horrible in all aspects but they have strong emotional attachment to it. For me it is “Dirty Harry” and all other 70s action movies starring Bruce Lee. As a teenager, I sat up every single night watching those movies and loving every minute
The filmic DNA of aged ensemble shocks Scream (1996) and I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) is interwoven within the bloody veins of Sam Hamilton’s What Goes Around. Blatantly hinting at the on-going cyclical nature of slasher movies, this silly but incredibly entertaining re-do of tired shop & stab stalker clichés will enjoy
The Choctaw had a myth of the Nalusa Chito, from Headboards of Stone A Mississippi Graveyard Rabbit Blog explains that, “The Choctaws have stories about Shadow beings. ‘Nalusa chito’ or ‘Impa shilup’ is the great black being (or devil) that was a soul eater. If you permitted ill thoughts or sadness to creep into your
Hiroshi Katagari, who is known for working on films such as Avatar: Way of the Water, returns to what he loves, directing, after six years. His first action comes in the name of the horror thriller Love Hurt Most Horrible Things. This is a reunion of the Gehenna cast and Katagari, who returns Sean Sprawling
