Mystery

‘Ghostwatch’ (1992) a little-known but highly influential found footage horror film

A fun thing about being a movie fan is that I still come across classics I hadn’t seen before, or – in the case of

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‘Suspicion’ (1941) a lesser companion piece to ‘Rebecca’

Just one year after “Rebecca,” director Alfred Hitchcock and actress Joan Fontaine made the very similarly themed “Suspicion” (1941). It’s a classic example of an

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‘Ink Black Heart’ (2022) explores seediest corners of social media

In her sixth Cormoran Strike novel, “The Ink Black Heart” (2022), J.K. Rowling (writing as Robert Galbraith) goes deep into the modern world of social-media

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‘The Omen’ TV pilot (1995) is a rightly forgotten branch of the lore

After a franchise’s initial shine of success wears off, that’s often followed by several truncated follow-ups. “The Omen” franchise is a prime example, as the

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Rowling warms up a cold case in fifth Strike novel, ‘Troubled Blood’ (2020)

As Robert Galbraith’s (J.K. Rowling) Cormoran Strike books climb to 944 pages for the fifth entry, “Troubled Blood” (2020), it raises the question of whether

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‘A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder’ (2019) introduces young readers to the genre

For her high school capstone project, Pippa Fitz-Amobi decides to go over a closed murder investigation from five years in the past, believing the late

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Hitchcock improves on his own ‘The Man Who Knew Too Much’ (1934, 1956)

“The Man Who Knew Too Much” (1934, 1956) is a rare film remade by its own director, and it’s a pretty good one … after

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‘Family Plot’ (1976) is a diamond to close Hitchcock’s career

Alfred Hitchcock proves he has his filmmaking faculties intact at age 77 with his impressively engrossing final movie, “Family Plot” (1976). While his prime may

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Mix of romance, psychology, mystery leaves a viewer ‘Spellbound’ (1945)

Alfred Hitchcock’s seventh American feature, “Spellbound” (1945), is a fascinatingly successful crossroads film. It blends a sweeping score and romance like we might find in

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‘Kolchak’ mixes with zombies, Frankenstein in ‘Monsters Among Us!’ (2009)

The two stories collected in “Kolchak Tales: Monsters Among Us!” (2009) further rectify a logistical problem with the “Kolchak, the Night Stalker” TV series. Here

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