Mystery

‘Night Theater’ (2020) mixes body horror, spiritual questions

Vikram Paralkar’s “Night Theater” (2020) is a one-setting, small-cast novella of a little over 200 pages that raises big questions. It’s easy to read in

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Wuhrer wades into ‘Hellraiser’ weirdness in ‘Deader’ (2005)

The “Hellraiser” saga has a strange ability to tell the same story over and over but not in precisely the same way. For “Hellraiser: Deader”

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Winters endures mysterious mayhem in ‘Hellraiser: Hellseeker’ (2002)

The “Hellraiser” saga is more defined by its antagonists than its protagonists, but its original Final Girl – Ashley Laurence’s Kirsty – was a fan

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‘Hellraiser’ saga tries noir detective story for ‘Inferno’ (2000)

The saga’s first straight-to-video entry, and fifth overall, “Hellraiser: Inferno” (2000) might appeal to casual “Hellraiser” fans more so than die-hards. In a respectable full-length

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‘Sparkling Cyanide’ (2003) shows versatility of Christie’s novel

I can imagine some Agatha Christie fans loathe the 2003 ITV adaptation of her 1945 novel “Sparkling Cyanide” and others appreciate writer Laura Lamson’s fresh

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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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‘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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PKD’s ‘Breakfast at Twilight’ expands into ‘Nuclear Family’ (2021)

Among the Philip K. Dick estate-licensed works of recent years, the easiest to miss is certainly 2021’s five-issue comic-book miniseries from AfterShock, “Nuclear Family.” But

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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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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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