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Tag: horror

reviews

A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT

We portray a certain side of ourselves to the world at large…and sometimes that person just invites bad things.

Posted on February 1, 2015September 11, 2020
festivals, reactions, TIFF

THE EDITOR plays TIFF 2014

In the words of Spinal Tap: “There’s a fine line between clever and stupid”

Posted on September 14, 2014September 18, 2014
reviews

OCULUS

There’s what we see, what we want to see, and what we wish we could un-see.

Posted on April 20, 2014April 24, 2014
watchin' & writin'

Too Much Blood (The 2013 Horror Syllabus Wrap-Up)

Once again, i turn my eyes towards the scary…and for the first time I wasn’t all that scared.

Posted on October 31, 2013October 23, 2020
discussion, listy goodness

Disturbia: My Fourth Annual Fall Freak-Out

All of you who like scary movies? You’ve had a bad influence on me. Now do it again.

Posted on October 1, 2013October 7, 2013
trailers

Locked Inside – YOU’RE NEXT Trailer

Who knew animal masks could be so creepy, and that a film this freaky could be so much fun?

Posted on April 3, 2013April 7, 2013
trailers

Keep It In The Closet: THE CONJURING Trailer

You mean you wouldn’t go down into the dark scary cellar if the door opened by itself?

Posted on March 20, 2013March 25, 2013
watchin' & writin'

You Wanna Freak Out (The 2012 Horror Syllabus Wrap-Up)

Congratulations gang: I think you’ve finally given me a taste for macabre cinema. Allow me to wrap-up the month of horror.

Posted on October 31, 2012October 23, 2020
blind spot series

Blindsided by FRANKENSTEIN

Considering how well I thought I knew Whale’s adaptation of Shelly’s gothic tale, it’s amazing that I was moved as deeply as I was.

Posted on October 30, 2012June 30, 2015
discussion, listy goodness

Disturbia: Or My Lack of Horror Movie Know-How ver. 3.0

It’s that time of year again: The moment when I declare how big a pussy I am, and put it out to my readers to help me nut up.

Posted on September 27, 2012October 1, 2012
festivals, reactions, TIFF

HERE COMES THE DEVIL Plays TIFF 2012

I’ve never watched a film with earplugs in, but on this afternoon, that really might have helped matters.

Posted on September 15, 2012September 16, 2012
festivals, reactions, TIFF

COME OUT AND PLAY Plays TIFF 2012

Almost forty years later, the question of “who could kill a child?” is still a bone-chilling one.

Posted on September 14, 2012September 11, 2020

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