Horror Movies

If you like Gogol-inspired Soviet folk-horror, you’ll love ‘Viy’ (1967)

“Viy” (1967) came to my attention by virtue of having been collected in a 15-disc compendium of folk horror films “All the Haunts be Ours”

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‘Creature with the Atom Brain’ (1955) a surprisingly brainy film

We all have atom brains. Even the non-creatures among us. All of our brains are made out of atoms. Our minds, on the other hand,

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‘The Fury’ (1978) is weirder than ‘Carrie,’ but also worse

“The Fury” (1978) is no one’s pick for best or worst Brian De Palma movie, but it’s in contention for weirdest. A couple years after

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In ‘The Wrestling Women vs. the Aztec Mummy’ (1964), babes beat a bandaged bloke

To conjure Taggart (the immortal Slim Pickens’ character from “Blazing Saddles” (1974)): What in the wide, wide world of sports can “The Wrestling Women vs.

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De Palma breaks out with Hitchcock mashup ‘Sisters’ (1972)

Brian De Palma’s first horror film, “Sisters” (1972), is also the movie where he finds one of his two primary identities. Later, he’d be known

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In ‘Terrifier 3,’ Art is a psycho for all seasons

If it wasn’t official already, in “Terrifier 3” Damien Leone has taken the baton from Eli Roth as the goriest filmmaker working today. He’s also

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‘Terrifier’ films introduce Art the Clown, reintroduce practical gore effects

Damien Leone’s two-decade film career has been defined by a bizarrely specific yet noble goal: to keep practical gore effects alive in an era of

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‘The Tenant’ (1976) the weakest, but also wildest, of Polanski’s Apartment Trilogy

“Repulsion” (1965) has aged incredibly well, a modern-seeming story of a woman’s troubled mind. “Rosemary’s Baby” (1968), though slow by today’s standards, is a classic

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Bloody romp ‘Abigail’ could’ve used sharper stakes

Is “Abigail” a bloody good time or a bloody mess? This horror flick from the team behind “Ready or Not” and the two “Scream” legacy

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‘Strangers: Chapter 1’ a strange project, but not all bad

“The Strangers” (2008) and “Strangers: Prey at Night” (2018) are solid horror films that almost brought the old Jason potato-sack mask and the Drew Barrymore

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