Movies

‘Amityville 1992: It’s About Time’ is fun shlock-around-the-clock

Putting the year of release in the title was a good strategy in 1992, making it clear to video-store patrons that they were getting the

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‘Seven Dials Mystery’ (1981) gets bundled into energetic TV movie

The troupe that made “Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?” (1980) for ITV reunites for “Seven Dials Mystery” (1981). The budget is smaller, which is fine

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Spookily successful: All 10 ‘Conjuring’ Universe films, ranked

“The Conjuring” wouldn’t have been an obvious pick for launching the most lucrative horror franchise of all time when it premiered on July 15, 2013.

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‘Insidious: Chapter 3’ (2015) turns focus to Lin Shaye’s Elise

The “Insidious” series can be seen as a classier, slicker version of the “Nightmare on Elm Street” series. A person falls asleep and gains access

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‘The Amityville Curse’ (1990) seeks its haunts from another house

As old trash movies become easily accessible in the streaming era, it’s become fashionable to look for hidden gems, to nominate underrated horror films for

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‘Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?’ (1980) is long, but has great lead duo

In the 1934 book, it takes a long time to find out “Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?” It seems even longer in the 1980 British

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‘Insidious: Chapter 2’ (2013) pads out possession story

After director James Wan helped usher an old-school/new-school horror mix into the mainstream with 2011’s “Insidious” – set in modern times but with sound and

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A neurotic half-century: Every Woody Allen film, ranked

Sorry it took me awhile to compile my rankings of Woody Allen’s films. I got a little neurotic about making sure everything is in the

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A panic on our hands on the Fourth of July: The 10 best shark horror movies

“You yell ‘barracuda,’ everybody says ‘Huh? What?’ You yell ‘shark,’ we’ve got a panic on our hands on the Fourth of July.” That line from

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‘Sparkling Cyanide’ retains glitz, mystery for 1983 TV movie

I mentioned in my review of 1985’s “Thirteen at Dinner” that Poirot feels out of time in the 1980s. However, other Agatha Christie novels translate

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