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Tag: horror

reviews

IT CHAPTER TWO

Should we be afraid of the past? For a lot of us, the past comes riddled with bullying, harm, self-doubt, and anxiety. The world around … Read More ›

Posted on September 22, 2019September 22, 2019
reviews

US

US has arrived to make the audience think long and hard about “Them”.

Posted on March 26, 2019September 12, 2020
matineecast, podcasts

Episode 219 – US

Talkin’ Jordan Peele’s new film with Carolyn Mauricette

Posted on March 25, 2019September 12, 2020
reviews

HALLOWEEN

The world is an even scarier place than it was forty years ago. Fortunately, true heroes don’t scare very easily.

Posted on October 26, 2018September 22, 2019
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF

THE WIND plays TIFF 2018

A neo-western about why men need to listen more to the women around them, and just how haunted the land we inhabit truly is.

Posted on September 13, 2018September 16, 2018
reviews

HEREDITARY

Sometimes malevolence courses through our own veins…and there’s just no hiding from that

Posted on June 13, 2018September 22, 2019
reviews

A QUIET PLACE

We all want a little peace and quiet, but what happens when our wants become the requirements of our survival?

Posted on April 8, 2018September 22, 2019
reviews

IT

Perhaps children have more spine and more bravery than the most courageous adult.

Posted on October 2, 2017September 21, 2019
reviews

BLAIR WITCH

If you go down in the woods today, you’re sure of a big surprise;
If you go down in the woods today, you’d better go in disguise

Posted on October 5, 2016September 28, 2019
festivals, hot docs, reactions

FEAR ITSELF plays Hot Docs 2016

There is nothing to fear but fear itself…and the dark…and the silence…and isolation…and crowds…and…

Posted on May 2, 2016May 6, 2016
reviews

CRIMSON PEAK

Behind a splendid exterior, true darkness can often lay in wait.

Posted on October 25, 2015November 5, 2015
trailers

Bone House: CRIMSON PEAK Trailer

Is it Guillermo’s turn?

Posted on February 25, 2015March 1, 2015

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