- John Hansen
- October 22, 2024
We’re caught in the Shyamalan ‘Trap’ yet again
Will we get “The Sixth Sense” M. Night Shyamalan or “Knock at the Cabin” M. Night Shyamalan? That’s the trap viewers get caught in every
We’re caught in the Shyamalan ‘Trap’ yet again
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- John Hansen
- October 20, 2024
Body-horror film ‘The Substance’ has plenty of it
Both a throwback to old-school practical-effects monster horror and a present-day breakthrough for writer-director Coralie Fargeat, “The Substance” goes deep into the issues (and tissues)
- Tom Simmons
- October 18, 2024
A fanged swain makes his dad proud in ‘Son of Dracula’ (1943)
What is “Son of Dracula” (1943) about? It is a black-and-white horror flick that concerns a Southern belle aiming for immortality – and also, a
- John Hansen
- October 16, 2024
‘Alien: Romulus’ is saga’s best follow-up since ‘Aliens’
Legacy sequels have become such an ingrained aspect of Hollywood that we’re inured to them, and cynically assume they’ll at best have a few moments
- John Hansen
- October 15, 2024
‘Speak No Evil’ imports chillingly awkward horror
“Speak No Evil” will be scary to many viewers, but especially those who worry over social interactions. Director/co-writer James Watkins (“Eden Lake”) remakes the 2022
- John Hansen
- October 11, 2024
‘Repulsion’ (1965) provides searing peek into a troubled autistic woman
If “Repulsion” (1965) were remade today, it couldn’t be a more searing, insightful look into one autistic woman’s experience in a neurotypical world than what
- John Hansen
- October 9, 2024
‘78/52’ (2017) analyzes ‘Psycho’s’ Shower Scene, and makes a case for its obsession
If the shower scene – or should I say The Shower Scene – from Alfred Hitchcock’s “Psycho” (1960) wasn’t already the most obsessively analyzed sequence
- Tom Simmons
- October 4, 2024
‘Ænigma’ (1987) embraces reincarnation, psychokinetics, carnivorous snails
“Ænigma” (1987) dares ask: Can a lady in a coma avenge herself via a rebel-gal at a Catholic girls’ school? It’s the same rhetorical question
- John Hansen
- September 28, 2024
‘Apartment 7A’ could be called ‘Terry’s Baby’
With “Apartment 7A” (Paramount Plus), it’s all relative. It’s the least-bad “Rosemary’s Baby” spinoff (following a film sequel, a book sequel and a miniseries remake),
- John Hansen
- September 27, 2024
‘Rosemary’s Baby’ (1968) is horror by gaslight
The term wasn’t popularized at the time, but “Rosemary’s Baby” (1968) is a master class in gaslighting. In her sympathetic breakthrough role, Mia Farrow’s title