Science Fiction

‘V/H/S’ (2012) an intense trip of found-footage horror

There’s something about faux-found-footage horror that brings out the a**h*** in people. Put a camera on them and their worst traits come out. This is

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Pugh elevates oddly regressive ‘Don’t Worry Darling’

Florence Pugh is so firmly one of my favorite actors that I think I could watch her clean her house for 2 hours. “Don’t Worry

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With ‘Westworld’ canceled, ‘Peripheral’ smoothly slides in

As if they got a warning from the future, “Westworld” executive producers Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan had already launched their new show – Amazon

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Satirical ‘Starship Troopers’ (1997) also a strong actioner

“Starship Troopers” (1997), which celebrates its 25th anniversary this week, has become famous/infamous for two things: 1, its biting social commentary, and 2, its wooden

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‘Cry of Thunder’ (2008) has Holmes, Kolchak … and messy plot 

“Sherlock Holmes and Kolchak the Night Stalker: Cry of Thunder” (three issues, 2008, collected in 2010) includes the Tombstone Thunderbird myth – remarkably underused in fresh

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‘Kolchak’ files ‘Lovecraftian Horror’ (2007) for publication too quickly 

C.J. Henderson, writer of both comic stories and novels in Moonstone’s “Kolchak: The Night Stalker” stable, splits the difference in “The Lovecraftian Horror” (2007). In

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Flanagan goes YA for ‘Midnight Club,’ but never fear – it’s still good

A Mike Flanagan Netflix miniseries is now an expected October treat. But “The Midnight Club” is different from “The Haunting of Hill House,” “The Haunting

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Is Jordan Peele’s latest a masterpiece? ‘Nope’

Writer-director Jordan Peele’s career-arc similarities to M. Night Shyamalan become more pronounced with “Nope.” But he’s declining faster. Shyamalan was still doing good work on

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‘Cabin Fever’ (2003, 2016) splatters screen with contagion fears 

“Cabin Fever” (2002 at festivals, 2003 wide release) is considered an important film in horror circles. It marks writer-director Eli Roth’s coming-out party and features

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Another lost TV episode found in ‘Kolchak’ Volume 3

How little is too little information in a “Kolchak: The Night Stalker” mystery? Writers Joe Gentile and Mark Dawidziak struggle with that question in “Lambs

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