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Freeze Frame: CHINATOWN

July 3, 2014

An image is worth one thousand words. The truth might require one thousand more.

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Ryan McNeil
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Freeze Frame: ROSEMARY’S BABY

January 30, 2014

When you’re already feeling paranoid, anything can be a source of tension…even a woman in a pink dress.

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Ryan McNeil
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CARNAGE

December 28, 2011

Leave. Now. Say goodbye and go. Grab your coats and get into that elevator. No!! Why are you going back inside?

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Ryan McNeil
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Blame Your Parents (CARNAGE Trailer)

November 9, 2011

2011 Will Go Down as The Year I Discovered Polanski, and Right On Cue The Man Brings Us Something New.

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Ryan McNeil
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Doubleback: THE GHOST WRITER

December 5, 2010

Sometimes, you have to realize the universe is trying to tell you something and make a point of seeing something. In the same day, two of the Row Three crew got into Roman Polanski conversations with me completely unbeknownst to one another. Admittedly, my Polanski vocabulary is weak, so I took the cue to start…

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Ryan McNeil
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What Child Is This?

October 28, 2010

So about one week ago, when I confessed my ignorance for most things horror, you fine folks suggested many titles for me to add to the syllabus. Interestingly, two titles came up more than any others: HALLOWEEN and ROSEMARY’S BABY. So I took the hint and grabbed them for some last bits of pre-move watching.…

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Ryan McNeil
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